Thanks Roy, just what I needed. I'm not surprised really. Now all I need to do is find the right ones. <sigh> Thanks too Carolyn. Cheers. Anne from lovely Cairns, Aus. > Roy Stockdill <roy.stockdill@btinternet.com> wrote: > > From: "Carolyn" <cazdebona@ozemail.com.au> > > > Hi Anne, > > > > The other thing you could do as a starting point, is ask someone for > > the concentration of the Hannon surname in one of the census, I'm not > > sure what year it is, or quite how it works, I seem to remember Roy > > Stockdill talking about it at some stage, it may give you a starting > > point of where to look, then again it could be a wild goose chase !! > > > > Carolyn> > > The programme I use is a CD called Surname Atlas which analyses all > the data in the 1881 census and produces instant distribution maps of > where any name was principally located. > > In the case of HANNON it was overwhelmingly Lancashire and especially > found around Liverpool and Manchester. Out of 463 occurrences in the > 1881 census, 200 were in Lancashire, the next nearest being Yorkshire > West Riding with 51. However, there are many variants of the name, > some being more concentrated in certain parts of the country than > others. For instance, just changing one letter to the name HANNAN still > leaves Lancashire on top with 180 occurrences out of 960, but brings > Lanarkshire, Scotland, right up along with Yorkshire WR, both with 122 > references. > > The name and its numerous variants appears to have multiple origins, all > > descending from the basic surname HANNA..... > > 1) English from the medieval female name Hannah or Anna. > > 2) Scottish from an unidentified place. > > 3) Irish from the Gaelic O'Hannaigh, descendant of Annach. > > 4) Jewish from diminutives of Khanin, Khanele and metronymics of > Han(e)son, Hanis, Hanin, Chanin, Hankes, Chankin, etc. > > It seems to be one of those names that can derive from any number of > different sources and origins. You makes your choice and you takes your > pick! > > -- > Roy Stockdill > Guild of One-Name Studies: www.one-name.org > Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: > www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html > > "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, > and that is not being talked about." > OSCAR WILDE > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-YORKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message