TALLONT - Found: \ TAILLANT (French) Occupational name for a tailor or nickname fro a good swordsman. The Normans brought the name to England where it became TALLANT. I suspect your name to be a variation of this. Source: A Dictionary of Surnames by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges Barbara Sonja Brown wrote: > Hello All - I am hoping someone might be able to help me with information > about the surname TALLONT. It was my Great Grandmother's maiden name but I > can find no reference to it anywhere. I have her sister's marriage > certificate from 1879 which names their Father as Francis TALLONT. > > Many thanks > Sonja Brown > Manchester, UK > Homepage: http://www.thebrowns8.freeserve.co.uk > > ============================== > Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/