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Strange: Origin, Geographical Distribution
This name may have several origins. Ruadh and Reagh, Gaelic, swarthy, red, sandy complexioned. Re, the moon. Ray, a beam of light, luster. Re, from ruo, to rush, applied to a stream, rapids, whence the river Reay, in Caithness, Scotland. Rea, Cor. Br., wonderful, strange, Rhe, Welsh, a run, Rhedu, to run. Rhae, Welsh, a battle, the place of a battle; a chain.
Strange Surname Origin
Strange: Place of Origin :  Shropshire (United Kingdom) |  Norfolk (United Kingdom) |  London (United Kingdom) |  Warwickshire (United Kingdom) |  Herefordshire and Worcester (United Kingdom) |  Suffolk (United Kingdom)
Strange: Online Family Trees
STRANGE Colham Green, Middx (London, England, United Kingdom) 1514 - 1514
LE STRANGE Gb-Catton, Burton-Upon-Trent (Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom) 1295 - 1295
LE STRANGE Worksop Priory (Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom) 1413 - 1413
LE STRANGE Ellesmere (Shropshire, England, United Kingdom) 1252 - 1254
LE STRANGE Knockyn (Shropshire, England, United Kingdom) 1226 - 1410
LE STRANGE Norwich, Ru (Norfolk, England, United Kingdom) 1022 - 1048
LE STRANGE Sedgbrook (Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom) 1339 - 1339
LE STRANGE Shropshire, Inghilterra (Shropshire, England, United Kingdom) 1193 - 1193
LE STRANGE Walton, Yorkshire (England, United Kingdom) 1309 - 1309
STRANGE Harlsey (England, United Kingdom) 1395 - 1395

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Strange: Famous Genealogies
 The surname Strange is related to the following famous family trees :
        BIDEN Joe born BIDEN Joseph Robinette, Jr. (1942 - )
        HOOVER Herbert born HOOVER Herbert Clark (1874 - 1964)
Strange: Books that contain this surname
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STRANGEA genealogic and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire g by Bernard Burke,...
Author: John Bernard Burke - Published in 1860
... dau. and sole heir of Richard Strange, Esq. of Rockwell Castlo, co. Kilkenny, by whom (who d. 14 May, 1837) ...
STRANGEA genealogic and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire g by Bernard Burke,...
Author: John Bernard Burke - Published in 1860
... lordship m. Elizabeth, dau. cf Thomas Strange, Esq. of Chesterton, co. Gloucester , and dying 30 Dec. 1595, was s. ...
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