Gandon History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Gandon family

The surname Gandon was first found in the East Riding of Yorkshire at Ganton, a parish, in the union of Scarborough, wapentake of Dickering. "The church is a large and handsome structure of the 14th century, and has an embattled tower at the west end, surmounted by a commanding spire." 1

The first record of the name was John Galmeton who held estates in that shire in the North Riding at Ganton. 2

A canton is a type of administrative division of a country, a term that dates back centuries. The term is derived from the French word canton, meaning corner or district. 3

Phonetically, it is worth noting that Centwine or Kenten (d. 685), was King of the West Saxons, the son of Cynegils and the brother of Cenwalh. "Accepting the statement of Bæda (Eccl. Hist. iv. 12) that after Cenwalh's death the under-kings of the West Saxons divided the kingdom between them for about ten years, we must hold that Centwine had considerably less power than his brother had enjoyed. The 'Anglo-Saxon Chronicle,' however, says nothing of any such division. " 4

Early History of the Gandon family

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Gandon Spelling Variations

Spelling variations in names were a common occurrence before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago. In the Middle Ages, even the literate spelled their names differently as the English language incorporated elements of French, Latin, and other European languages. Many variations of the name Gandon have been found, including Gamton, Ganton, Canton, Candon, Gandon, Ganden, Canden and many more.

Early Notables of the Gandon family

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Gandon Ranking

In France, the name Gandon is the 1,068^th most popular surname with an estimated 5,053 people with that name. 5

Gandon migration to the United States +

Families began migrating abroad in enormous numbers because of the political and religious discontent in England. Often faced with persecution and starvation in England, the possibilities of the New World attracted many English people. Although the ocean trips took many lives, those who did get to North America were instrumental in building the necessary groundwork for what would become for new powerful nations. Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America bore the name Gandon, or a variant listed above:

Gandon Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

David Gandon, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1794 6

Gandon migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Gandon Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Isaac Gandon, who arrived in Nova Scotia in 1749

Contemporary Notables of the name Gandon (post 1700) +

Nicholas "Nick" John Charles Gandon (1956-2025), English cricketer, active from 1979-1996
James Gandon (1743-1823), English architect, born in New Bond Street, London, on 29 Feb. 1742 at the house of his grandfather, a Huguenot refugee, the only son of Peter Gandon 7

Sources +

Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Harrison, Henry, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 2013. Print
Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
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