Caron Family History
Caron Name Meaning
French: from a personal name of Gaulish origin, represented in
Latin records in the form Caraunus. This name was borne by a
5th-century Breton saint who lived at Chartres and was murdered by
robbers; his legend led to its widespread use as a personal name
during the Middle Ages.English (of Norman origin) and French:
habitational name for someone from Cairon in Calvados,
France.English and French: metonymic occupational name for a
carter, or possibly a cartwright, from a Norman and Picard form of Old
French c(h)arron ‘cart’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Caron
Name Distribution of Caron Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Caron families
 19 - 35  7 - 18 |
 1 - 6  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Caron families
|
4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Caron Family Origin
Caron Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Caron Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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