Grannary, Canada.Updated November 8, 2009 | |
| The purpose of my writing is & has been to find the origin of my Grannary surname. As far as I have been able to find, it is not a common Celt name. In family folklore we were Irish, DNA seems to suggest or prove this right. We belong to the R1b1c7 (R1b) haplogroup which is the most prolific haplogroup in Europe. According to Dr. Faux (internet) R1b has "frequency changes in a cline from West (where it reaches a saturation point of almost 100% in areas of Western Ireland) to East (where it becomes uncommon in parts of Eastern Europe and virtually disappears beyond the Middle East). R1b probably arrived in Spain from the east 30,000 years ago among the old stone age peoples considered to be aboriginal to Europe. It is believed that everyone who is R1b is a descendant from an individual known as the patriarch since his descendants account for over 40% of all the chromosomes of Europe. This haplogroup is characteristic of the Basques whose language is probably that of the first R1b and who are genetically the closest to the original R1b population (which probably amounted to only a few thousand individuals)." Acc. to Family Tree DNA (FTDNA), R1b1c7 can be found in the North West Irish model which has resided in the NW of Ire. for 3000-5000 years. FTDNA incorporated it under the Ui Niall clan, kindred to this clan but perhaps not exactly kin. There are many possibilities & spelling variations for Gran(n)ary as a surname. For example, Granerius/Granerii (http://fmg.ac/) was an ancient surname & O'Grainne is said to be an Irish & rare matronymic surname in Ireland (House of Names). I have found O’Grainne to be less obvious in tracing as a surname but given her Celt origins, Grainne is possibly another contender for the Grannary name. Acc. to Dr. Murray (personal consultation) with reference to my inquiry on Granerius' name, he said that "it was an occupational name, someone who worked or lived by the land or a granary. Not all Graniers/Greniers are therefore related." He said that " I'm pretty sure that the surname Granarius (Lat.) or Grenier (Fr.) originally referred to someone in charge of a granary, or by extension, food supplies for a town, a ruler or whatever (it's difficult to be more precise), and it would seem to me that the surname Gran(n)ary most likely derives from the occupational surname Granarius/Granier/Grenier." The name Granarius is noted back in the time of the Crusades. According to Dr. Murray, "The Versus de viris illustribus dioecesis Tarvanensis qui in sacra fuere expeditione identifies a Eustace Granarius as a Fleming from the diocese of Thérouanne." Acc. to the author of Plantagenet Ancestry, Henry "Granary," as mentioned in the book is not correct, this was a sp. error. The Granerii & Grainne lines can potentially overlap in ancient times, making it difficult to tease out which is which. I found one male Granary circa 1500's UK, on internet archives. I found yet another two on web searches, the most notable was from Fermanagh and his name was written as MacGrannery alias Grannary (nationalarchives.gov.uk).In the (Montreal) Quebec Archives I found a James Granary (one N) in the early 1800's. His point of origin was written (on microfilm) as Fermanagh. He was a cloth weaver. His wife was Elizabeth Collins. Records show that this James and Eliz. are the Quebec Grannary's earliest known ancestors. Owen Grannary is mentioned several times in genealogy, he was of this lineage. |
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