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Variants Strange, Strangeman.A nickname meaning 'the
strange', from a person who was new to the community. This name is of
English descent and is found in many ancient manuscripts in the above
country. Examples of such are a Stephen le Strange, County Yorkshire, who
was recorded in the 'Hundred Rolls', England, in the year 1273 and a John le
Straunge, County Cambridgeshire, was also recorded in the same year in this
ancient document. Names were recorded in these ancient documents to make it
easier for their overlords to collect taxes and to keep records of the
population at any given time. When the overlords acquired land by either
force or gifts from their rulers, they created charters of ownership for
themselves and their vassals. Other examples of this name were found in the
person of a Willemus Straunge who was recorded in the 'Poll Tax', of the
West Riding of Yorkshire, in the year 1379 and a Thomas Strange and
Elizabeth Woods were married in Saint George, Hanover Square, in the year
1780. |
