Vincent Rongnion

[matt]

I have been going through lexicons/dictionaries of several languages that have been in use in the areas of France throughout the ages. This includes Gaulish, Latin and Old French. In the case of Vincent, my hypothesis is that the name was possibly created by himself. It is very common for people who have been subject to persecution, for what ever reasons, to change their last names to escape possible retaliation at the new place they choose to call home. I looked up the root of the last name in old french and came up with Ronge' with the definition "to fall off or to detach." ion at the end turns the word into a noun. Just a hypothesis. Also a possibility that the name dates back to pre-Roman time when the ancient Gauls/Celts inhabited the area, or that the Vikings which conquered the region.

[Ira A. Runyan]

I have suggested this befor, but I will state it agean.

At this time, no one can document where Vincent Rongnion was born. We know from his marriage certificate that he came to America from France and his wife's parents were from England, but we don't know where he was born, where he was raised, or who his father was. He may not have been born in France, but he lived there before arriving in America.!

We have to obtain Documentation of his past, and speculation on the meaning of the name is of no value. We can assume that he was born in Europe, but without documentation we can say no more!

Amali Runyon Perkins, daughter of Robert Runyon (author of RUNYON GENEALOGY 1955) has been trying to establish the French connection. She said this on her web page....

My family has been working with a certified genealogist in France to see what new information could be uncovered on Vincent Rongnion’s parents and siblings. Her research involves French surnames that could have conceivably evolved into Rongnion. The surnames she researched include, among others:

Regnon
Roignon
Reignon
Rognon
Rougnon
Roygnon

The French genealogist reports that many records from the Poitou region that might have helped us were destroyed in World War II.

She found nothing concrete in her research that would lead to Vincent Rongnion, the progenitor of the Runyon and Runyan families in the United States.

Nor did she find any connection between Vincent and either Henri or Jacques Rognon, a link many genealogists have long suspected.

This does not mean the geneological link does not exist. It is just that the records she studied showed could not verify it.

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