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Position:Home>Genealogy> Does anyone out there know anything about the name "logrien"?Question:i cant seem to get anywhere past my grandfather with this name,, i have no idea what nationality it is. or what it means or where it came from,, can anyone tell me anything ??? Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: i cant seem to get anywhere past my grandfather with this name,, i have no idea what nationality it is. or what it means or where it came from,, can anyone tell me anything ??? www.behindthename.com says Logrien is similar to Legrand Usage: French Statistics: United States ranked 5,335 out of 88,799 last names and, in France, it ranked 31 out of 1,000. In French it means "the tall or large person". www.ancestry.com says this about Legrand: Name Meaning and History French and English: nickname from Old French "grand", "grant" ‘tall’, ‘large’ (occasionally used to denote seniority rather than size), with the French definite article le. It was taken to the U.S. also as Huguenot name. http://www.familysearch.org Believe it or not, these are the ONLY listings on the site for the name: 1880 US Census : 1. Frank LOGRIEN - 1880 United States Census / Massachusetts; age 9 Gender: Male Birth: <1871> BOSTON; his parents were born in SWEDEN (I wonder if the place he was living was an orphanage or something, because other than the head of the household and his wife, all the residents are between the ages of 5 and 16, and list "Other" as the Relationship.) U.S. Social Security Death Index 2. John LOGRIEN - U.S. Social Security Death Index Birth: 13 Feb 1902 State Where Number was Issued: Maine Death: Oct 1971 3. Alma LOGRIEN - U.S. Social Security Death Index Birth: 27 Dec 1913 State Where Number was Issued: Massachusetts Death: Dec 1986 4. Howard LOGRIEN - U.S. Social Security Death Index Birth: 4 May 1907 State Where Number was Issued: Massachusetts Death: Oct 1981 Is any of them related to you?? www.ancestry.com--family tree info shows Frank's wife and son: Howard S Logrien Parents: Frank Logrien & Grace G French Birth: 04 May 1907 Sanford, Maine Death: 20 Oct 1981 Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, United States of America This lady was listed as an"alternate wife" to Howard: Alma (Nickerson) Logrien--#3 above Parents: William W Nickerson & Emma E. Perkins Birth: 27 Dec 1913 New Bedford, Massachusetts Death: 25 Dec 1986 Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, United States of America Sounds Celtic. I couldn't find any info on it though sorry. Try Houseofnames.com There is a Frank Logrien in the 1880 census, living in a children's home. It lists his parents as coming from Sweden. There is also a Joe Tony Logrien, whose WW1 Draft registration lists his place of birth as Russia. I can't find anyone else by that surname in the Ancestry.com immigration records. |