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The Raynor family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Raynor families were found in United Kingdom in 1891. In 1840 there were 132 Raynor families living in New York.
The Raynor family was well established in England by the 15th and 16th centuries. One of the principal branches of the family was at East Drayton in Nottingham County. Many of the present-day Raynor families in America originated in Suffolk County, England.
Oct 7, 2002 · I (Brent Raynor) currently live in Toronto, Ontario Canada. My father, Stephen Raynor originated in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and is married to my mother Judi (Lalonde). My grandfather was Edwin Kenneth Raynor (though he was known to people as "Ken"), married to my grandmother, Gertrude (Harris or Harrison?).
Raynor. English: of Norman origin, from the Old French personal name Rainer, Reiner, Renier (ancient Germanic Raginhari, from ragin ‘counsel’ + hari, heri ‘army’). The surname was later much confused with Reynold and Renard. Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.
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The surname from this source appears in the early 13th Century, as below, and the development includes: William Rayner (1248, Lincolnshire); William Reyner (1286, Staffordshire) and Robert Ranare (1651, Yorkshire).
