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Genealogy
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Cron
Soundex:
Summary
This family came out of present-day Germany, probably the Rhine
Valley, and settled in New Jersey.
Origins
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- KRON
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German, Dutch, and Swedish: from Middle High German kron(e)
‘garland’, ‘chaplet’, ‘diadem’,
Swedish krona (from Latin corona). As a German surname it may
have been a habitational name for someone who lived in a house
with this sign or a nickname for a bald or tonsured man. It
might also have also been a nickname for a slender, long-legged
individual. [Source: Ancestry.com]
Spelling Variations
CRAWN, CROWN, CRONN
Just because a spelling appears in this list does not imply that
families with that spelling have the same origins.
Immigrant Generation
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