The trahan Surname
trahan Name Meaning and History
Altered or variant form of French Trahand, a metonymic
occupational name for a silkworker who drew out the thread from the
cocoons, from a derivative of traire ‘to draw or stretch’. It
has been ‘translated’ into English as Strong.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| POW/MIA Korean War, TRAHAN |
 powmiadna
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| Looking For Relatives Of Family (TRAHAN''S) | Michael Mann Trahan | 22 |
| Looking for a Trahan | Jennifer Turner | 2 |
| TRAHAN G J Nick 1915- |
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| TRAHAN Lillie Belle 1918-1970 |
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| Euzebe Trahan and Alice Borne Jeanerette, LA |
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| Mary Hortense Trahan from Abbeville louisiana |
droberson69
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| TRAHAN Selma 1920-1982 |
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| Trahans of Canada | Natalie Trahan | 23 |
| Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyler J. Trahan of East Freetown, Mass., died 30 Apr 2009 |
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