(110)  Wed 12 Mar 2008 18:03:32 |
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shane rayner email addess hidden |
hi im shane and im 13 does any of you no my dad richard rayner ------------------------------ Hi Shane, I don't think we have any Richard's in our family. I could be wrong though. |
(109) Mon 03 Mar 2008 20:21:31 |
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Stephen Rayner email addess hidden |
Hi Jon, finally got around to visiting your great website!! Excellent!! Often a motive for researching family trees is the hope of finding someone famous or even royal. Well I can put everyone's mind at rest and disclose that all Rayners have blue blood coursing through their veins (albeit French!). The name is a derivative of the French 'Renard' (which all school children know means Fox). Duc Renard (later Reynard... Reyner....Rayner) fought with great courage (what else?), and virtually won the Battle of Hastings single-handedly against the lumbering Brits. As a reward William, Duc of Normandie (later the king) gave Renard lands that covered the whole of what is now known as Wiltshire. From there his offspring spread far and wide to bring culture, prosperity and a certain 'je ne sais pas' to the countryside. There! Hope that's confirmed what Rayners everywhere have suspected for some time! ------------------------------ Hi, Glad you finally found you way here. Thx for the comments and interesting read! Funny enough since you mentioned courage,for the slogan I was going to put 'Courageous-wise-victorious' but went with 'Powerful' instead. I think I will change it to 'Courageous' |