Disney

Disney One-Name Study

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Study details

Study: Disney

Variants: Disnal, Disnay, Disnel, Dizney

Category: 3 - A study where research using core genealogical datasets and transcriptions is well under way on a global basis.

DNA website: www.familytreedna.com/public/DISNEY

Contact: Dr Helen Coan

About the study

This one name study of the surname DISNEY includes many variations that have appeared in census returns and other sources. Whilst it covers the UK I do hold information on any Disney family from anywhere in the world and welcome additions.

Variant names

Main alternative spellings appear to be Disnall, Diseney, Desney, Disigny,Dizney since c 1900 the name appears to be more stable.

Name origin

The name is believed to originate from followers of William the Conqueror who came from Isigney sur la Mare a fishing village close to Bayeaux in France. The ancient tombs in Norton Disney Church appear as D'Isigney. There is another known source as D'Assigney which originates in France and arrived in Devon and Somerset via the Channel Islands c 1650. DNA studies now suggest there must be other sources.

Historical occurrences of the name

The family that settled in Norton Disney in Lincolnshire appears in Burke's Landed Gentry but is now an extinct line. There are no known male descendants now living. Walt Disney traces his name back to Ireland c 1700 but does not link with the other large Irish Disney family descended from William Disney who died in 1667. Somerset and Devon Disneys originate from Marius D'Assigny in Huntsham. A large Disney family originating from Samuel Disney who died in 1724 at Radcliffe-on-Trent spreads through Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Leicestershire.

Data

I hold all entries for the 1841 to 1911 census returns. All IGI and GRO entries and 1939 Register entries plus copies of PRO wills and many more parish register extracts and military records. I have also accumulated information on several branches of Disney family trees in New Zealand, Australia, Canada and USA plus the Irish family trees published by Edward Disney and Hugh Disney and several different copies of the Norton Disney family pedigree.

DNA

I have a registered DNA project with familytreedna.com with the object of trying to check if various family groups are linked or not. So far the Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Leicestershire branches have been linked and the Colchester and Suffolk Disneys show a link to Maryland USA c 1700. A close relative of Walt Disney has also taken part in the project and shows a link to Edward Disney's Irish line .Any male Disney is welcome to join the project.

Contact Details

Dr Helen Coan

General Search Results

Occurrences of the surname Disney in the Guild Indexes

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Global Marriages (public) 496
Global Marriages (members)* 498
Inscriptions Index 3
Modern Newspaper Index 1
Probate Index* 6
Datastores 2
Study materials for the study Disney* 3

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