Ransier Name Study

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How to Join

Please contact the Study's coordinator Susan Merk or leave a comment at the foot of the page. If you have any questions, just ask. Thanks!

RANSIER One-Name-Study Template

To add a sticker to a profile, add this under the Biography: {{One Name Study|name=Ransier}}

To add a profile to the RANSIER Name Study, insert [[Category: Ransier Name Study]] before the Biography.

Please feel free to add the history of your particular RANSIER/RANCIER/RANTZIR family.

Goals

This is a One Name Study to collect together in one place everything about one surname and the variants of that name. The hope is that other researchers like you will join our study to help make it a valuable reference point for people studying lines that cross or intersect.

Rantzir/Ransier/Rancier History in NY and Canada

Jan Jerick Rantzir (1691–1764) came to America around 1739 on the ship "Julia" with his son Andres (1731-1789). Jan Jerick stayed in the American colonies but his son Andres (1731-1789) became a United Empire Loyalist (UEL) and fled to Canada along with his sons George (1752-1804), William (1759-1834) and Andres Jr. (1768-). (see documents to the right)

• Andres Ransier on Family Search.com https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LCMM-3BS/andreas-ransier-uel-1731-1789

United Empire Loyalists History - Kingston Branch

At the time of the American Revolution 1775-1783, many inhabitants of the thirteen colonies were loyal to the King, George III, and took up arms on Britain’s behalf. During and at the conclusion of the War, most of these “loyalists” were forced to leave. Of these, some 40,000 or more came to what is now Canada, and over the following years, greatly influenced the character of much of our country.

In 1784, many Loyalists settled along the St. Lawrence River and the north shore of Lake Ontario, from Prince Edward County to near Montreal. Kingston was one of the main settlements in that line of new settlement.

In the 1884 centennial of their arrival, Loyalist celebrations were held across the province and proved to be the genesis of the Loyalists’ Association of Ontario some years later. From that evolved the United Empire Loyalists’ Association of Canada (UELAC), formally incorporated in 1914.

Kingston Branch (officially, “Kingston and District Branch”) is one of twenty-seven branches across Canada, from Halifax to Victoria. http://www.uelac.org/Kingston-Branch/about_loyalists/

Links

• Ransier Genealogy https://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Ransier
• Rancier Genalogy https://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/RANCIER
• Rantzir Genealogy https://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/rantzir
• Ransier Genealogy Forum https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/ransier/
• Ransier Profiles https://www.geni.com/surnames/people/ransier
• Category:Ransier_Name_Study (other profiles in Ransier Name Study) https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Ransier_Name_Study