Tichenor

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Tichenor is a variant of Tickner, an English topographic surname for someone who lived at a crossroad or a fork in the road..^[1]

A more likely origin for the surname is that of a family located in 16th century Sussex whose name derives from the village of Itchenor,^[2] near Chichester, previously named in Anglo Saxon, "Iccen Ora" which translates as "Icca's Landing Place."^[3]

Notable people with the surname include:

Bridget Bate Tichenor (1917–1990), Mexican surrealist painter
Dylan Tichenor (born 1968), American film editor
Edna Tichenor (1901–1965), American actress
George C. Tichenor (1838–1902), member of the Board of General Appraisers
George H. Tichenor (1837–1923), American physician
Harold Lee Tichenor (born 1946), Canadian film producer and writer
Henry M. Tichenor (1858–1922), American writer and magazine writer
Isaac Tichenor (1754–1838), American lawyer and politician. Governor of and Senator from Vermont
Isaac T. Tichenor (1825–1902), president of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama, now known as Auburn University
Lindsey Tichenor (1977–present), member of the Kentucky state senate
Martin Tichenor (1625–1681), early colonist and original settler of Newark, New Jersey, origin of surname in U.S.
Stephen W. Tichenor (1813–1883), judge and mayor of Orange, New Jersey
Todd Frederick Tichenor (born 1976), American baseball umpire
Trebor Jay Tichenor (1940–2014), American pianist, composer and a recognized authority on Scott Joplin and the ragtime era
Vernon Tichenor (1815–1892), American politician
Walter Reynolds Tichenor (1877–1935), college football player and coach at Auburn and Georgia
Warren W. Tichenor (born 1960), American diplomat
Captain William V. Tichenor (1813–1887), founder of Port Orford, Oregon

References

↑ Hanks, Patrick, ed. (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. Vol. 3. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. p. 475. ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4. OCLC 51655476 . Retrieved 17 January 2021.
↑ "Origin of Tichenor Family Name". Archived from the original on April 18, 2001.
↑ "Lost medieval village on Chichester Harbour". 22 June 2010.

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[Hanks_2003-1] Hanks, Patrick, ed. (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. Vol. 3. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. p. 475. ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4. OCLC 51655476 . Retrieved 17 January 2021.

[2] "Origin of Tichenor Family Name". Archived from the original on April 18, 2001.

[3] "Lost medieval village on Chichester Harbour". 22 June 2010.

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