Tyre's: Irish or English origin?
Ok, I know this could be a really dumb question I'm posting. I like to know where this name originates from. My family says its Ireland but find some people tell me it's England. What gives here? My 3rd g-grandfather came to the USA in 1852-3. Born in 1821 as Peter Tyre and the name changed to Tyer before 1860. Can anyone shed some light here? Thank you in advance for your time! Regards, Bob Tyer in CT
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My great uncle is a Tyre, and he told me the story his Father (my great grandfather) told him. His father was born near the border between scotland & england. He had family living in Scotland, and said that over the years he had become a Tyre, he wasn't quite sure how it happened, but at some point he would have been a McIntyre - so maybe all Tyres derive from Scotland? An interesting story I think!
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If you want to add to the confusion, my Husband is a McIntyre but we have just discovered that in the 1860's they were recorded as Tyre, they came from the Ayrshire area,but one of the wives a Mary Graham came from Ireland. Linda
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I don't know if I can be any help but our forfather came from scotland in 1680 to viringa Jesse Tyre B=1668 I don't know if any relation of any and in the 1860 the guys can't spell to good so some of them spelled it tyer many change the spell of their own names also
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Hello, Thank you all for all the info you have provided. I also heard Tyre is a take off from MacAteer or McAteer. That origin is also unknown. Again I thank you for your time! Regards, Bob Tyer in CT
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My understanding, from all I've read (and there are books on the subject) is that the Tyrees are an historic Scottish family that has established branches in Ireland and England. The first recorded Tyree or Tyrie was a Maurice de Tyrie, who evidently was in turn of Flemish origin (many settled from Flanders and Normandy in the Scottish Lowlands in the 12th and 13th centuries and even earlier). I believe there is no proven connection to the McIntyres, despite sharing four letters in the names. The McIntyres have a unique family origin story that doesn't connect with the Tyrees, who evidently took their surname from a place where they settled in Perthshire. The name is said to mean "king's house" -- Ty/ree -- and the village was named for an old stone structure thast was some ancient chieftain's abode in times much earlier than the settlement of the Tyrees from Flanders. The Tyrees intermarried with many established Scottish families and produced a number of local officials and churchmen of note. The coat of arms associated with the Tyrees incorporates not the eagle and ship of the McIntyres but a lion rampant, usually blue (as in the blue lion of Bruce), a device shared by the Percy family of North England. Tyre or Tyrer on the other hand could be a rendition of the same name or another name altogether. Bona fortuna.
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I have just noticed your message and although you posted it a long time ago i thought i would reply. I have been tracing my family line of the Tyre family and they are all scottish decendant. The original name was McInTyre and as the clans moved so they altered their name. Hope that will help
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Does your finding include a Jesse Tyre who emigrated from Perth (Perthshire) Scotland in the 1600's?
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I have been trying to track down this Jesse Tyre myself from Perthshire, b.1668 I have seen him refered to in a lot of family trees, but I have not seen any hard evidence that supports it or even have I found a person to come forward and claim where it came from... He tends to be shown as the first ancestor to come from Scotland to United States.... Almost like a Legend or Myth, who knows? Anyway I am starting a new DNA group for Tyres and its variation spellings called Tyrees/Tyries. The purpose of the group is to connect people through DNA to gain more insite into there Tyre lineage. Click DNA, Groups, Tyree/Tyrie
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Sorry for the late response. No Jessie in my line. Our's was a Peter Tyre who ended up in Lee, MA around 1852-3 from the Dublin area of Ireland. I found that there was many Tyre's in Ireland around that time.
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