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Tunneler Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the tunneler,' one who fills casks with wine, &c, from tunne, a barrel. The tunneler used the tunnel, or funnel, or tunner to expedite his work.

'Tonnell, to fylle wyne with': Palsgrave.

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Tunneler Surname Meaning

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This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the tunneler,' one who fills casks with wine, &c, from tunne, a barrel. The tunneler used the tunnel, or funnel, or tunner to expedite his work.

'Tonnell, to fylle wyne with': Palsgrave.

William le Toneleur. Rolls of Parliament.

Ralph le Toneler (I have lost my reference to this).

John de Tikhill, toundour, 4 Edward II: Freemen of York.

Geoffrey le Thuneler, 9 Edward III: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Anglo-French) the Middle English toneler, toneleur, French tonnelier = a Cooper, Cask-Maker [from Old French tonnel (mod. French tonneau), a tun or cask: the stem is prob. ult. of Celtic orig.]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

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Tunnela8030/
Tungele8010/
Tuniele801/
Toneler801/
Tunnile800/
Thonnelier78116/
Tüngeler7512/
Tunalier7511/
Tonelier751/
Tounelet751/
Tonnelie751/
Tonneillier7434/
Tuneli71136/
Tonele7115/
Tunela716/
Tunile711/
Tunely710/
Tunelya6717/
Tunnila6712/
Tunelid6711/
Tonnelé6710/
Tungile6710/
Tunelys671/
Tuneela671/
Tonneli671/
Tonnely671/
Tonelie670/

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