Does anyone out there know anything about the name "logrien"?

Question

i cant seem to get anywhere past my grandfather with this name,, i have no idea what nationality it is. or what it means or where it came from,, can anyone tell me anything ???

Answer 1

There is a Frank Logrien in the 1880 census, living in a children's home.  It lists his parents as coming from Sweden.  There is also a Joe Tony Logrien, whose WW1 Draft registration lists his place of birth as Russia.

I can't find anyone else by that surname in the Ancestry.com immigration records.

Answer 2

Sounds Celtic.

I couldn't find any info on it though sorry.

Try Houseofnames.com

Answer 3

www.behindthename.com says Logrien is similar to

Legrand  

Usage: French

Statistics: United States ranked 5,335 out of 88,799 last names and, in  France, it ranked 31 out of 1,000.



In French it means "the tall or large person".

www.ancestry.com says this about Legrand:  Name Meaning and History

French and English: nickname from Old French "grand", "grant" ‘tall’, ‘large’ (occasionally used to denote seniority rather than size), with the French definite article le. It was taken to the U.S. also as Huguenot name.

http://www.familysearch.org  

Believe it or not, these are the ONLY listings on the site for the name:

    1880 US Census :

1. Frank LOGRIEN - 1880 United States Census / Massachusetts; age 9

  Gender: Male   Birth: <1871> BOSTON; his parents were born in  SWEDEN

(I wonder if the place he was living was an orphanage or something, because other than the head of the household and his wife, all the residents are between the ages of 5 and 16, and list "Other" as the Relationship.)



  U.S. Social Security Death Index

2. John LOGRIEN - U.S. Social Security Death Index

Birth: 13 Feb 1902  State Where Number was Issued: Maine  Death: Oct 1971



3. Alma LOGRIEN - U.S. Social Security Death Index

Birth: 27 Dec 1913  State Where Number was Issued: Massachusetts  Death: Dec 1986



4. Howard LOGRIEN - U.S. Social Security Death Index

Birth: 4 May 1907  State Where Number was Issued: Massachusetts  Death: Oct 1981



Is any of them related to you??

www.ancestry.com--family tree info shows Frank's wife and son:

Howard S Logrien

Parents:  Frank Logrien  &  Grace G French

Birth:  04 May 1907

Sanford, Maine  

Death:  20 Oct 1981

Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, United States of America

This lady was listed as an"alternate wife" to Howard:

Alma  (Nickerson) Logrien--#3 above

Parents:  William W Nickerson  &  Emma E. Perkins

Birth:  27 Dec 1913

New Bedford, Massachusetts  

Death:  25 Dec 1986

Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, United States of America