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Origin: Scottish Coat of Arms: Ermine a red chevron. Crest: A tree emerging from a crown. Spelling variations include: Telfer, Talfer, Telford, Telpher, Talifero, Tailyefer, Telfair and many more. First found in Huntingdon where they were descended from Taillefer of Normandy, jester to King William, Duke of Normandy, who asked the Duke for a favour at Hastings. Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: John Telfer settled in Philadelphia in 1856; John Telford settled in Virginia in 1774; Edmund and Mathew Telfair settled in New York in 1820; Mary Telford settled in Charles Town S.
There is also an Italian surname that was shortened to spell Toliver. These are a different peoples than the Scottish Tolivers: Tolliver = Italian variations: Toliver, Tulliver Anglicization of the Italian name Taliaferro or Tagliaferro, meaning ironworker. history: Most, if not all, Tollivers in North America are descended from Robert Taliaferro who immigrated to Virginia from England in 1645.
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