Tall Family Database (will open in a new window)

The name TALL has a ring about it, with a single syllable announcing its strength, like Ford or Strong, or Bach. It is found in a small number of regions in Britain, including Devon and the East Midlands. We believed our heritage was from the East Midlands lineage. For a time we were impressed by the claims of the Viking overlord, Thorkell the Tall, who was active in the area before William the Conqueror. Then there was the possibility that the Tall name arose from a French equivalent, Taille or similar, brought over when the Huguenots came to drain the fens of East Anglia after the style of the Low Countries. Sadly all this romance is to no avail. Our grandfather, Percy Tall, was born nine years after William Tall, his mother's husband, had died. Although we have a right to the surname Tall, the bloodline stops at Percy. This is how it happened:

Selections from the Tall Family database, built on the research into the Tall family by Graham Tall, and Susan Tall’s research into her own ancestors, are to be found at http://www.tallfamily.co.uk.