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England

The ancestry of the name Aspinall dates from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It comes from when the family lived in the settlement of Aspinwall, which was in the parish of Aughton in Lancashire county. The name Aspinwall literally means the aspen-well, referring to a well near a grove of aspen trees.

Early Origins of the Aspinall family

The surname Aspinall was first found in Lancashire where they held a family seat for many centuries, and where, at an early time, probably well before the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, they founded the town of Aspinall in that county.

Early History of the Aspinall family

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Aspinall Spelling Variations

Spelling variations in names were a common occurrence before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago. In the Middle Ages, even the literate spelled their names differently as the English language incorporated elements of French, Latin, and other European languages. Many variations of the name Aspinall have been found, including Aspinal, Aspinall, Aspinwall, Aspinwal, Aspinshaw, Aschmell, Ashmell, Asmall, Espinall, Espinwall, Espinshaw and many more.

Early Notables of the Aspinall family

Distinguished members of the family include William Aspinwall (fl. 1648-1662), a nonconformist English minister ejected in 1662, "of the Lancashire Aspinwalls, and so has a gleam on his name...
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Aspinall migration to the United States +

Families began migrating abroad in enormous numbers because of the political and religious discontent in England. Often faced with persecution and starvation in England, the possibilities of the New World attracted many English people. Although the ocean trips took many lives, those who did get to North America were instrumental in building the necessary groundwork for what would become for new powerful nations. Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America bore the name Aspinall, or a variant listed above:

Aspinall Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Robert Aspinall, who settled in America in 1641
John Aspinall, who arrived in Virginia in 1663
Henry Aspinall, who arrived in Maryland in 1663 1
John Aspinall, who arrived in Virginia in 1664 1
Hugh Aspinall, who arrived in Maryland in 1675 1
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Aspinall Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Benjamin Aspinall, who landed in Mississippi in 1840 1
Charles Aspinall, who arrived in New York in 1845 1

Aspinall migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Aspinall Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. Abel Aspinall, English convict who was convicted in Lancaster, Lancashire, England for 14 years, transported aboard the "Atlas" on 16th January 1816, arriving in New South Wales, Australia 2
Mr. James Aspinall, English convict who was convicted in Lancaster, Lancashire, England for life, transported aboard the "Caledonia" in 19th June 1822, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 3
Mr. George Aspinall, English convict who was convicted in Lancaster, Lancashire, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Aurora" on 18th June 1835, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 4
Mr. Richard Aspinall, English convict who was convicted in Lancaster, Lancashire, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Bengal Merchant" on 24th March 1838, arriving in New South Wales, Australia 5
Mr. John Aspinall, English convict who was convicted in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England for 10 years, transported aboard the "Fairlie" on 9th Mary 1852, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Island) 6
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Aspinall migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Aspinall Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Mr. W.G. Aspinall, British settler travelling from Liverpool aboard the ship "Tornado" arriving in Auckland, New Zealand on 26th September 1859 7
Aaron Aspinall, aged 47, a stone mason, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Maori" in 1864
O. Aspinall, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "British Empire" in 1880 8
Mary E. Aspinall, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "British Empire" in 1880 8
William Aspinall, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "British Empire" in 1880 8
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Aspinall migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 9

Aspinall Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century

Katherine Aspinall, a bonded passenger sent to Barbados or Jamaica in 1675

Contemporary Notables of the name Aspinall (post 1700) +

Owen Stuart Aspinall (1927-1997), American attorney and politician who served as the 45th Governor of American Samoa
William H. Aspinall, American Republican politician, Postmaster at Weston, West Virginia, 1881-87 10
Wayne Norviel Aspinall (1896-1983), American Democratic Party politician, Member of Colorado State House of Representatives, 1931-38; Member of Colorado State Senate, 1939-48 10
Albert M. Aspinall, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to New York State Constitutional Convention 27th District, 1967 10
John Victor Aspinall (1926-2000), English zoo owner and gambling club host, founder of Crown London Aspinalls (or Aspinall's)
John Aspinall (b. 1959), English former footballer who played from 1982 to 1988
John Thomas Walshman Aspinall (1815-1865), English Conservative Party politician, Member of Parliament for Clitheroe in 1853
John Damian Androcles Aspinall (b. 1960), English businessman and conservationist, notable for his raising and release of a number of a zoo-bred lowland gorillas in Gabon
Albert Wood Aspinall (1839-1903), English-born, Australian stonemason and builder from Exley Bank Bottom, Southowram, West Riding of Yorkshire
Neil Stanley Aspinall (1941-2008), Welsh-born English music industry executive, a school friend of Paul McCartney and George Harrison, he went on to head the Beatles' company Apple Corps
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Historic Events for the Aspinall family +

Hillsborough disaster

James Gary Aspinall (1971-1989), English clerk who was attending the FA Cup semi-final at Hillsborough Stadium, in Sheffield, Yorkshire when the stand allocated area became overcrowded and 96 people were crushed in what became known as the Hillsborough disaster and he died from his injuries 11

HMS Repulse

Mr. James Aspinall, British Able Bodied Seaman, who sailed into battle on the HMS Repulse (1941) and survived the sinking 12

Citations +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 14th July 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/atlas
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 30th November 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/caledonia
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 20th August 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/aurora
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 13th October 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/bengal-merchant
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 26th September 2022). https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/fairlie
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 26th March 2019). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 12th November 2011). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 8) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
Hillsborough Victims (retreived 21st March 2021). Retreived from https://metro.co.uk/2019/04/15/remembering-96-victims-hillsborough-disaster-30-years-9206566/
HMS Repulse Crew members. (Retrieved 2014, April 9) . Retrieved from http://www.forcez-survivors.org.uk/biographies/listrepulsecrew.html