Blattner Surname History

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Ireland

The ancient roots of the Blattner family name are in the Anglo-Saxon culture. The name Blattner comes from when the family lived by a small patch of land. Blattner is a topographic surname, which was given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. Habitation names form the other broad category of surnames that were derived from place-names. They were derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads.

Early Origins of the Blattner family

The surname Blattner was first found in Lancashire where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.

Early History of the Blattner family

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Blattner Spelling Variations

One relatively recent invention that did much to standardize English spelling was the printing press. However, before its invention even the most literate people recorded their names according to sound rather than spelling. The spelling variations under which the name Blattner has appeared include Platt, Plat, Platte, Plait, Plate, Blatt and others.

Early Notables of the Blattner family

Notables of the family at this time include Sir Hugh Plat or Platt (1552-1608), English writer on agriculture and inventor from Garlickhythe; and John Platt (1632-1705), an English immigrant to America from Ware, Hertfordshire to settle in Norwalk, Connecticut and rose to become a Member of the General Court of the Colony of Connecticut from Norwalk (1678-1694.) Gabriel Plattes (fl. 1638), was an English writer, said to have been of Dutch extraction, was one of the earliest advocates...
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Migration of the Blattner family to Ireland

Some of the Blattner family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
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Blattner migration to the United States +

At this time, the shores of the New World beckoned many English families that felt that the social climate in England was oppressive and lacked opportunity for change. Thousands left England at great expense in ships that were overcrowded and full of disease. A great portion of these settlers never survived the journey and even a greater number arrived sick, starving, and without a penny. The survivors, however, were often greeted with greater opportunity than they could have experienced back home. These English settlers made significant contributions to those colonies that would eventually become the United States and Canada. An examination of early immigration records and passenger ship lists revealed that people bearing the name Blattner arrived in North America very early:

Blattner Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Hans Michael Blattner, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1731 1

Blattner Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Frederick Blattner, aged 24, who arrived in Missouri in 1846 1
Johann J Blattner, aged 28, who landed in Missouri in 1848 1
Reverend Blattner, aged 50, who arrived in New York in 1849 1
Rud Blattner, who landed in St Clair County, Illinois in 1859 1
Jacob Blattner, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1872 1

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)