Blem Surname HistoryEarly Origins of the Blem familyThe surname Blem was first found in Derbyshire where the name is a metonymic occupational name for an iron worker from the Middle English "blome" meaning an ingot of iron. 1 By extension, the name was derived from "the bloomer," a worker at a bloomery, or bloom-smithy. 2 Another reference is more specific: " a 'bloom' is a mass of iron that has gone a second time through the fire - Anglo Saxon bloma; and bloomary, hence probably a Bloomer was a person employed in the manufacture of iron." 3 One of the first records of the name was found in Derbyshire in 1202 when William Blomere was listed in Pipe Rolls at that time. The Assize Rolls of Staffordshire list Robert le Blomere there in 1279. 4 The Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379 list Johannes Blomer, smyth and Johannes Blomere. Later Henry Blewmer and William Blumer were both listed in Yorkshire in 1513 and 1515. 2 Early History of the Blem familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Blem research. Another 185 words (13 lines of text) covering the years 1041, 1455, 1487, 1510, 1543, 1600, 1603, 1635, 1705 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Blem History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Blem Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Blomer, Bloomer, Bloomar, Bloomere, Blomere, Blome and many more. Early Notables of the Blem familyDistinguished members of the family include
Migration of the Blem family to IrelandSome of the Blem family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Migration of the Blem familySome of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Mercy Bloomer, who arrived in New York in 1703; Anne Bloomer, who landed in Virginia in 1717; Joshua Bloomer, who landed in New York in 1769; Francis Bloomer, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1776.
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