| ![Show Contents]() Burningham History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 England Early Origins of the Burningham familyThe surname Burningham was first found in Suffolk where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the year 1121 when Leomer de Berningham held a family seat at Barningham and Bury St Edmunds in that shire. Early History of the Burningham familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Burningham research. Another 91 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1448, 1455 and 1487 are included under the topic Early Burningham History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Burningham Spelling VariationsSound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Burningham family name include Berningham, Barningham, Burningham and others. Early Notables of the Burningham familyDistinguished members of the family include John Barningham (d. 1448), early English theologian, educated at Oxford and Paris, in both of which places he is said to have taken his degree as master...
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 Burningham migration to the United States | + |
For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Burningham surname or a spelling variation of the name include:
Burningham Settlers in United States in the 20th Century- Elisabeth Burningham, aged 56, who landed in America from Kilkee, Ireland, in 1908
- W. J. Burningham, who landed in America, in 1908
- Percy Burningham, aged 22, who immigrated to the United States from Sidcup, England, in 1911
- Dorothy Burningham, aged 27, who landed in America from Chichester, England, in 1911
- Dorothy Burningham, aged 27, who immigrated to the United States from Sussex, England, in 1911
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| Contemporary Notables of the name Burningham (post 1700) | + |
- John Burningham (1936-2019), English author and illustrator of children's picture books, recipient of the 1963 and 1970 Kate Greenaway Medal
| Historic Events for the Burningham family | + |
- Mr. William FR Burningham (b. 1924), English Chief Petty Officer serving for the Royal Navy from Huntsdon, Sussex, England, who sailed into battle and died in the HMS Hood sinking 1
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Burningham migration to the United States 
