Fallows History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Fallows family

The surname Fallows was first found in Venice where they held a family seat. In those ancient times only persons of rank, the podesta, clergy, city officials, army officers, artists, landowners were entered into the records. To be recorded at this time, at the beginning of recorded history, was of itself a great distinction and indicative of noble ancestry.

Early History of the Fallows family

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Fallows Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Falla, Falletti, Faille, Falier, Faillon, Faillot and many more.

Early Notables of the Fallows family

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Fallows migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Fallows Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

William Fallows, who settled in Philadelphia in 1847
Benjamin Fallows, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1869 1

Fallows migration to Australia +

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

Fallows Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. John Fallows who was convicted in Chester, Cheshire, England for life, transported aboard the "Bengal Merchant" on 4th August 1836, arriving in New South Wales, Australia 2
Mr. Richard Fallows, English convict who was convicted in Leicester, Leicestershire, England for 14 years, transported aboard the "Earl Grey" on 27th July 1838, arriving in New South Wales, Australia 3

Fallows 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:

Fallows Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Richard Fallows, aged 34, a joiner, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Hurunui" in 1877
Mary Fallows, aged 27, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Hurunui" in 1877

Contemporary Notables of the name Fallows (post 1700) +

Samuel Fallows (1835-1922), American clergyman, Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin, and a Union Army colonel during the American Civil War
James Fallows (1949-1983), American print and radio journalist, national correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly, recipient of the 1983 National Book Award for Nonfiction
Fearon Fallows (1789-1831), English astronomer, astronomer to King George IV
William Gordon Fallows KCVO (1913-1979), English clergyman, Church of England Bishop of Pontefract
John Fallows, English footballer in the late 1800s

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 7th October 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/bengal-merchant
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 17th August 2021). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/earl-grey