Michelson History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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The name Michelson was born in the beautiful region of Bohemia, which is now part of Czechoslavakia. German surnames developed at a time when most of Bohemia, and most of the German provinces, were states of the Holy Roman Empire. At first people used only a single name, but as the population grew and people began to travel, they began to find it necessary to take on an additional name to distinguish themselves. Fairly general principles guided the development of hereditary surnames in Bohemia. The surname Michelson derived from the given name Michael, which derives in turn from the Hebrew Mika'el. It is composed of "mi" meaning "who," "ke," meaning "like," and "El," a shortened form of "Eloin," meaning "God," with the whole meaning of "who is like God," or "God-like." The popularity of the name Michael resulted from the devotion to the various Judeo-Christian holy figures bearing this name.

Early Origins of the Michelson family

The surname Michelson was first found in Bohemia, where the name emerged in mediaeval times as one of the notable families of the region. From the 13th century the surname was identified with the great social and economic evolution which made this territory a landmark contributor to the development of the nation.

Early History of the Michelson family

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Michelson Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Michael, Micheel, Michel, Meikle, Michler, Michaelis (Prussia), Michahelles (North Rhine) and many more.

Early Notables of the Michelson family

During this early period, notable bearers of the name Michelson included Tobias Michael (1592-1657), a German composer and kantor of the Thomaskirche in Leipzig, updated the church's hymnal in...
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Michelson Ranking

In the United States, the name Michelson is the 10,452^nd most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Michelson migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Michelson Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Edward Michelson who settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1640

Michelson Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

John Michelson, who landed in Virginia in 1750 2

Michelson Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Even Michelson, who arrived in Texas in 1850-1906 2

Michelson migration to Australia +

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

Michelson Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. Isaac Michelson, English convict who was convicted in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England for 14 years, transported aboard the "Equestrian" on 30th June 1845, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Island) 3

Contemporary Notables of the name Michelson (post 1700) +

Goldie Michelson (1902-2016), née Corash, Jewish Russian-born, American supercentenarian who lived to be 113 years, 335 days
Albert Abraham Michelson (1852-1931), German/American physicist awarded the 1907 Nobel Prize in Physics

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
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 9th May 2022). https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/equestrian