Pollinger History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Pollinger is an Anglo-Saxon name. The name was originally given to a person who worked as the baker. This name was also referred to as le boulanger which is the Old French form, and in the sharpened form as Pullinger. 1

Early Origins of the Pollinger family

The surname Pollinger was first found in Sussex, where Terricus le Bulenger was listed in the Pipe Rolls of 1180. A very rare name, we later found William Pullenger in Cambridgeshire in 1553. 1

Early History of the Pollinger family

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Pollinger 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 Pollinger has appeared include Bullinger, Bulenger, Pullenger, Pullinger, Bulinger and many more.

Early Notables of the Pollinger family

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Pollinger 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 Pollinger arrived in North America very early:

Pollinger Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Stephen Pollinger, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1848 2

Citations +

Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
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)