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Origins Available: English, German, Scottish Where did the English Sparr family come from? What is the English Sparr family crest and coat of arms? When did the Sparr family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Sparr family history? The ancient Anglo-Saxon surname Sparr came from the baptismal name Sparrowhawk, which was an Old English personal name. After the Norman Conquest, the Old English naming system gradually dissolved. Old English names became less common and were replaced by popular continental European names. The earliest surnames in England were found shortly after the Norman Conquest and are of Norman French rather than native English origins. Sound 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 Sparr family name include Sparke, Spark, Sparkes, Sparks and others. First found in Cheshire where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D. This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Sparr research. Another 275 words(20 lines of text) covering the years 1407, 1613, and 1698 are included under the topic Early Sparr History in all our PDF Extended History products. More information is included under the topic Early Sparr Notables in all our PDF Extended History products. For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, the Canadas, 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 Sparr surname or a spelling variation of the name include: Sparr Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
Sparr Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
Sparr Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
The Sparr Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Sparr Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname. This page was last modified on 27 October 2010 at 13:49. ©2000-2012 Swyrich Corporation. See Terms of Use for details. houseofnames.com is an internet property owned by Swyrich Corporation. Tools
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