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Where did the Belgium Yerkes family come from? What is the Belgium Yerkes family crest and coat of arms? When did the Yerkes family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Yerkes family history?
The distinguished surname Yerkes is a patronymic surname created from a personal name, and meaning "son of George." The name comes ultimately from the Greek words "ge," meaning "earth," or "soil," and "ergein," meaning "to work or till," together meaning "farmer." Yerkes was used as a first name throughout Europe during the Middle Ages, it's popularity in part due to the legendary dragon-slaying fame of St. George.
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Please remember that this page is only a small extract of our complete history that includes: - Ancient origin of the name (usually pre-1100)
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- First settlers to North America
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Spelling variations of this family name include: Georg, George, Gurganus, Gürganus, Georgi, Giorges, Gorges, Georgeis, Jorge, Jurge, Jürge, Jörg, Gorgens, Görgens, Jürgen, Jurgen, Yerkes and many more.First found in this region. Families of this name were also found in various regions of Germany; it is likely that several branches of the family emerged independently when hereditary surnames came into common use. The earliest recorded bearer of the name was Everhardus filius Georgi, who was a resident of Hamburg in 1256.
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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Yerkes research. Another 271 words(19 lines of text) covering the years 1256, 1471, 1559, 1588, 1715, 1810, 1811, and 1868 are included under the topic Early Yerkes History in all our PDF Extended History products.
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Another 23 words(2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Yerkes Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.
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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name Yerkes. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Wilhelm Georg and his wife Anna Marie, who settled in New York with their three children in 1709; Michael Jurg, who emigrated from the Palatinate to Pennsylvania in 1727.
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- Shaw, William A. Knights of England A Complete Record from the Earliest Time to the Present Day of the Knights of all the Orders of Chivalry in England, Scotland, Ireland and Knights Bachelors 2 Volumes. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print. (ISBN 080630443X).
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The Yerkes Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Yerkes 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.
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