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Where did the English Cheese family come from? What is the English Cheese family crest and coat of arms? When did the Cheese family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Cheese family history? The name Cheese is from the ancient Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. The name was given to a person who was a cheese-maker or seller of cheese. The surname Cheese is derived from the Old English word cese and the West Saxon word cyse, which both mean cheese. Occupational names frequently refer to the principal object associated with the activity of the original bearer, such as tools or products. These types of occupational surnames are called metonymic surnames. The surname Cheese belongs to this class of names. 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 Cheese family name include Cheese, Chese, Chuse, Chouse, Cheser, Chesse and others. First found in Norfolk, where they held a family seat from ancient times. This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cheese research. Another 423 words(30 lines of text) covering the years 1273, 1279, 1332, 1366, 1379, 1500, 1597, and 1808 are included under the topic Early Cheese History in all our PDF Extended History products. More information is included under the topic Early Cheese 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. Investigation of the origins of family names on the North American continent has revealed that early immigrants bearing the name Cheese or a variant listed above: Cheese Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
The Cheese Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Cheese 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 13:26. ©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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