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Where did the English Downer family come from? What is the English Downer family crest and coat of arms? When did the Downer family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Downer family history?
The Anglo-Saxon name Downer comes from when the family resided as inhabitants by the down. The surname Downer is a topographic surname, which was given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. Habitation names form the other broad category of surnames that were derived from place-names. They were derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads. Other local names are derived from the names of houses, manors, estates, regions, and entire counties. As a general rule, the greater the distance between an individual and their homeland, the larger the territory they were named after. For example, a person who only moved to another parish would be known by the name of their original village, while people who migrated to a different country were often known by the name of a region or country from which they came.
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The English language only became standardized in the last few centuries; therefore, spelling variations are common among early Anglo-Saxon names. As the form of the English language changed, even the spelling of literate people's names evolved. Downer has been recorded under many different variations, including Downer, Downyer, Downar 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.
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For many English families, the political and religious disarray that shrouded England made the far away New World an attractive prospect. On cramped disease-ridden ships, thousands migrated to those British colonies that would eventually become Canada and the United States. Those hardy settlers that survived the journey often went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Downer or a variant listed above:
Downer Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- Henry Downer, who settled in Virginia in 1654
- Henry Downer, who arrived in Virginia in 1654
- Jane Downer, who landed in Virginia in 1655
- Fra Downer, who landed in Virginia in 1655
- Rob Downer, who arrived in Virginia in 1655
Downer Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- J B Downer, who arrived in Mobile, Ala in 1822
- J Q Downer, who arrived in San Francisco, Cal in 1850
- Arthur Charles Downer, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1870
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- John William Downer (1843-1915), Premier of South Australia from 16 June 1885 until 11 June 1887
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The Downer Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Downer 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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