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Drever Family Crest
Drever Family Crest
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Where did the English Drever family come from? What is the English Drever family crest and coat of arms? When did the Drever family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Drever family history?

The name Drever reached English shores for the first time with the ancestors of the Drever family as they migrated following the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Drever family lived in Cheshire. This family was originally from De Rivers in Normandy, and it is from this location that their surname derives. There were numerous places bearing this name in Normandy, and consequently the name is also very common in England.

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Anglo-Norman names tend to be marked by an enormous number of spelling variations. This is largely due to the fact that Old and Middle English lacked any spelling rules when Norman French was introduced in the 11th century. The languages of the English courts at that time were French and Latin. These various languages mixed quite freely in the evolving social milieu. The final element of this mix is that medieval scribes spelled words according to their sounds rather than any definite rules, so a name was often spelled in as many different ways as the number of documents it appeared in. The name was spelled Driver, Dryver 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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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Drever research. Another 191 words(14 lines of text) covering the years 1279 and 1332 are included under the topic Early Drever History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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More information is included under the topic Early Drever Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Because of the political and religious discontent in England, families began to migrate abroad in enormous numbers. Faced with persecution and starvation at home, the open frontiers and generally less oppressive social environment of the New World seemed tantalizing indeed to many English people. The trip was difficult, and not all made it unscathed, but many of those who did get to Canada and the United States made important contributions to the young nations in which they settled. Some of the first North American settlers with Drever name or one of its variants:

Drever Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • Harvey Drever, who was naturalized in Philadelphia in 1856

Drever Settlers in the United States in the 20th Century


  • William Drever, who was naturalized in Indiana between 1916-1918

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  • James Drever (1873-1950), Scottish educational psychologist
  • Constance Drever (b. 1948), British actress and singer


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