| ![Show Contents]() Pater History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 England The name Pater is Anglo-Saxon in origin. It was a name given to a person who created rosaries and chaplets. The surname Pater originally derived from the Old English word paternoster which was used a verb in the opening line of the Latin version of the Lord's Prayer. Paternoster referred to a bead in a rosary. Occupational names that were derived from the common trades of the medieval era transcended European cultural and linguistic boundaries. Occupational names have remained fairly common in the modern period. This is attested to by the continuing appearance of occupational suffixes at the end of many English surnames. Some of these suffixes include: herd, monger, maker, hewer, smith, and wright. Early Origins of the Pater familyThe surname Pater was first found in Berkshire, where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the census rolls taken by the ancient Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects. Early History of the Pater familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Pater research. Another 130 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1250, 1695 and 1736 are included under the topic Early Pater History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Pater Spelling VariationsUntil the dictionary, an invention of only the last few hundred years, the English language lacked any comprehensive system of spelling rules. Consequently, spelling variations in names are frequently found in early Anglo-Saxon and later Anglo-Norman documents. One person's name was often spelled several different ways over a lifetime. The recorded variations of Pater include Paternoster, Patternoster and others. Early Notables of the Pater familyNotables of this surname at this time include: - Alice Paternoster first to hold the lands of Pusey
Pater RankingIn Netherlands, the name Pater is the 641st most popular surname with an estimated 2,853 people with that name. 1
 Pater migration to the United States | + |
Thousands of English families boarded ships sailing to the New World in the hope of escaping the unrest found in England at this time. Although the search for opportunity and freedom from persecution abroad took the lives of many because of the cramped conditions and unsanitary nature of the vessels, the opportunity perceived in the growing colonies of North America beckoned. Many of the settlers who survived the journey went on to make important contributions to the transplanted cultures of their adopted countries. The Pater were among these contributors, for they have been located in early North American records:
Pater Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- James Pater, who landed in Maryland in 1666 2
Pater Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Mr. William Pater, (b. 1800), aged 40, English farmer departing from England aboard the Ship "Royal Adelaide" arriving in the United States on 21st April 1840 3
- Gottlieb Pater, aged 23, who arrived in New York, NY in 1851 2
- Alfred Pater, aged 28, who immigrated to America, in 1893
- Anna Pater, aged 33, who landed in America, in 1893
Pater Settlers in United States in the 20th Century- Celina Pater, aged 15, who immigrated to the United States, in 1905
- Antonina Pater, aged 42, who immigrated to the United States, in 1906
- Benjamen Pater, aged 20, who landed in America from Bowling, Scotland, in 1914
- D. Pater, who immigrated to the United States, in 1917
- Charles William Pater, aged 21, who settled in America from Glasgow, Scotland, in 1920
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| Contemporary Notables of the name Pater (post 1700) | + |
- Walter Horatio Pater (1839-1894), English essayist, critic of art and literature
- Stefan Pater (b. 1960), retired German football forward
- Grzegorz Pater (b. 1974), Polish professional footballer
- "Most Common Last Names in Netherlands." Forebears, https://forebears.io/netherlands/surnames
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- Cornwall Online Parish Clerks. (Retrieved 2018, April 30). Emigrants to New York 1820 - 1891 [PDF]. Retrieved from http://www.opc-cornwall.org/Resc/pdfs/emigration_new_york_1820_1891.pdf
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Pater migration to the United States 
