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Where did the English Stern family come from? What is the English Stern family crest and coat of arms? When did the Stern family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Stern family history?
The name Stern is of Anglo-Saxon origin. It was name for a stern person. The surname Stern is derived from the Old English word styrne, which means severe, strict, uncompromising, and austere.
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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)
- Known spelling variations
- Early movement of the family name during the Middle Ages
- Noteworthy bearers from the 1500-1600s
- First settlers to North America
- Notable contemporary bearers of the name
- A description and/or full color picture of the Coat of Arms, Crest, and Motto (where available)
Spelling variations in names were a common occurrence before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago. In the Middle Ages, even the literate spelled their names differently as the English language incorporated elements of French, Latin, and other European languages. Many variations of the name Stern have been found, including Sterne, Stern, Stearn, Stearns and others.First found in Buckinghamshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the manor of Grendon from early times.
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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Stern research. Another 245 words(18 lines of text) covering the years 1660 and 1664 are included under the topic Early Stern History in all our PDF Extended History products.
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Our PDF Extended History includes the Life In Ireland!
Some of the Stern family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Another 111 words(8 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included 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 Stern. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
Families began migrating abroad in enormous numbers because of the political and religious discontent in England. Often faced with persecution and starvation in England, the possibilities of the New World attracted many English people. Although the ocean trips took many lives, those who did get to North America were instrumental in building the necessary groundwork for what would become for new powerful nations. Among the first immigrants of the name Stern, or a variant listed above to cross the Atlantic and come to North America were:
Stern Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Philip Stern, who landed in New York in 1709
- Jean Stern settled in Louisiana with two sons and a daughter in 1720
- Jacob Stern settled in Maryland in 1743
- Jacob Stern, who arrived in Maryland in 1743
- Frederick Stern, who came to Pennsylvania in 1753
Stern Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Benedix P Stern, who landed in North America in 1832-1849
- Hirach Stern, who landed in North America in 1832-1849
- Henrich Stern, aged 7, arrived in New York, NY in 1847
- Henrick Stern, aged 5, landed in New York, NY in 1847
- Henrietta Stern, aged 39, landed in New York, NY in 1847
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- Otto Stern (1888-1969), German-born American physicist, who won the 1943 Nobel Prize in Physics
- Robert Arthur Morton Stern (b. 1939), American architect and Dean of the Yale University School of Architecture
- Howard Allan Stern (b. 1954), American radio personality best known for his controversial commentary
- Isaac Stern (1920-2001), Ukrainian-born American violinist and concert master and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Gerald Stern (b. 1925), award-winning American poet
- Gladys Bronwyn Stern (1890-1973), English author
- William Lewis Stern (1871-1938), German psychologist and inventor of the concept of IQ
- Daniel Stern (1805-1867), Jewish American novelist
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We have comprised a great deal of suggested readings that would be of interest to you and your family.
- Crossroads in Kansas: A Stearns-Ross Genealogy by Phyllis Ross Kostner.
- Of Them that Left A Name Behind: A History of the Starnes Family's First 125 Years and Beyond America by H. Gerald Starnes.
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Our PDF Coat of Arms + Extended History product is the whole package all in one. With a full color Coat of Arms along with a very detailed History, full symbolism, bibliography and settlers listed by the centuries.
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- Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard and David Faris. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 7th Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0806313676).
- Hitching, F.K and S. Hitching. References to English Surnames in 1601-1602. Walton On Thames: 1910. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-0181-3).
- Chadwick, Nora Kershaw and J.X.W.P Corcoran. The Celts. London: Penguin, 1790. Print. (ISBN 0140212116).
- Bolton, Charles Knowles. Bolton's American Armory. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1964. Print.
- Colletta, John P. They Came In Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
- Ingram, Rev. James. Translator Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 1823. Print.
- Burke, Sir Bernard. General Armory Of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Ramsbury: Heraldry Today. Print.
- Marcharn, Frederick George. A Constitutional History of Modern England 1485 to the Present. London: Harper and Brothers, 1960. Print.
- Bardsley, C.W. A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6).
- Sanders, Joanne McRee Edition. English Settlers in Barbados 1637-1800. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
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The Stern Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Stern 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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