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

Walter is one of the names that was brought to England in the wave of migration following the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Walter family name comes from the Germanic personal name Walter. The name is composed of the elements wald, meaning rule and heri, meaning army.

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Spelling variations in names were a common occurrence in the eras before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago. In the Middle Ages, even the literate regularly changed the spellings of their names as the English language incorporated elements of French, Latin, and other European languages. Many variations of the name Walter have been found, including Walter, Walters, Watter, Watters, Walthew, Wattis and others.

First found in Cambridgeshire where they held a family seat from early times as Lords of the manor or Crowhurst. Hubert Walter (c.1160-1205) was Archbishop of Canterbury, and Lord Chancellor.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Walter research. Another 197 words(14 lines of text) covering the years 1189 and 1812 are included under the topic Early Walter History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Another 22 words(2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Walter Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the Walter family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Another 120 words(9 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products.

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For many English families, the social climate in England was oppressive and lacked opportunity for change. For such families, the shores of Ireland, Australia, and the New World beckoned. They left their homeland at great expense in ships that were overcrowded and full of disease. Many arrived after the long voyage sick, starving, and without a penny. But even those were greeted with greater opportunity than they could have experienced back home. Numerous English settlers who arrived in the United States and Canada at this time went on to make important contributions to the developing cultures of those countries. Many of those families went on to make significant contributions to the rapidly developing colonies in which they settled. Early North American records indicate many people bearing the name Walter were among those contributors:

Walter Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century


  • Anne Walter, who landed in Maryland in 1679

Walter Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century


  • Casper Walter from England settled in New York in 1709 with his wife and nine children
  • John George Walter from England settled in New York with his wife and five children in 1709
  • Caspar Walter, who emigrated to America with his wife and their nine children in 1709
  • Barnard Walter, aged 58, arrived in Pennsylvania in 1732
  • Barbara Walter, aged 24, landed in Pennsylvania in 1733


Walter Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • Abraham Walter, who arrived in Ohio in 1832
  • Abraham Walter, who landed in Ohio in 1832
  • A. M. Walter, who came to America in 1836
  • Baptiste Walter, aged 27, landed in St Louis, Mo in 1840
  • Heinrich Walter to Texas with his wife Rosine Holzhaueser (1845)


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  • Francis Eugene Walter (1894-1963), American Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives
  • Bruno Walter (1876-1962), renowned German-born American conductor, known for his interpretations of Mahler and Mozart
  • Eugene Ferdinand Walter (1921-1998), American screenwriter, poet, short-story author, actor, puppeteer, gourmet chef, cryptographer, translator, editor, and costume designer
  • Andrew Walter (b. 1982), American football quarterback
  • Jessica Walter (b. 1941), American actress, known for the film Play Misty for Me
  • Harriet Mary Walter CBE (b. 1950), British actress and niece of renowned British actor Christopher Lee
  • Ben James Walter (b. 1984), Canadian ice hockey player in the National Hockey League
  • Neil Douglas Walter (b. 1942), New Zealand diplomat, and is a former Administrator of Tokelau, a territory of New Zealand
  • Hellmuth Walter (1900-1980), German engineer who pioneered research into rocket engines and gas turbines
  • Ulrich Hans Walter (b. 1954), German physicist/engineer and a former astronaut with 9 days, 23 hours, and 40 minutes in space

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  • Families of Eliza Walters & Benjamin Franklin Johnson of Orange Co., Indiana by James Walters Johnson.
  • My Cooley-Walters Ancestry in from Fairchance, Penna., and Surrounding Areas by Kathryn Mercedes Cooley Miller.
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  2. Ingram, Rev. James. Translator Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 1823. Print.
  3. Zieber, Eugene. Heraldry in America. Philadelphia: Genealogical Publishing Co. Print.
  4. MacAulay, Thomas Babington. History of England from the Accession of James the Second 4 volumes. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1879. Print.
  5. Filby, P. William and Mary K Meyer. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index in Four Volumes. Detroit: Gale Research, 1985. Print. (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8).
  6. Skordas, Guest. Ed. The Early Settlers of Maryland an Index to Names or Immigrants Complied from Records of Land Patents 1633-1680 in the Hall of Records Annapolis, Maryland. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1968. Print.
  7. Thirsk, Joan. The Agrarian History of England and Wales. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press: 7 Volumes. Print.
  8. Dunkling, Leslie. Dictionary of Surnames. Toronto: Collins, 1998. Print. (ISBN 0004720598).
  9. 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).
  10. Colletta, John P. They Came In Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
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The Walter Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Walter 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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