Alms History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England

The Anglo-Saxon name Alms comes from when the family resided as dwellers by the elms. The name means at the elms from the residence beside a clump of elm-trees.

Early Origins of the Alms family

The surname Alms was first found in Lancashire 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.

Early History of the Alms family

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Alms Spelling Variations

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. Alms has been recorded under many different variations, including Elms, Elmes and others.

Early Notables of the Alms family

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Alms migration to the United States +

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 Alms or a variant listed above:

Alms Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Andreas Alms, who arrived in America in 1778 1

Alms Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Jose Alms, aged 26, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1848 1
August Alms, who landed in Ohio in 1869 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Alms (post 1700) +

James Alms (1728-1791), English captain in the navy, born at Gosport, 15 July 1728; his father having been, it is said, a domestic servant to the Duke of Richmond 2

Citations +

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)
Wikisource contributors. "Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900." Wikisource . Wikisource , 4 Jun. 2018. Web. 17 Apr. 2019