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![Show Contents]() Alt History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
The first people to use the name Alt were a family of Strathclyde-Britons who lived in the Scottish/English Borderlands. The name comes from when someone lived at Auld in Ayrshire. Early Origins of the Alt familyThe surname Alt was first found in Ayrshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Àir), formerly a county in the southwestern Strathclyde region of Scotland, that today makes up the Council Areas of South, East, and North Ayrshire, where the surname was recorded as Ealda in an Old English charter of 765. The family continued to prosper in this area for centuries and by 1284, John Alde was listed as servitor of the Earl of Carrick. By 1302 they had also acquired estates in Perthshire. 1 Early History of the Alt familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Alt research. Another 162 words (12 lines of text) covering the years 1477, 1488, 1494, 1501, 1532, 1542, 1635 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Alt History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Alt Spelling VariationsSurnames that evolved in Scotland in the Middle Ages often appear under many spelling variations. These are due to the practice of spelling according to sound in the era before dictionaries had standardized the English language. Alt has appeared as Auld, Alda, Alde, Ald, Aulde, MacAuld and others. Early Notables of the Alt familyMore information is included under the topic Early Alt Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Alt RankingIn the United States, the name Alt is the 11,420th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 2  Migration of the Alt family to Ireland
Some of the Alt family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 60 words (4 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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The North American colonies beckoned, with their ample land and opportunity as their freedom from the persecution suffered by so many Clan families back home. Many Scots even fought against England in the American War of Independence to gain this freedom. Recently, clan societies have allowed the ancestors of these brave Scottish settlers to rediscover their familial roots. Among them:
Alt Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Johanes Alt, age 40 arrived in Philadelphia in 1738
- Johanes Alt, who landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1738 3
- Michael Alt, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1751 3
- Matheus Alt, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1754 3
- Matheas Alt, who landed in Philadelphia in 1754
- ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
Alt Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Jacob Alt, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1804 3
- Margar Alt, aged 65, who arrived in America in 1851 3
- Margareta Alt, who landed in America in 1851 3
- Maria Alt, aged 25, who arrived in New York in 1854 3
- Johann Alt, aged 19, who arrived in New York in 1854 3
- ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
Alt Settlers in United States in the 20th Century- Fred Wilhelm Alt, who landed in Alabama in 1926 3
- Guillermo Alt, who landed in Alabama in 1926 3
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Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Alt Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century
| Alt migration to West Indies | + |
The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 5Alt Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century- Martha Alt, who settled in Barbados with her servants in 1679
| Contemporary Notables of the name Alt (post 1700) | + |
- Franz Leopold Alt (1910-2011), Austrian-born American mathematician, an early computer science pioneer, one of the founders of the Association for Computing Machinery
- Carol Alt (b. 1960), American model and actress
- Robert J. Alt, American politician, Mayor of Elkton, Maryland, 1998-2002 6
- Louis Alt, American Republican politician, Postmaster at St. Louis, Missouri, 1922-27 (acting, 1922) 6
- Glenn Leslie Alt (1895-1971), American Republican politician, Candidate in primary for Mayor of Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1945 6
- George Alt (1886-1993), American Republican politician, Member of South Dakota State House of Representatives 60th District, 1935-38 6
- Charles Alt, American Republican politician, Member of New York State Senate 10th District, 1909-10; Defeated, 1910 6
- Donald Robert Alt (b. 1929), prominent New York City advertiser and executive
- Robert Alt (1927-2017), Swiss two-time gold medalist bobsledder who competed in the mid-1950s
- Susanne Alt (b. 1978), German-born, Dutch jazz saxophone player
- ... (Another 3 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto.
Motto: Virtute et constantia
Motto Translation: By courage and perseverance.
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- 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)
- Rubincam, Milton. The Old United Empire Loyalists List. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1976. (Originally published as; United Empire Loyalists. The Centennial of the Settlement of Upper Canada. Rose Publishing Company, 1885.) ISBN 0-8063-0331-X
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 4) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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