Bairdewell History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Bairdewell family

Early History of the Bairdewell family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bairdewell research. Another 234 words (17 lines of text) covering the years 1086, 1190, 1272, 1307, 1500 and 1637 are included under the topic Early Bairdewell History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Bairdewell Spelling Variations

Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Bairdewell family name include Bardwell, Bardewell, Bardwelle, Berdwell, Berdewelle, Bardwill and many more.

Early Notables of the Bairdewell family

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Migration of the Bairdewell family

For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Bairdewell surname or a spelling variation of the name include: G.S. Bardwell who arrived in Ontario in 1837.