| ![Show Contents]() Barca History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
- Origins Available:
 England Barca is a name of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin and comes from the family once having lived in a bark-house, a house where the bark was stored for use in the tanning process. Early Origins of the Barca familyThe surname Barca was first found in Norfolk, where they held a family seat from ancient times. Early History of the Barca familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Barca research. Another 177 words (13 lines of text) covering the years 1249, 1327, 1400 and 1500 are included under the topic Early Barca History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Barca Spelling VariationsSound 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 Barca family name include Bark, Barke, Barks, Barc, Berk and others. Early Notables of the Barca familyMore information is included under the topic Early Barca Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
 Barca migration to the United States | + |
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 Barca surname or a spelling variation of the name include:
Barca Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Diego DeLa Barca, who landed in America in 1828 1
- 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)
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Barca migration to the United States 
