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Early Origins of the Bertram family

The surname Bertram was first found in Bolgna (Latin: Bononia), the largest city and the capital of Emilia-Romagna Region. The famous University of Bolgna was founded in the 11th century, by the 13th century the student body was nearly 10,000. Dante and Petrarch studied there. Tisso was tried there for 1564 for writing satirical poems. Bologna naturally, is famous for its sausages. But many noted scholars were born there. In those ancient times only persons of rank, the podesta, clergy, city officials, army officers, artists, landowners were entered into the records. To be recorded at this time was in itself a family honor.

Early History of the Bertram family

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Bertram Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Beltrami, Beltrame, Beltrano, Beltran, Beltrandi, Beltrando, Beltrand, Bertrami, Bertram, Bertrandi, Bertrando, Beltramelli, Bertrandi, Beltramini, Bertramelli, Bertamin, Tramell and many more.

Early Notables of the Bertram family

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Bertram Ranking

In the United States, the name Bertram is the 3,960^th most popular surname with an estimated 7,461 people with that name. 1

Bertram migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Bertram Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Jno. Bertram, who landed in Virginia in 1650 2
William Bertram, who arrived in Lynn, Massachusetts in 1669 2

Bertram Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Jacob Bertram, who arrived in New York, New York in 1710
Jacob Bertram, who arrived in New York, NY in 1710 2
William Bertram, who settled in Pennsylvania in 1732
John Henry Bertram, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1773 2
Hans Henry Bertram, aged 19, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1776 2
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Bertram Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Andrew Bertram, aged 27, who landed in New York in 1812 2
John Bertram, aged 21, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1832 2
Jose Bertram, aged 25, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1837 2
Henry Bertram, who arrived in Missouri in 1845
H. Bertram, accompanied by his wife and five children, who arrived in New Orleans in 1845
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Bertram Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Mr. Joseph Bertram, (b. 1871), aged 34, Cornish miner travelling aboard the ship "Philadelphia" arriving at Ellis Island, New York in 1905 en route to Kofa, Arizona, USA 3

Bertram migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Bertram Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

Henry Bertram, who landed in Canada in 1820
William Bertram, who landed in Canada in 1820

Bertram migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Bertram Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. George Bertram, Scottish convict who was convicted in Glasgow, Scotland for 14 years, transported aboard the "Exmouth" on 3rd March 1831, arriving in New South Wales, Australia 4
Henry Julius Wilhelm Bertram, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Lady Bute" in 1839 5
Caroline Bertram, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Lady Bute" in 1839 5
Mr. Thomas Bertram, English convict who was convicted in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England for 10 years, transported aboard the "Bangalore" on 28th March 1848, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) from Bermuda 6
Helen Bertram, aged 34, a domestic servant, who arrived in South Australia in 1852 aboard the ship "Medina" 7

Bertram migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Bertram Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

A. Bertram, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Telegraph" in 1863

Contemporary Notables of the name Bertram (post 1700) +

Vedah Bertram (1891-1912), American actress
Charles Bertram (1723-1765), or, as he sometimes chose to sign himself, Charles Julius, was the cleverest and most successful literary impostor of modern times; he started his life of forgery at the age of twenty-four 8
James Munro Bertram (1910-1993), Rhodes Scholar, journalist, writer, relief worker, prisoner of war and university professor
Charles Binning Bertram (1909-1976), Canadian artist, architectural innovator, and art educator
Laura Maureen Bertram (b. 1978), Canadian actress
Douglas Somerville Bertram (b. 1913), British Professor of Medical Entomology and Director of Department of Entomology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Kate Bertram, British biologist, President, Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, and a Justice of the Peace in Cambridgeshire
Anthony Bertram, British writer, and art historian
William Bertram (1880-1933), Canadian actor, writer, film director
Dr. Christoph Bertram (b. 1937), German Director for the International Institute for Strategic Studies
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Historic Events for the Bertram family +

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Hans Bertram (1921-1941), German Matrosengefreiter who served aboard the German Battleship Bismarck during World War II when it was sunk heading to France; he died in the sinking 9

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
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)
Cornwall Online Parish Clerks. (Retreived 3rd May 2018). Retrieved from http://www.opc-cornwall.org/Resc/pdfs/emigration_ellis_island_1892_on.pdf
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 25th May 2022). https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/exmouth
State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) LADY BUTE 1839. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1839LadyBute.gif
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 15th September 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/bangalore
South Australian Register Tuesday 3 February 1852. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) MEDINA 1852. Retrieved http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/medina1852.shtml
Wikisource contributors. "Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900." Wikisource . Wikisource , 4 Jun. 2018. Web. 17 June. 2019
Bismarck & Tirpitz Class - Crew List Bismarck. (Retrieved 2018, February 06). Retrieved from https://www.bismarck-class.dk/bismarck/crew/bismarck_crew.html#crew_details