Birchwod History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Birchwod family

Early History of the Birchwod family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Birchwod research. Another 147 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1177, 1332, 1342, 1349, 1369, 1608 and 1616 are included under the topic Early Birchwod History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Birchwod 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 Birchwod family name include Birchwood, Berchwood, Birchwoode, Birchwude, Birchewode and many more.

Early Notables of the Birchwod family

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Migration of the Birchwod 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 Birchwod surname or a spelling variation of the name include: a number of settlers who arrived by the 19th century.