Show ContentsBlageberd History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The ancient Anglo-Saxon culture once found in Britain is the soil from which the many generations of the Blageberd family have grown. The name Blageberd was given to a member of the family who was a man with a black beard.

Early Origins of the Blageberd family

The surname Blageberd was first found in Hampshire, where evidence suggests they held a family seat before the Norman Conquest.

Early History of the Blageberd family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Blageberd research. Another 178 words (13 lines of text) covering the years 1066, 1206, 1273, 1275, 1279, 1379, 1397, 1399, 1612 and 1721 are included under the topic Early Blageberd History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Blageberd 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 Blageberd family name include Blackbeard, Blackbird, Blachebiert, Blacberd, Blakeberd, Blakebird and many more.

Early Notables of the Blageberd family

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Migration of the Blageberd family

For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, the Canadas, 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 Blageberd surname or a spelling variation of the name include : a number of settlers who migrated to the New World and contributed to the development of North American society.



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