Show ContentsBlunsome History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Blunsome is a name whose history is connected to the ancient Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. The name is derived from when the Blunsome family once lived in Bluntisham, a parish near St. Ives, in the county of Huntingdonshire.

Early Origins of the Blunsome family

The surname Blunsome was first found in Huntingdonshire, where they held a family seat from ancient times.

Early History of the Blunsome family

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Blunsome 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 Blunsome family name include Blunsum, Blunsume, Bluntisham, Bluntesham, Bluntsham, Blumsome and many more.

Early Notables of the Blunsome family

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



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