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![Show Contents]() Burkholder History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Burkholder familyThe surname Burkholder was first found in Herefordshire where they held a family seat at Burghill, a parish, in the hundred of Grimsworth. 1 They later acquired estates at Thinghill. However, their descent can be traced by to the Domesday Book, 2 where conjecturally, the surname is descended from the tenant of the lands and village of Burghill, held by Alfred of Marlborough who was recorded in the Domesday Book census of 1086. Burgill held a mill and 25 eel ponds. Early History of the Burkholder familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Burkholder research. Another 118 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1140, 1159, 1172, 1442, 1510, 1545, 1572, 1600, 1641, 1645, 1646 and 1665 are included under the topic Early Burkholder History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Burkholder Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Burghill, Burgehill, Burghil, Burghall, Burghal, Burkhill, Birkhill, Burkell, Berghill, Berghil, Bergle, Burgle and many more. Early Notables of the Burkholder familyOutstanding amongst the family at this time was Robert Burhill or Burghill (1572-1641), English divine, born at Dymock, Gloucestershire, descended from the Burghills of Thinghill, Herefordshire. 3
Henry Burkhead (fl. 1645), was an English dramatist, a merchant of Bristol and author of a tragedy, 'Cola's Fury, or Lirenda's Misery,' which was never acted, and probably was not written for the stage...
Another 59 words (4 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Burkholder Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Burkholder RankingIn the United States, the name Burkholder is the 4,370th most popular surname with an estimated 7,461 people with that name. 4  Migration of the Burkholder family to Ireland
Some of the Burkholder family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 63 words (4 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Burkholder Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Martin Burkholder, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1760 5
- Peter Burkholder, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1761 5
- Ulrich Burkholder, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1763 5
Burkholder Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Abraham Burkholder, who landed in Mississippi in 1860 5
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Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Burkholder Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century- Christian Burkholder, who arrived in Canada in 1832
| Contemporary Notables of the name Burkholder (post 1700) | + |
- Seth Burkholder (b. 1982), former American football placekicker
- JoAnn Marie Burkholder (b. 1953), American professor of aquatic ecology at the North Carolina State University, Raleigh
- Walter H. Burkholder (1891-1983), American plant pathologist who helped establish the role of bacteria as plant pathogens
- Maxwell Henry Wolf "Max" Burkholder (b. 1997), American actor, best known for his role as Max Braverman in the comedic television drama on NBC, Parenthood
- James B. Burkholder (1918-2006), United States Army officer, born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- Donald Lyman Burkholder (1927-2013), American mathematician, known for his contributions to probability theory, particularly the theory of martingales including The Burkholder–Davis–Gundy inequality
- Dave Burkholder (b. 1962), Canadian college ice hockey coach from Welland, Ontario
- Mabel Grace Burkholder (1881-1973), Canadian writer and historian
- Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
- Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8)
- Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
- "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)
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