Calfe History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England
Ireland

Early Origins of the Calfe family

The surname Calfe was first found in County Wexford (Irish: Loch Garman), founded by Vikings as Waesfjord, and located in Southeastern Ireland, in the province of Leinster, where the "cross Calfer" is named in an old Wexford rhyme listing the families of the area and their attributes. Calfe is also found early on in the southern Counties of Ireland, where it was on record as Coylefer in the early 14th century.

Early History of the Calfe family

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Calfe Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Colfer, Culpher, Coylefer, Calfer, Calfe and others.

Early Notables of the Calfe family

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Calfe migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Calfe Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

William Calfe who arrived in Virginia in 1637
William Calfe, who arrived in Virginia in 1637 1
Joseph Calfe, who landed in Virginia in 1649 1

Citations +

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)