Callver History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Callver family

Early History of the Callver family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Callver research. Another 102 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1086, 1620 and 1649 are included under the topic Early Callver History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Callver 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 Callver family name include Calver, Callver, Calvar, Carver and others.

Early Notables of the Callver family

Notables of this surname at this time include: Edward Calver (fl. 1649), an English poet and Puritan. "The inscription under his portrait describes him as a 'Gent. of Wilbie, in the county of Suffolk.'...
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Migration of the Callver 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 Callver surname or a spelling variation of the name include: Jean Calver who settled in Virginia in 1714 with his wife and five children; Andrew Calver settled in Philadelphia in 1874; James Calver arrived in Philadelphia in 1817.