Changur History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Changur family

Early History of the Changur family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Changur research. Another 180 words (13 lines of text) covering the years 1200, 1275, 1384 and 1500 are included under the topic Early Changur History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Changur 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 Changur family name include Changer, Changur, Chaunge, Chaungeour, Chaynger and many more.

Early Notables of the Changur family

Notables of the family at this time include

• Symon le Changur, a prominent 13th century landholder in Lincolnshire

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