Dawber History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Dawber family

The surname Dawber was first found in Yorkshire where the Assize Rolls of 1219 list Hugo Daubur as holding estates there at that time. A few years later, Robert le Daubar was listed in Berkshire in 1221 and later, Nicholas le Doudur was listed in the Assize Rolls of Lancashire in 1260. 1

The name was a medieval trade name for someone who was a plasterer. 2 3

The Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379 list: Willelmus Dauber; Johannes Doweber; and Johannes Douber. 4

Early History of the Dawber family

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Dawber Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Dauber, Dawber, Dober, Daber, Dabber, Doberer and others.

Early Notables of the Dawber family

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Dawber migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Dawber Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Edward Dawber, who arrived in Virginia in 1651 5

Dawber migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Dawber Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Mr. J. H. Dawber, British settler travelling from London aboard the ship "Maori" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 15th May 1870 6
Jarew Dawber, who arrived in Lyttelton, New Zealand aboard the ship "Blairgowrie" in 1875
Eliza Dawber, who arrived in Lyttelton, New Zealand aboard the ship "Blairgowrie" in 1875

Contemporary Notables of the name Dawber (post 1700) +

Pam Dawber (b. 1951), American two-time People's Choice Award winning actress, best known for her role as Mindy McConnell in Mork & Mindy (1978–1982)
Andrew John Dawber (b. 1994), English football goalkeeper
Sir Edward Guy Dawber (1861-1938), English architect, best known for his work in the Cotswolds
Paul Dawber (b. 1971), Australian television actor, known for his role Sons and Daughters
Robert "Rob" Dawber (1956-2001), British railwayman and posthumous BAFTA Award winning scriptwriter for his film The Navigators (2001)

Historic Events for the Dawber family +

HMS Prince of Wales

Mr. William Dawber (b. 1915), English Leading Seaman from England, who sailed into battle on the HMS Prince of Wales (1941) and survived the sinking 7

Citations +

Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Harrison, Henry, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 2013. Print
Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
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)
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 17th October 2018). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
HMS Prince of Wales Crew members. (Retrieved 2014, April 9) . Retrieved from http://www.forcez-survivors.org.uk/biographies/listprincecrew.html