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Early Origins of the Delabar family

The surname Delabar was first found in Shropshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the 13th century when the held estates in that shire.

Early History of the Delabar family

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Delabar Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Delabere, Delaber, De La Bere, De la Bere and others.

Early Notables of the Delabar family

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United States Delabar migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Delabar Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Jacob Delabar, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1745 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Delabar (post 1700) +

  • Eric Delabar (b. 1956), retired American soccer goalkeeper
  • Steven Edward Delabar (b. 1983), American Major League Baseball pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays


  1. 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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