The roots of the Anglo-Saxon name Sommerford come from when the family resided in the small English town of Somerford found in the county of Wiltshire.
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Early Origins of the Sommerford family
The surname Sommerford was first found in Wiltshire where there is a Great Somerford and Little Somerford. Both date back to 937 when they were listed simply as Sumerford. By the time of the Domesday Book in 1086, the village was listed as Sumreford. The placename literally means "ford usable in the summer," from the Old English sumor + ford. 1 Somerford Keynes is located in Gloucestershire and that locale dates back further to 685 when it was listed as Sumerford.
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Early History of the Sommerford family
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Sommerford Spelling Variations
The English language only became standardized in the last few centuries; therefore,spelling variations are common among early Anglo-Saxon names. As the form of the English language changed, even the spelling of literate people's names evolved. Sommerford has been recorded under many different variations, including Somerford, Somerfield and others.
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Early Notables of the Sommerford family
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Migration of the Sommerford family
For many English families, the political and religious disarray that shrouded England made the far away New World an attractive prospect. On cramped disease-ridden ships, thousands migrated to those British colonies that would eventually become Canada and the United States. Those hardy settlers that survived the journey often went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Sommerford or a variant listed above: Geoffrey Somerford who settled in Virginia in 1654.
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