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Tizard History Early Origins Early History Spelling Variations Early Notables

United States Canada Australia New Zealand

Contemporary Notables Historic Events Related Stories Citations

Tizard History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Tizard family

The surname Tizard was first found in Dorset where they held a family seat from very early times, at Winterborne St. Martin.

Early History of the Tizard family

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Tizard Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Tizard, Tizzarde and others.

Early Notables of the Tizard family

Notables of the family at this time include

Tizard of Dorset

Tizard migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Tizard Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

John Tizard, who arrived in Maryland in 1670 1

Tizard Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

John Tizard, who settled in Virginia in 1730
George Tizard, who landed in America in 1767 1

Tizard Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Richard Tizard, who landed in Philadelphia in 1840
George Tizard, who landed in Philadelphia in 1864

Tizard Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

George Frederich Tizard, aged 20, who immigrated to the United States from London, England, in 1913
James Tizard, aged 21, who landed in America, in 1920
Charles Tizard, aged 36, who landed in America from Southampton, in 1920

Tizard migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Tizard Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

Peter Tizard was a proprietor and occupier of a fishing room in Old Perlican, Newfoundland in 1800-01 2
Thomas Tizard was a planter of Twillingate, Newfoundland in 1822 2
Thomas Tizard was a soldier of St. John's, Newfoundland in 1824 2
William Tizard was a fisherman of Carbonear, Newfoundland in 1857 2
George Tizard of Fogo, Newfoundland in 1857 2

Tizard migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Tizard Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Elizabeth Tizard, aged 16, a servant, who arrived in South Australia in 1858 aboard the ship "Nugget" 3

Tizard 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:

Tizard Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Henry W. Tizard, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Artemesia" in 1854
William Tizard, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Artemesia" in 1854

Contemporary Notables of the name Tizard (post 1700) +

Thomas Henry Tizard C.B, F.R.S, R.N (1839-1924), English oceanographer
Richard Henry Tizard (1917-2005), English engineer, founding Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge
Sir Henry Thomas Tizard (1885-1959), English Scientific Administrator
Dame Catherine Anne Tizard ONZ, GCMG, GCVO, DBE, QSO, DStJ (1931-2021), née Maclean, a New Zealand politician, Mayor of Auckland City from 1983 to 1990, 16th Governor-General of New Zealand from 1990 to 1996, the first woman to hold either office
Robert James "Bob" Tizard CNZM (1924-2016), New Zealand politician, 6th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand (1974-1975); he also served as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, Minister of Health and Minister of Defence
Sir John Peter Mills Tizard (1916-1993), British paediatrician, professor at the University of Oxford
Judith Tizard (b. 1956), New Zealand politician
Professor Jack Tizard, Child Development, University of London

Historic Events for the Tizard family +

RMS Titanic

Mr. Arthur Tizard, aged 31, English Leading Fireman from Liverpool, England who worked aboard the RMS Titanic and survived the sinking escaping on life boat 14 4

Citations +

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)
Seary E.R., Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland, Montreal: McGill's-Queen's Universtity Press 1998 ISBN 0-7735-1782-0
South Australian Register. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) Nugget 1858. Retrieved http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/nugget1858.shtml
Titanic Passenger List - Titanic Facts. (Retrieved 2016, July 13) . Retrieved from http://www.titanicfacts.net/titanic-passenger-list.html