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The name Imber came to England with the ancestors of the Imber family in the Norman Conquest of 1066. It comes from the Angevin personal name Imbert.
The surname Imber was first found in Auvergne, which was part of the Angevin Empire held by Henry 2nd of England. Their ancient seat was at Montferrand (now Clermont-Ferrand).
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Imber research. Another 83 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1265, 1273 and 1288 are included under the topic Early Imber History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Anglo-Norman names tend to be marked by an enormous number of spelling variations. This is largely due to the fact that Old and Middle English lacked any spelling rules when Norman French was introduced in the 11th century. The languages of the English courts at that time were French and Latin. These various languages mixed quite freely in the evolving social milieu. The final element of this mix is that medieval scribes spelled words according to their sounds rather than any definite rules, so a name was often spelled in as many different ways as the number of documents it appeared in. The name was spelled Imbert, Imburt, Imberd and others.
Outstanding amongst the family at this time was
Because of the political and religious discontent in England, families began to migrate abroad in enormous numbers. Faced with persecution and starvation at home, the open frontiers and generally less oppressive social environment of the New World seemed tantalizing indeed to many English people. The trip was difficult, and not all made it unscathed, but many of those who did get to Canada and the United States made important contributions to the young nations in which they settled. Some of the first North American settlers with Imber name or one of its variants:
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: