Lodder History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Lodder family
The surname Lodder was first found in Somerset 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 year 1194 when Wulfward Loades when they held lands.
Early History of the Lodder family
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Lodder Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Loads, Loades, Lode, Loader, Lodder and others.
Early Notables of the Lodder family
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Lodder Ranking
In Netherlands, the name Lodder is the 727th most popular surname with an estimated 2,586 people with that name. 1
Lodder migration to the United States +
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Lodder Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
- Christian Lodder, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1738 2
- Peter Lodder, who arrived in New York, NY in 1782 2
Lodder migration to Australia +
Emigration to
Australia followed the
First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:
Lodder Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century
- William Lodder, English convict from Dorset, who was transported aboard the "Arab" on February 22, 1834, settling in Van Diemen's Land, Australia 3
Lodder 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:
Lodder Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century
- William Lodder, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Whitby" in 1841
- S. Lodder, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Ashmore" in 1856
- Eliza Lodder, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Ashmore" in 1856
Contemporary Notables of the name Lodder (post 1700) +
- Stephen John "Steve" Lodder (b. 1951), British keyboardist, composer, and organist
Citations +
- "Most Common Last Names in Netherlands." Forebears, https://forebears.io/netherlands/surnames
- 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)
- State Library of Queensland. (Retrieved 2015, January 8) Arab voyage to Van Diemen's Land, Australia in 1834 with 230 passengers. Retrieved from http://www.convictrecords.com.au/ships/arab/1834