Monger History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Monger family
The surname Monger was first found in Wiltshire where the name was derived from the "Anglo-Saxon mancgere, originally a merchant of the highest class. Aelfric's mancgere is represented as trading gems, gold, wine, oil, etc." 1
Early History of the Monger family
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Monger Spelling Variations
Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Monger family name include Manger, Maynger, Mainger, Monger, Mansher, Mainsher, Maynsher and many more.
Early Notables of the Monger family
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Monger Ranking
In the United States, the name Monger is the 7,074th most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 2
Monger migration to the United States +
For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Monger surname or a spelling variation of the name include:
Monger Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
- John Monger, who arrived in Virginia in 1714 3
- Jean Monger, who arrived in Louisiana in 1752
Monger Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
- L Monger, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1851 3
Monger migration to Canada +
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Monger Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century
- Mr. Charles Monger U.E. who arrived in Canada c. 1780 4
- Mr. John Charles Monger U.E. who settled in Canada c. 1784 4
- Mr. William Monger U.E. who settled in Western District [The townships of Essex County and Kent County], Ontario c. 1789 he served in Butlers Rangers 4
Monger migration to Australia +
Emigration to
Australia followed the
First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:
Monger Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century
- Mr. Charles Monger, British Convict who was convicted in Southampton, Hampshire, England for life, transported aboard the "Earl St Vincent" on 20th April 1826, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 5
- R.D. Monger, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Gratitude" in 1849 6
Contemporary Notables of the name Monger (post 1700) +
- George Monger VC (1840-1887), English recipient of the Victoria Cross for his actions during the Indian Mutiny on 18 November 1857 at Secundra Bagh, Lucknow, India
- Christopher Monger (b. 1950), Welsh screenwriter, director and editor, best known for writing and directing The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
- Adrian Calero Monger (1932-2016), Australian bronze medalist rower at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- James "Jim" W.H. Monger, Canadian emeritus scientist of the Geological Survey of Canada, awarded the Logan Medal in 2002
- John Henry Monger Jr (1831-1892), Australian politician, Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 1870 to 1875
Citations +
- Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- 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)
- Rubincam, Milton. The Old United Empire Loyalists List. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1976. (Originally published as; United Empire Loyalists. The Centennial of the Settlement of Upper Canada. Rose Publishing Company, 1885.) ISBN 0-8063-0331-X
- Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 14th September 2021). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/earl-st-vincent
- State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) GRATITUDE 1849. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1849Gratitude.gif
