| ![Show Contents]() Backor History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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England
Etymology of BackorWhat does the name Backor mean? The ancient name of Backor finds its origins with the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It comes from a name for a baker. In the Middle Ages, this name would have referred either to the person in charge of the ovens in the manorial household or to the person who kept the communal oven in the village. All the villagers for the making of bread used communal ovens. Early Origins of the Backor familyThe surname Backor was first found in Norfolk where William le Bakere was listed in the Pipe Rolls of 1177. Later, Rober Bakere was found in the Assize Rolls for Lancashire in 1246 and Walter le Backere in Hampshire in 1280. 1 Early History of the Backor familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Backor research. Another 148 words (11 lines of text) covering the years 1280, 1500, 1547 and 1591 are included under the topic Early Backor History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Backor Spelling VariationsSound 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 Backor family name include Backer, Backar, Backere, Bacar, Baccar, Backor, Bacor and many more. Early Notables of the Backor familyMore information is included under the topic Early Backor Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
| Backor migration to the United States | + |
For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, the Canadas, 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 Backor surname or a spelling variation of the name include :
Backor Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Edward Backor, who landed in Maryland in 1677 2
- Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
- 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)
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