Barthlome History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Etymology of Barthlome

What does the name Barthlome mean?

Barthlome is a name of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin and comes from the family once having lived in Yorkshire.

Early Origins of the Barthlome family

The surname Barthlome was first found in Yorkshire, where they held a family seat from ancient times.

Early History of the Barthlome family

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Barthlome 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 Barthlome family name include Bartlam, Bartlum, Barthlam, Bartlan, Batelman, Bartleman and many more.

Early Notables of the Barthlome family

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Migration of the Barthlome family

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 Barthlome surname or a spelling variation of the name include: Elizabeth Bartlam, who sailed to Virginia in 1671. Adam Bartleman journeyed to Philadelphia in 1754 and Edward Bartlom sailed to America in 1762. In the Australian colonies, Sarah Bartlum was recorded in Sydney in 1791..