Belmar History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Belmar family

The surname Belmar was first found in Suffolk 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 13th.

Early History of the Belmar family

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Belmar Spelling Variations

Only recently has spelling become standardized in the English language. As the English language evolved in the Middle Ages, the spelling of names changed also. The name Belmar has undergone many spelling variations, including Belmore, Belemer, Bellmer, Belmer, Bellmore, Belamore and many more.

Early Notables of the Belmar family

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Belmar migration to the United States +

To escape the unstable social climate in England of this time, many families boarded ships for the New World with the hope of finding land, opportunity, and greater religious and political freedom. Although the voyages were expensive, crowded, and difficult, those families that arrived often found greater opportunities and freedoms than they could have experienced at home. Many of those families went on to make significant contributions to the rapidly developing colonies in which they settled. Early North American records indicate many people bearing the name Belmar were among those contributors:

Belmar Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Anam Belmar, who landed in Maryland in 1633 1

Belmar migration to Canada +

Belmar Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

Fredrick Belmar, who arrived in Toronto in 1871

Contemporary Notables of the name Belmar (post 1700) +

Clinton Belmar Wager (1920-1996), American professional football and basketball player
Belmar Gunderson (1934-2023), American tennis player, born in Fort Sill, Oklahoma

Sources +

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)