| ![Show Contents]() Bloms History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Bloms familyThe surname Bloms was first found in Derbyshire where the name is a metonymic occupational name for an iron worker from the Middle English "blome" meaning an ingot of iron. 1 By extension, the name was derived from "the bloomer," a worker at a bloomery, or bloom-smithy. 2 Another reference is more specific: " a 'bloom' is a mass of iron that has gone a second time through the fire - Anglo-Saxon bloma; and bloomary, hence probably a Bloomer was a person employed in the manufacture of iron." 3 One of the first records of the name was found in Derbyshire in 1202 when William Blomere was listed in Pipe Rolls at that time. The Assize Rolls of Staffordshire list Robert le Blomere there in 1279. 4 The Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379 list Johannes Blomer, smyth and Johannes Blomere. Later Henry Blewmer and William Blumer were both listed in Yorkshire in 1513 and 1515. 2 Early History of the Bloms familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bloms research. Another 185 words (13 lines of text) covering the years 1041, 1455, 1487, 1510, 1543, 1600, 1603, 1635, 1705 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Bloms History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Bloms Spelling VariationsThe English language only became standardized in the last few centuries; therefore,spelling variations are common among early Anglo-Saxon names. As the form of the English language changed, even the spelling of literate people's names evolved. Bloms has been recorded under many different variations, including Blomer, Bloomer, Bloomar, Bloomere, Blomere, Blome and many more. Early Notables of the Bloms familyRichard Blome (1635-1705), an English publisher and cartographer. He was a "publisher and compiler of some celebrity, who by the aid of subscriptions adroitly levied issued many splendid works. Originally he was a ruler of paper, and afterwards a...
Another 39 words (3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Bloms Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Bloms family to IrelandSome of the Bloms family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 59 words (4 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
| Bloms migration to the United States | + |
For many English families, the political and religious disarray that shrouded England made the far away New World an attractive prospect. On cramped disease-ridden ships, thousands migrated to those British colonies that would eventually become Canada and the United States. Those hardy settlers that survived the journey often went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Bloms or a variant listed above:
Bloms Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Kristiaen Bloms, who arrived in New York in 1709 5
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