| ![Show Contents]() Cake History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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England Etymology of CakeWhat does the name Cake mean? Cake is an Anglo-Saxon name. The name was originally given to a baker of fine bread. Cake refers to a maker of cakebrede, bread made in flattened cakes, or of the finer and more dainty quality cakes. This was a popular trade during the Middle Ages. Early Origins of the Cake familyThe surname Cake was first found in Cambridgeshire, where they held a family seat from ancient times. Early History of the Cake familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cake research. Another 188 words (13 lines of text) covering the years 1109, 1327, 1500 and 1613 are included under the topic Early Cake History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Cake Spelling VariationsOne relatively recent invention that did much to standardize English spelling was the printing press. However, before its invention even the most literate people recorded their names according to sound rather than spelling. The spelling variations under which the name Cake has appeared include Cakebread, Cacabred, Cakebred, Cacabread, Cakbred, Cakebrede and many more. Early Notables of the Cake familyNotables of the family at this time include - Richard Cakebred, a prominent 14th century landholder in Suffolk
| Cake migration to the United States | + |
At this time, the shores of the New World beckoned many English families that felt that the social climate in England was oppressive and lacked opportunity for change. Thousands left England at great expense in ships that were overcrowded and full of disease. A great portion of these settlers never survived the journey and even a greater number arrived sick, starving, and without a penny. The survivors, however, were often greeted with greater opportunity than they could have experienced back home. These English settlers made significant contributions to those colonies that would eventually become the United States and Canada. An examination of early immigration records and passenger ship lists revealed that people bearing the name Cake arrived in North America very early:
Cake Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Philip Cake, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1772 1
- Christopher Cake, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1796 1
Cake Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- C R Cake, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1851 1
| Contemporary Notables of the name Cake (post 1700) | + |
- Robert Cake (b. 1962), American professional football player
- Henry Lutz Cake (1827-1899), American Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Russell Quentin Cake (b. 1973), former English cricketer
- Jonathan Cake (b. 1967), English actor
| Historic Events for the Cake family | + |
- Mr. Wallace V Cake, Canadian Able Bodied Seaman from St Johns, Canada, who sailed into battle on the HMS Prince of Wales (1941) and survived the sinking 2
- 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)
- HMS Prince of Wales Crew members. (Retrieved 2014, April 9) . Retrieved from http://www.forcez-survivors.org.uk/biographies/listprincecrew.html
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