Chappelear Surname History

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England

Etymology of Chappelear

What does the name Chappelear mean?

The ancient name of Chappelear finds its origins with the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It comes from a name for a person who worked as the chapeler, which literally meant that the individual worked as a hat maker or made head dresses.

Early Origins of the Chappelear family

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

Early History of the Chappelear family

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Chappelear 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 Chappelear family name include Chapeler, Chapelere, Chappeler, Chapellere, Chapeller and many more.

Early Notables of the Chappelear family

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Chappelear 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 Chappelear surname or a spelling variation of the name include :

Chappelear Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Isaac Chappelear, who died en route sometime between 1706 and 1707

Contemporary Notables of the name Chappelear (post 1700) +

John Willis Chappelear Jr., American architect
Jean Chappelear, American 14 year old winner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in 1948