Origins Available: English,
French
Charlet is a name that first reached
England following the
Norman Conquest of 1066. The Charlet family lived in
Worcestershire. The Charlet family was originally from Charlett,
Normandy, and it is from this place that their surname derives.
Charlett comes from a baptismal name which means
Charles, which stems from the Old French name,
Charlys. As the naming tradition grew in Europe baptismal names began to be introduced in many countries. Baptismal names were sometimes given in honor of Christian saints and other biblical figures. There are hardly any Christian countries in Europe that did not adopt surnames from these religious figures.
Early Origins of the Charlet family
The surname Charlet was first found in
Worcestershire where they held a
family seat from very early times and were granted lands by Duke William of
Normandy, their liege Lord, for their distinguished assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D.
Early History of the Charlet family
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Charlet Spelling Variations
It is only in the last few
hundred years that the English language has been standardized. For that reason, Anglo-Norman surnames like Charlet are characterized by many
spelling variations. Scribes and monks in the Middle Ages spelled names they sounded, so it is common to find several variations that refer to a single person. As the English language changed and incorporated elements of other European languages such as Norman French and Latin, even literate people regularly changed the spelling of their names. The variations of the name Charlet include Charley, Charly, Charlet, Charlett, Charlette and others.
Early Notables of the Charlet family (pre 1700)
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Migration of the Charlet family to Ireland
Some of the Charlet family moved to
Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 43 words (3 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Migration of the Charlet family to the New World and Oceana
Faced with the chaos present in
England at that time, many English families looked towards the open frontiers of the New World with its opportunities to escape oppression and starvation. People migrated to North America, as well as
Australia and
Ireland in droves, paying exorbitant rates for passages in cramped, unsafe ships. Many of the settlers did not make the long passage alive, but those who did see the shores of North America were welcomed with great opportunity. Many of the families that came from
England went on to make essential contributions to the emerging nations of Canada and the United States. Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America carried the name Charlet, or a variant listed above:
Charlet Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
- Margar Charlet, aged 17, who landed in New York in 1854 [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
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)
Contemporary Notables of the name Charlet (post 1700)
- Valentine Blanche Charlet MBE (1898-1985), English member of the Women's Transport Service with the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II
- Étienne Charlet, French Divisional General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 [2]CITATION[CLOSE]
Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, February 12) Étienne Charlet. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html - René Charlet (b. 1903), French bobsledder at the 1936 and 1948 Winter Olympics
- Nicolas Toussaint Charlet (1792-1845), French designer and painter
- Frantz Charlet (1862-1928), Belgian painter, etcher, and lithographer
- José Charlet (1916-1993), French architect, painter, sculptor, and professor
- Armand Charlet (1900-1975), French mountaineer and mountain guide
- Nicolas Toussaint Charlet (1792-1845), French painter and engraver