Comfith History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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• Ireland

Early Origins of the Comfith family

Early History of the Comfith family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Comfith research. Another 77 words (6 lines of text) covering the year 1172 is included under the topic Early Comfith History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Comfith 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 Comfith family name include Cumberford, Cummerford, Comberford, Cumber, Camelford, Camellford, Campbellford, Comerford and many more.

Early Notables of the Comfith family

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Migration of the Comfith family to Ireland

Some of the Comfith family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 37 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 Comfith family

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 Comfith surname or a spelling variation of the name include : John Cumberford who settled in New England in 1743; James Cummiford arrived in San Francisco Cal. in 1852.