Emberley History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

The name Emberley comes from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It was a name for a leader or ruler. The surname Emberley originally derived from the Old English word Amalric which referred to someone who held great power. The surname Emberley was part of a broad and miscellaneous class of surnames. Nickname surnames referred to a characteristic of the first person who used the name. They can describe the bearer's favored style of clothing, appearance, habits, or character.

Early Origins of the Emberley family

The surname Emberley was first found in the West Riding of Yorkshire where John de Emlay was listed in 1304. 1 Today Emley or Elmley is a parish, in the Upper and Lower divisions of the wapentake of Agbrigg in Yorkshire. 2

Early History of the Emberley family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Emberley research. Another 144 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1066, 1600, 1617, 1640, 1649, 1657 and 1691 are included under the topic Early Emberley History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Emberley Spelling Variations

Only recently has spelling become standardized in the English language. As the English language evolved in the Middle Ages, the spelling of names changed also. The name Emberley has undergone many spelling variations, including Emberley, Emerle, Emerly, Emberly, Emilly and others.

Early Notables of the Emberley family

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Emberley Ranking

In Newfoundland, Canada, the name Emberley is the 381^st most popular surname with an estimated 123 people with that name. 3

Emberley migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 4

Emberley Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century

Michael Emberley, who settled in St. Christopher (Saint Kitts) in 1685

Contemporary Notables of the name Emberley (post 1700) +

Michael Emberley, American illustrator of children's books
Edward R "Ed" Emberley (b. 1931), American artist and illustrator, best known for children's picture books, two-time awarded the Caldecott Medal
Peter Emberley, British composer who The Gibraltar Anthem, the national song of Gibraltar
William James Emberley (1876-1937), Newfoundland fisherman from Bay de Verde who penned the song "Hard, Hard Times," about the plight of Newfoundland fisherman through the Great Depression

Citations +

Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
The order of Common Surnames in 1955 in Newfoundland retrieved on 20th October 2021 (retrieved from Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland by E.R. Seary corrected edition ISBN 0-7735-1782-0)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies