Erde History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins and Etymology of Erde

The surname Erde was first found in Ord, a village about 2 miles (3 km) south west of Berwick Upon Tweed in Northumberland that dates back to 1196 where it was first listed as Horde. 1 East Ord, Middle Ord and West Ord were all hamlets at one time and all owned by the Ord family until the early fifteenth century. The villages are essentially on the Scottish-English border of today so the family's movement through the ages on both sides is to be expected. By example, we draw the reader's attention to the township of Newbiggin in Northumberland. "This place, which is pleasantly situated on the north bank of the river Derwent, was for many years the residence of the Ord family, of whom Robert, who died in 1778, was chief Baron of the exchequer in Scotland." 2

Early History of the Erde family

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Erde Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Orde, Ord and others.

Early Notables of the Erde family

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Migration of the Erde family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Dorothy Ord settled in Potomac Maryland in 1729; Robert Ord settled in Virginia in 1773; Walter Ord settled in Georgia in 1734; William Ord settled in Virginia in 1653.

Contemporary Notables of the name Erde (post 1700) +

Betty Skelton Frankman Erde (b. 1926), retired American land speed record car driver and acrobatic airplane pilot

Sources +

Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.