| ![Show Contents]() Gaspers History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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England
Early Origins of the Gaspers familyThe surname Gaspers was first found in Warwickshire where Walter Gaispor was listed in the Pipe Rolls in 1203. A few years later, ffulco Gayspore was listed in the Subsidy Rolls for London in 1319 and over one hundred years later, Walter Gaispore was listed in the Assize Rolls for London in 1442. The name literally means "one who wore showy spurs" from the Old French "gai," and the Old English word "spura." 1 Early History of the Gaspers familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Gaspers research. Another 103 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1394, 1510, 1600, 1620, 1641, 1642 and 1691 are included under the topic Early Gaspers History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Gaspers Spelling VariationsIt is only in the last few hundred years that the English language has been standardized. For that reason, Anglo-Norman surnames like Gaspers 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 Gaspers include Gaspar, Gaspard, Gaspere, Gaspell, Gaspare and others. Early Notables of the Gaspers family- Jan Baptist Gaspers (Jaspers) (1620?-1691), English portrait-painter, a native of Antwerp, and in 1641-1642 was admitted a member of the guild of St...
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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 Gaspers, or a variant listed above:
Gaspers Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- P A B Gaspers, aged 30, who landed in New York, NY in 1846 2
- Heinr Gaspers, aged 27, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1878 2
- Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
- 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)
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