| ![Show Contents]() Geldart History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
- Origins Available:
 England Early Origins of the Geldart familyThe surname Geldart was first found in Yorkshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the year 1284 when William Geldehyrde held estates. Early History of the Geldart familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Geldart research. Another 78 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1455, 1487, 1599, 1665 and 1724 are included under the topic Early Geldart History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Geldart Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Gildart, Geldart, Gildhart, Geldhart, Gildarte, Geldharte and many more. Early Notables of the Geldart familyAnother 39 words (3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Geldart Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
 Geldart migration to New Zealand | + |
Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include: Geldart Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century- Francis Geldart, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Wanganui" in 1882
| Contemporary Notables of the name Geldart (post 1700) | + |
- Carrie Geldart, American politician
- Clarence Geldart (1867-1935), Canadian-born, American film actor
- Edmund Geldart (1844-1885), English Unitarian minister, second son of Thomas Geldart, sometime of Thorpe, near Norwich, and his wife, Hannah Ransome Geldart 1
- Callum John Geldart (b. 1991), English first-class cricketer
- William Martin Geldart (1870-1922), British jurist, Vinerian Professor of English Law at Oxford, eponym of St. Anne's Geldart Law Society
- Stanley Gordon Geldart, Canadian provincial politician from Alberta
- Gary Daniel Geldart (b. 1950), Canadian retired professional NHL ice hockey defenceman
- Wikisource contributors. "Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900." Wikisource . Wikisource , 4 Jun. 2018. Web. 30 June 2020
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Geldart migration to New Zealand 
