Glove History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Scotland
Ireland

Etymology of Glove

What does the name Glove mean?

The roots of the ancient Scottish name Glove are found among the people of a tribe known as the Picts. Glove is a name for a glovemaker, which was an important trade during medieval times. In Latin documents the surname Glove is rendered cirothecarius, which means glovemaker in that language.

Early Origins of the Glove family

The surname Glove was first found in Perthshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Pheairt) former county in the present day Council Area of Perth and Kinross, located in central Scotland, where they held a family seat from very ancient times.

Early History of the Glove family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Glove research. Another 121 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1296, 1426, 1440, 1602, 1625, 1650, 1680, 1688 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Glove History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Glove Spelling Variations

The appearance of the printing press and the first dictionaries in the last few hundred years did much to standardize spelling. Prior to that time scribes spelled according to sound, a practice that resulted in many spelling variations. Glove has been spelled Glover, Glovere and others.

Early Notables of the Glove family

George Glover (c. 1625-1650), an English engraver
Sir William Glover
Goodwife Ann "Goody" Glover (died 1688), Irish Roman Catholic who Oliver Cromwell sold her into slavery and sent her to the Barbados, by 1680 she was in Boston working as a housekeeper, when the house...

Migration of the Glove family to Ireland

Some of the Glove family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 57 words (4 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Glove migration to the United States +

The expense of the crossing to the North American colonies seemed small beside the difficulties of remaining in Scotland. It was a long and hard trip, but at its end lay the reward of freedom. Some Scots remained faithful to England and called themselves United Empire Loyalists, while others fought in the American War of Independence. Much of this lost Scottish heritage has been recovered in the last century through Clan societies and other patriotic Scottish organizations. A search of immigration and passenger lists revealed many important, early immigrants to North America bearing the name of Glove:

Glove Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Adolph Glove, aged 30, who landed in Texas in 1884 1

Sources +

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)