The origins of the
Welsh name Guilleminot go back to those ancient
Celts known as the
Britons that once occupied the hills and
Moors of
Wales. This old
Welsh surname is from the
personal name Gwilliam, which is a
Welsh form of the name William.
Early Origins of the Guilleminot family
The surname Guilleminot was first found in Chirk, where they held a
family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the
Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.
Early History of the Guilleminot family
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Guilleminot Spelling Variations
Although there are comparatively few
Welsh surnames, they have a great many
spelling variations. Variations of
Welsh names began almost immediately after their acceptance within
Welsh society. In the Middle Ages, it was up to priests and the few other people that recorded names in official documents to decide how to spell the names that they heard. Variations that occurred because of improper recording increased dramatically as the names were later transliterated into English. The
Brythonic Celtic language of
Wales, known by natives as Cymraeg, featured many highly inflected sounds that could not be properly captured by the English language.
Spelling variations were, however, also carried out according to an individual's design: a branch loyalty within the family, a religious adherence, or even patriotic affiliations were all indicated by the particular variation of one's name. The
spelling variations of the name Guilleminot have included Gwilliam, Gwuilliam, Guilliam and others.
Early Notables of the Guilleminot family (pre 1700)
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Migration of the Guilleminot family to the New World and Oceana
Many
Welsh joined the great migrations to North America in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Like their Scottish and Irish neighbors, many
Welsh families left their homeland hoping to find hope and prosperity in a land that the English did not exercise a tight rule over. Those
Welsh immigrants that successfully traveled to North America went on to make significant contributions to the rapid development of both Canada and the United States in terms of the settling of land and the establishment of industry. They also added to the rich cultural heritage of both countries. An examination into the immigration and passenger lists has discovered a number of people bearing the name Guilleminot:
Guilleminot Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
- Francois Guilleminot, who arrived in New York in 1835 [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
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)
Contemporary Notables of the name Guilleminot (post 1700)
- Armand Charles Guilleminot, French Divisional General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 [2]CITATION[CLOSE]
Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, March 6) Armand Guilleminot. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html