Gutter History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Etymology of Gutter

What does the name Gutter mean?

Gutter is an Anglo-Saxon name. The name was originally given to a person whose profession was the cutter. This surname was an ancient English occupational name that applied to those individuals who cut cloth and sold the pieces.

Early Origins of the Gutter family

The surname Gutter was first found in Dorset, England 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 Gutter family

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Gutter Spelling Variations

One relatively recent invention that did much to standardize English spelling was the printing press. However, before its invention even the most literate people recorded their names according to sound rather than spelling. The spelling variations under which the name Gutter has appeared include Cutter and others.

Early Notables of the Gutter family

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Gutter migration to the United States +

At this time, the shores of the New World beckoned many English families that felt that the social climate in England was oppressive and lacked opportunity for change. Thousands left England at great expense in ships that were overcrowded and full of disease. A great portion of these settlers never survived the journey and even a greater number arrived sick, starving, and without a penny. The survivors, however, were often greeted with greater opportunity than they could have experienced back home. These English settlers made significant contributions to those colonies that would eventually become the United States and Canada. An examination of early immigration records and passenger ship lists revealed that people bearing the name Gutter arrived in North America very early:

Gutter Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

John Gutter, who landed in Texas in 1850 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)