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Hemingway History Early Origins Early History Spelling Variations Early Notables Ranking

Contemporary Notables Historic Events Related Stories Citations

Hemingway History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Scotland
England

The forefathers of the Hemingway family were Viking settlers who came to Scotland in the Middle Ages. Many places were named by these Norsemen, and the Hemingway surname was taken on from one of these place names, when someone lived in Yorkshire, England and southern Scotland. The name likely means "dweller by Hemming’s path’, from an unidentified minor place, probably in Yorkshire." 1 2

Early Origins of the Hemingway family

The surname Hemingway was first found in Yorkshire, England where Richard de Hemmyngway was listed at Wakefield in 1309. 1 By the time of the Yorkshire Poll Tax of 1379, the name was more numerous with various spellings in use at that time. Those rolls included entries for Thomas Emyngway; Willelmus Hemyngway; and Johannes Hemyngway, as all holding lands there at that time. 3

Early History of the Hemingway family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Hemingway research. Another 126 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1094, 1379, 1790 and 1800 are included under the topic Early Hemingway History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Hemingway Spelling Variations

Sound and intuition were the main things that scribes in the Middle Ages relied on when spelling and translating names. Since those factors varied, so did the spelling of the names. Spelling variations of the name Hemingway include Hemmingway, Hemingway and others.

Early Notables of the Hemingway family

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Hemingway Ranking

In the United States, the name Hemingway is the 7,023^rd most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 4

Hemingway migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Hemingway Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

John Hemingway, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Harpley" in 1848 5
Christiana Hemingway, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Harpley" in 1848 5
Edwin Cuncliffe Hemingway, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Harpley" in 1848 5
Walter Hemingway, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Harpley" in 1848 5

Hemingway 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:

Hemingway Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Miss Mary A. Hemingway, (b. 1847), aged 18, English domestic servant from Middlesex travelling from London aboard the ship "Tudor" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 24th September 1865 6

Contemporary Notables of the name Hemingway (post 1700) +

Ernest Miller Hemingway (1899-1961), American author whose many noted works include "The Old Man and the Sea" and "A Farewell to Arms", recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954 and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1953
John Hadley Nicanor Hemingway (1923-2000), Canadian-born, American fly fisherman, conservationist, and writer, son of American novelist and Nobel Prize-laureate Ernest Hemingway
Gloria Hemingway (1931-2001), born Gregory Hancock Hemingway, an American physician and writer who was the third and youngest child of author Ernest Hemingway
Willis J. Hemingway, American Republican politician, Member of Connecticut State House of Representatives from Plainville; Elected 1894
William J. L. Hemingway, American Republican politician, Postmaster at Boonville, Indiana, 1861-66
W. J. Hemingway, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1956
Ralph B. Hemingway, American Republican politician, Member of Connecticut State House of Representatives from North Haven; Elected 1940, 1948
Marilyn L. Hemingway, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 2004, 2008
John H. Hemingway, American politician, U.S. Attorney for New Mexico, 1893-96
Henry C. Hemingway, American politician, Member of Wisconsin State Assembly from Walworth County, 1851
... (Another 15 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Historic Events for the Hemingway family +

Arrow Air Flight 1285

Mr. Paul C Hemingway (1957-1985), American Sergeant from Staten Island, New York, USA who died in the Arrow Air Flight 1285 crash 7

HMS Prince of Wales

Mr. John Herbert Hemingway, British Supply Assistant, who sailed into battle on the HMS Prince of Wales (1941) and died in the sinking 8

RMS Lusitania

Mr. John William Hemingway, English Double Bass player from England, who worked aboard the RMS Lusitania (1915) and survived the sinking 9

Citations +

Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Harrison, Henry, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 2013. Print
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) The HARPLEY 1848 - PASSENGER LIST. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1848HarpleyPassengerList.htm
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 26th March 2019). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
American War Memorials - Flight 1285. (Retrieved 2016, August 24) . Retrieved from http://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=317&MemID=550
HMS Prince of Wales Crew members. (Retrieved 2014, April 9) . Retrieved from http://www.forcez-survivors.org.uk/biographies/listprincecrew.html
Lusitania Passenger List - The Lusitania Resource. (Retrieved 2014, March 6) . Retrieved from http://www.rmslusitania.info/lusitania-passenger-list/