| ![Show Contents]() Idell History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 England Idell is a name whose history is connected to the ancient Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. The name is derived from when the Idell family once lived in the region of Idle at Calverley in Yorkshire. Idell is a topographic surname, which was given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. Habitation names form the other broad category of surnames that were derived from place-names. They were derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads. Other local names are derived from the names of houses, manors, estates, regions, and entire counties. Early Origins of the Idell familyThe surname Idell was first found in Herefordshire, where they held a family seat from ancient times. Early History of the Idell familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Idell research. Another 134 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1193, 1202, 1363, 1379, 1401, 1410, 1455 and 1681 are included under the topic Early Idell History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Idell Spelling VariationsSound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Idell family name include Idle, Idell, Idel, Idelle, Idil, Idill, Idille, Idylle, Idyll, Ydile and many more. Early Notables of the Idell familyMore information is included under the topic Early Idell Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Idell familyFor political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Idell surname or a spelling variation of the name include: Christian Idle, who immigrated to Texas in 1846.
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