Jelke History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Jelke family

The surname Jelke was first found in Cambridgeshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the 13th century when they held estates in that shire.

Early History of the Jelke family

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Jelke Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Gilkes, Gelkes, Jilkes, Gilks, Gilkins, Gilkin, Jelkes, Jelks, Jelke, Jilke, Jilk, Gilk, Gilks, Gelke, Gelkes and many more.

Early Notables of the Jelke family

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Migration of the Jelke family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..

Contemporary Notables of the name Jelke (post 1700) +

Ferdinand Jelke Jr., American Republican politician, Common pleas court judge in Ohio 1st District, 1897; Circuit Judge in Ohio 1st Circuit, 1901-07 1

Sources +

The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, December 8) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html