| ![Show Contents]() Kilner History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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Etymology of KilnerWhat does the name Kilner mean? The ancient name of Kilner finds its origins with the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It comes from a name for a lime burner, a person in charge of a kiln. 1 2 Early Origins of the Kilner familyThe surname Kilner was first found in Cumbria, England at St. Mary Ulverston where early records show Elizabeth Kilner was baptised in 1545. Esabell Kilner was buried there in 1546 and in 1560 Anthonie Kilner was baptised. The Lancashire Wills at Richmond show Thomas Kilner, of Aldingham on record in 1587. 1 Early History of the Kilner familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Kilner research. Another 133 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1292, 1508, 1626, 1627 and 1732 are included under the topic Early Kilner History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Kilner 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 Kilner family name include Kilner, Kilnore, Kelner and others. Early Notables of the Kilner family
| Kilner migration to the United States | + |
For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, the Canadas, 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 Kilner surname or a spelling variation of the name include :
Kilner Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- James Kilner, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1683 3
Kilner Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- William Kilner, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1762
| Kilner migration to Australia | + |
Kilner Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century- Mary Ann Kilner, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Sir Charles Forbes" in 1849 4
- Mr. William Kilner, (b. 1832), aged 26, English labourer who was convicted in Liverpool, Merseyside, England for 6 years for robbery, transported aboard the "Edwin Fox" on 24th August 1858, arriving in Western Australia, Australia, he died in 1890
| Kilner 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: Kilner Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century- James Kilner, aged 40, a labourer, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Conflict" in 1874
- Mary Kilner, aged 36, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Conflict" in 1874
- Jane Kilner, aged 10, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Conflict" in 1874
- Sarah Kilner, aged 6, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Conflict" in 1874
- William Kilner, aged 3, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Conflict" in 1874
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| Kilner migration to West Indies | + |
The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 5Kilner Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century- Richard Kilner, aged 25, who landed in Barbados in 1684 3
| Contemporary Notables of the name Kilner (post 1700) | + |
- Kevin Kilner (b. 1958), American television and film actor
- Roy Kilner (1890-1928), English cricket player
- Dorothy Kilner (1755-1836), English writer of children's books
- Walter John Kilner (1847-1920), British physician, studied the phenomenon of the human aura
- Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
- Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
- 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)
- State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) SIR CHARLES FORBES originally CHARLES FORBES 1849. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1849SirCharlesForbes.gif
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
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