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![Show Contents]() Langmade History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 England
Of all the Anglo-Saxon names to come from Britain, Langmade is one of the most ancient. The name is a result of the original family having lived in the village of Langmead, in the county of Devon. This surname was used to refer to those individuals who lived at the lang-mead, which literally means the long meadow. Early Origins of the Langmade familyThe surname Langmade was first found in Devon, where the name dates back to at least the 14th century. 1 There are numerous different spellings of the surname. Early History of the Langmade familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Langmade research. Another 51 words (4 lines of text) covering the year 1808 is included under the topic Early Langmade History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Langmade 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 Langmade family name include Langmead, Langemead, Langmeed, Langmede, Langemede, Langmaid, Langmayd, Langmade, Longmead, Longmate and many more. Early Notables of the Langmade familyMore information is included under the topic Early Langmade Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
 Langmade migration to the United States | + |
For 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 Langmade surname or a spelling variation of the name include:
Langmade Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- B. E. Langmade, who landed in San Francisco in 1852
| Contemporary Notables of the name Langmade (post 1700) | + |
- W. S. Langmade, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1924 2
- Stephen Wallace Langmade (1914-1962), American Democratic Party politician, Arizona Democratic State Chair, 1948-50; Member of Democratic National Committee from Arizona, 1954 2
- R. G. Langmade, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arizona, 1940, 1944 2
- Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, December 1) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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Langmade migration to the United States 
