Larkie History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

The ancient Anglo-Saxon culture once found in Britain is the soil from which the many generations of the Larkie family have grown. The name Larkie was given to a member of the family who was a person who can sing beautifully like a lark. A broad and miscellaneous class of surnames, nickname surnames referred to a characteristic of the first person who used the name. They can describe the bearer's favored style of clothing, appearance, habits, or character.

Early Origins of the Larkie family

The surname Larkie was first found in Norfolk, where they held a family seat from ancient times.

Early History of the Larkie family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Larkie research. Another 88 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1273, 1275, 1332, 1490, 1520, 1529, 1544, 1584 and 1679 are included under the topic Early Larkie History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Larkie Spelling Variations

Sound 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 Larkie family name include Lark, Larke, Larks, Laurk, Lauerk, Larkie, Larkey and others.

Early Notables of the Larkie family

Distinguished members of the family include Ralph Larke, a prominent 13th century landholder in Norfolk; Joan Larke (c.1490-after 1529), English mistress of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, and the...
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Larkie 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 Larkie surname or a spelling variation of the name include :

Larkie Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Nicholas Larkie, who landed in Maryland in 1661 1

Larkie Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Alex and Mary Larkie, who sailed to Philadelphia in 1811
Alex Larkie, who landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1811 1
Mary Larkie, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1811 1

Citations +

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)