| ![Show Contents]() Mellinger Surname History
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Etymology of MellingerWhat does the name Mellinger mean? The Mellinger surname most likely evolved from several place names, including one near Lancaster and another near Liverpool. Early Origins of the Mellinger familyThe surname Mellinger was first found in Lancashire at Melling-with-Wrayton, a civil parish in the City of Lancaster or at Melling, a village a village nearby. "In the Conqueror's survey, Mellinge, Hornebi, and Wennigetun, are placed in Yorkshire, as constituting one manor, in which Vlf, whose name is perpetuated in that of Wolfa Crag, had nine and a half carucates of land. The earliest record in which the parish is subsequently mentioned, is the charter of Roger de Poictou, who gave the church of Melling to his newly-founded priory of Lancaster." 1 Early History of the Mellinger familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Mellinger research. Another 85 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1120, 1260, 1447, 1465, 1469, 1470, 1474 and 1492 are included under the topic Early Mellinger History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Mellinger Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Mellin, Melling and others. Early Notables of the Mellinger familyThomas Millyng (d. 1492), Bishop of Hereford, became about 1447, when quite a youth, a monk at Westminster, and thence proceeded to the Benedictine College, Gloucester Hall (now Worcester College), Oxford, where he remained till he graduated D.D. He then returned to Westminster, and in 1465 succeeded the chronicler John Flete as prior. The abbot George Norwych had wasted the revenues and incurred large debts, and he was now forced to retire to another Benedictine house, with an annual pension of a hundred marks. Although he retained the nominal title of abbot, Millyng, aided by two senior monks, one of whom...
Another 129 words (9 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Mellinger Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Mellinger Rankingthe United States, the name Mellinger is the 12,772nd most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 2 However, in France, the name Mellinger is ranked the 9,440th most popular surname with an estimated 500 - 1,000 people with that name. 3
| Mellinger migration to the United States | + |
Mellinger Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Benedick Mellinger, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1749 4
- Johannes Mellinger, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1749 4
- David Mellinger, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1752 4
- Abraham Mellinger, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1754 4
| Contemporary Notables of the name Mellinger (post 1700) | + |
- Jeff J. Mellinger (b. 1953), retired United States Army Command Sergeant Major
- Michael Mellinger (1929-2004), German-born, British actor
- Leonie Mellinger (b. 1959), German-born, British actress
| Historic Events for the Mellinger family | + |
- Mrs. Elizabeth Anne Mellinger, (née Maidment), aged 41, English Second Class passenger from Wimbledon, London who sailed aboard the RMS Titanic and survived the sinking escaping on life boat 14 5
- Miss Madeleine Violet Mellinger, aged 13, English Second Class passenger from Wimbledon, London who sailed aboard the RMS Titanic and survived the sinking escaping on life boat 14 6
- Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
- 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)
- Titanic Passenger List - Titanic Facts. (Retrieved 2016, July 13) . Retrieved from http://www.titanicfacts.net/titanic-passenger-list.html
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