Rosedale History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Rosedale

Rosedale is a name whose history is connected to the ancient Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. The name is derived from when the Rosedale family once lived in the village of Rosindale near Clitheroe in the county of Lancashire. The surname was originally derived from two elements, rosen meaning roses and dahl referring to a valley. In this case the original bearers of the surname lived in a valley full of roses.

Early Origins of the Rosedale family

Early History of the Rosedale family

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Rosedale 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 Rosedale family name include Rosindale, Rosendale, Rosedale, Rosedell, Rosdell and many more.

Early Notables of the Rosedale family

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Migration of the Rosedale family

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 Rosedale surname or a spelling variation of the name include: Samuel Rosdail who settled in New York State with his wife and four children in 1825; Thomas Rosdell settled in Virginia in 1635; Frederick and Maria Rosendal arrived in Philadelphia in 1806.