| ![Show Contents]() Silke History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
The history of the name Silke begins with the Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. It is derived from the baptismal name for the son of Cecil, deriving from the nickname Sill. After the Norman Conquest, the Old English naming system gradually dissolved. Old English names became less common and were replaced by popular continental European names. The earliest surnames in England were found shortly after the Norman Conquest and are of Norman French rather than native English origins. Early Origins of the Silke familyThe surname Silke was first found in Derbyshire where they held a family seat from early times and were anciently descended from the distinguished Saxon family who held a family seat there well before the Norman Conquest. The name is derived from a colloquial term in Derbyshire about the year 1000 describing a thrush, i.e. a "shrilcock" or "shilcock." Early History of the Silke familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Silke research. Another 111 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1200, 1283, 1379 and 1781 are included under the topic Early Silke History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Silke Spelling VariationsThe English language only became standardized in the last few centuries; therefore, spelling variations are common among early Anglo-Saxon names. As the form of the English language changed, even the spelling of literate people's names evolved. Silke has been recorded under many different variations, including Silcock, Silcocks, Silcox, Sylcox, Sylcock, Shilcock, Shrilcox, Shrilcocks, Silk and many more. Early Notables of the Silke familyMore information is included under the topic Early Silke Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
 Silke migration to the United States | + |
For many English families, the political and religious disarray that shrouded England made the far away New World an attractive prospect. On cramped disease-ridden ships, thousands migrated to those British colonies that would eventually become Canada and the United States. Those hardy settlers that survived the journey often went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Silke or a variant listed above:
Silke Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Anne Silke, who arrived in Virginia in 1653 1
Silke Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Johanna Silke, who died enroute in 1847
| Silke migration to Canada | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Silke Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century- Frances Silke, who arrived in Quebec in 1847
- Ms. Frances Silke, aged 26 who immigrated to Canada, arriving at the Grosse Isle Quarantine Station in Quebec aboard the ship "Dominica" departing from the port of Cork, Ireland but died on Grosse Isle in July 1847 2
- Mr. John Silke, aged 34 who immigrated to Canada, arriving at the Grosse Isle Quarantine Station in Quebec aboard the ship "Ganges" departing from the port of Liverpool, England but died on Grosse Isle in September 1847 2
- Miss. Johanna Silke, aged 18 who was emigrating through Grosse Isle Quarantine Station, Quebec aboard the ship "Dominica" departing 1st May 1847 from Cork, Ireland; the ship arrived on 14th June 1847 but she died on board 3
| Silke 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. 4Silke Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century- John Silke, who settled in Barbados or Jamaica in 1685
| Contemporary Notables of the name Silke (post 1700) | + |
- Silke Gast (b. 1972), German javelin thrower at the 1994 European Championships
- Silke Rottenberg (b. 1972), former German football goalkeeper
- Silke Tesch (b. 1958), German politician
- Silke Hartlieb, German mathematician
- 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)
- Charbonneau, André, and Doris Drolet-Dubé. A Register of Deceased Persons at Sea and on Grosse Île in 1847. The Minister of Canadian Heritage, 1997. ISBN: 0-660-198/1-1997E (p. 55)
- Charbonneau, André, and Doris Drolet-Dubé. A Register of Deceased Persons at Sea and on Grosse Île in 1847. The Minister of Canadian Heritage, 1997. ISBN: 0-660-198/1-1997E (p. 95)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
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