Stirzaker History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Stirzaker

What does the name Stirzaker mean?

Stirzaker is a name of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin and comes from a family once having lived in the settlement of Stirzacre, in Garstang, in the county of Lancashire. 1

The surname Stirzaker is a place-name having derived from the Old Scandinavian personal name Styrr (genitive Styrs) + Old English æcer 'plot of arable or uncultivated land a measure of land' or Old Scandinavian akr 'plot of arable land'. 2

Early Origins of the Stirzaker family

The surname Stirzaker was first found in Lancashire where they held a family seat as Lords of the manor of Stirzaker originally Steresaker, in the parish of Garstang. One of the first records of the family was William de Steresacre who was listed in the Subsidy Rolls of Lancashire in 1332. 1

Later in nearby Yorkshire, Johannes de Steresaker was listed in the Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379 3 and later again (Still in Yorkshire) we found William Steresaker, in the “The Corpus Christi Guild”, York, dated 1477.

Early History of the Stirzaker family

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Stirzaker Spelling Variations

The 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. Stirzaker has been recorded under many different variations, including Stirzaker, Stirzacker, Stirsaker, Stirsacker, Sterzaker, Stersaker, Steresaker, Steresake, Stazicker, Staziker, Sturzaker and many more.

Early Notables of the Stirzaker family

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Stirzaker 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 Stirzaker or a variant listed above:

Stirzaker Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Elizabeth Stirzaker, aged 33, who settled in America from Preston, England, in 1908
Leopold Stirzaker, aged 22, who immigrated to America from Preston, England, in 1910
Joseph Stirzaker, aged 24, who landed in America from Cromford, England, in 1911
Eliza Stirzaker, aged 40, who immigrated to the United States from Preston, England, in 1915
Harold Stirzaker, aged 20, who immigrated to the United States, in 1923

Stirzaker migration to Australia +

Stirzaker Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. William Stirzaker, (Tassiker, Tasicar, Sturzaker), (b. 1828), aged 22, English labourer who was convicted in Preston, Lancaster, England for 7 years for theft, transported aboard the ""Blenheim"" on 24th July 1850, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) and Norfolk Island, Australia 4

Contemporary Notables of the name Stirzaker (post 1700) +

John Henry Stirzaker (1869-1948), English professional footballer who played as a defender with Blackpool (1894-1903)
Nic Stirzaker (b. 1991), English-born, Australian rugby union footballer who plays for Melbourne Rising (2014-)
Henry "Harry" Stirzaker (b. 1869), English professional footballer for Blackpool (1894-1903)
Dr. Richard Stirzaker, 2007 Land & Water Australia Research Fellow
Jon Stirzaker, Australian Head of the Geospatial Applications & Visualisation unit in Australia
Dr. David Stirzaker, Tutorial Fellow in Mathematics at St. John's College Oxford

Sources +

Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 25th October 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/blenheim