Vizer History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Scotland

Early Origins of the Vizer family

The surname Vizer was first found in Stirlingshire, where they held a family seat and recorded as early as the year 1200 when William Wischard witnessed a charter of a mill to the Abbey of Cambuskenneth. John Wishard later called Visart was in Tulloch in 1254.

Early History of the Vizer family

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Vizer Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Visart, Vizard, Vishart, Vischart, Vychart, Vizart and many more.

Early Notables of the Vizer family

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Vizer migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Vizer Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Henry Vizer, who landed in Virginia in 1667 1

Vizer migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Vizer Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Miss Mary Vizer, (b. 1861), aged 4, English settler from Middlesex travelling from London aboard the ship "Tudor" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 24th September 1865 2
Mr. Richard Vizer, (b. 1859), aged 6, English settler from Middlesex travelling from London aboard the ship "Tudor" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 24th September 1865 2
Miss Matilda Vizer, (b. 1857), aged 8, English settler from Middlesex travelling from London aboard the ship "Tudor" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 24th September 1865 2
Miss Sarah Vizer, (b. 1855), aged 10, English settler from Middlesex travelling from London aboard the ship "Tudor" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 24th September 1865 2
Mrs. Sarah Vizer, (b. 1835), aged 30, English settler from Middlesex travelling from London aboard the ship "Tudor" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 24th September 1865 2
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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)
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 26th March 2019). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html