Walklate History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England
Ireland

Etymology of Walklate

What does the name Walklate mean?

Walklate is a name whose history on English soil dates back to the wave of migration that followed the Norman Conquest of England of 1066. The Walklate family lived in Hertfordshire, at the manor of Wakely.

Early Origins of the Walklate family

The surname Walklate was first found in Hertfordshire where they held a family seat from very ancient times, conjecturally the family were descended from Ralph of Wakely, a Norman noble, who held his lands from Count Allan and was thus reflected in the Domesday Book Survey of 1086 A.D.

Early History of the Walklate family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Walklate research. Another 67 words (5 lines of text) covering the year 1600 is included under the topic Early Walklate History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Walklate Spelling Variations

A multitude of spelling variations characterize Norman surnames. Many variations occurred because Old and Middle English lacked any definite spelling rules. The introduction of Norman French to England also had a pronounced effect, as did the court languages of Latin and French. Therefore, one person was often referred to by several different spellings in a single lifetime. The various spellings include Wakley, Wakeley, Wakely, Wakelie, Wakelee, Weakley, Wakerley and many more.

Early Notables of the Walklate family

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Migration of the Walklate family to Ireland

Some of the Walklate family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 50 words (4 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Walklate migration to the United States +

Many English families left England, to avoid the chaos of their homeland and migrated to the many British colonies abroad. Although the conditions on the ships were extremely cramped, and some travelers arrived diseased, starving, and destitute, once in the colonies, many of the families prospered and made valuable contributions to the cultures of what would become the United States and Canada. Research into the origins of individual families in North America has revealed records of the immigration of a number of people bearing the name Walklate or a variant listed above:

Walklate Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Thomas Walklate, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1849 1

Sources +

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)