Origin of the Name York
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Over the centuries Surnames developed a wide number of variants. Different spellings of the same name can be traced back to an original root. Additionally when a bearer of a name emigrated it was not uncommon that their original name would be incorrectly transcribed in the record books at their new location. Surnames were also often altered over the years based on how they sounded phonetically and depending on the prevailing political conditions it may have been advantageous to change a name from one language to another.
Variants of the name York
include Yorke. This is a locality name meaning 'of York', the famous city in Yorkshire. This name is of English descent and is found in many ancient manuscripts in that country. Examples of such are a Gilbert de York, of Yorkshire, who was recorded in the 'Hundred Rolls', England, in the year 1273 and a William de York, also of Yorkshire, who was recorded in the same year in this ancient document. Names were recorded in these ancient documents to make it easier for their overlords to collect taxes and to keep records of the population at any given time. When the overlords acquired lands by either force or gifts from their rulers, they created charters of ownership for themselves and their vassals.
In Ireland this name and its variants were introduced into Ulster Province by settlers who arrived from England and Scotland, especially during the seventeenth century. It was the 'Plantations of Ireland' in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries that marked the end of Gaelic supremacy in Ireland. While the influx of settlers in the wake of the earlier Anglo-Norman invasion of the twelfth century resulted in a full integration into Irish society of the new arrivals, the same never occurred with the Ulster Planters who maintained their own distinct identity.
York is also a variant of MacIngarke, a rare name found in Leinster Province.
The York coat of arms came into existence centuries ago. The process of creating coats of arms (also often called family crests) began in the eleventh century although a form of Proto-Heraldry may have existed in some countries prior to this. The new art of Heraldry made it possible for families and even individual family members to have their very own coat of arms, including all York descendants.
Asili ya Jina York historia ya familia ilipatikana katika allfamilycrests.com kumbukumbu. Kwa karne nyingi majina ya familia yamebadilika-badilika. Maandishi tofauti-tofauti ya jina lilelile yanaweza kufuatiliwa hadi kwenye chanzo cha awali. Kwa kuongezea, wakati mtoaji wa jina fulani alipohamia, haikuwa jambo lisilo la kawaida kwamba jina lake la awali lingeandikwa kimakosa katika vitabu vya rekodi katika mahali pao jipya. Majina ya familia pia yalibadilishwa mara nyingi kwa miaka kulingana na jinsi yalivyokuwa na sauti na kulingana na hali za kisiasa zilizokuwa zikienea inaweza kuwa na faida ya kubadilisha jina kutoka lugha moja hadi nyingine. Tofauti za jina York ni pamoja na Yorke. Hii ni jina la eneo linalomaanisha 'ya York', mji maarufu katika Yorkshire. Jina hilo linatokana na Kiingereza na linapatikana katika hati nyingi za kale za nchi hiyo. Mfano wa watu kama hao ni Gilbert de York, wa Yorkshire, ambaye alirekodiwa katika 'Hundred Rolls', Uingereza, mwaka wa 1273 na William de York, pia wa Yorkshire, ambaye alirekodiwa mwaka huo huo katika hati hii ya kale. Majina ya watu yaliandikwa katika hati hizo za kale ili kuwawezesha watawala wao kukusanya kodi na kuweka rekodi za idadi ya watu wakati wowote. Wakati wafalme walipochukua ardhi kwa nguvu au kwa zawadi kutoka kwa watawala wao, waliunda hati za umiliki kwa ajili yao wenyewe na kwa ajili ya watumwa wao. Katika Ireland jina hili na aina zake ziliingizwa katika Mkoa wa Ulster na wahamiaji waliofika kutoka Uingereza na Scotland, hasa wakati wa karne ya kumi na saba. Ilikuwa 'Mimea ya Ireland' katika karne ya kumi na sita na kumi na saba ambayo iliashiria mwisho wa utawala wa Gaelic nchini Ireland. Wakati kuwasili kwa wahamiaji baada ya uvamizi wa Anglo-Norman wa karne ya kumi na mbili ulisababisha ushirikiano kamili katika jamii ya Ireland ya wageni wapya, hiyo haikutokea kamwe na Ulster Planters ambao walihifadhi utambulisho wao tofauti. York pia ni aina ya MacIngarke, jina nadra kupatikana katika Mkoa wa Leinster. Nembo ya York ilianzishwa karne nyingi zilizopita. Utaratibu wa kuunda coats ya silaha (pia mara nyingi huitwa familia crests) ilianza katika karne ya kumi na moja ingawa aina ya Proto-Heraldry inaweza kuwa ilikuwepo katika baadhi ya nchi kabla ya hii. Ufundi mpya wa heraldry ulifanya iwezekane kwa familia na hata wanachama wa familia kuwa na kanzu yao wenyewe ya silaha, ikiwa ni pamoja na wazao wote wa York.