Lode History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Lode family

The surname Lode was first found in Somerset where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the year 1194 when Wulfward Loades when they held lands.

Early History of the Lode family

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Lode Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Loads, Loades, Lode, Loader, Lodder and others.

Early Notables of the Lode family

Distinguished members of the family include

William de Lode (William Gilbert) (died 1403), Prior of Spinney Abbey in Cambridgeshire (1390-14030, recorded as having been fatally stabbed at his place of worship

Lode migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Lode Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

John Peter Lode, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1753 1
Gottfried Lode, who landed in America in 1783 1
Gottlieb Lode, who arrived in America in 1783 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Lode (post 1700) +

Lode Alphonse Wouters (1929-2014), Belgian cyclist, he competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics

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)