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  Creamer Family Crest / Creamer Coat of ArmsThe surname of CREAMER was an occupational name 'the creamer' a pedlar. Persons who went through the parish and bought butter, hens and eggs to sell at the market place, the Dundee market. Scottish surnames fall into two quite distinct groups; those of Gaelic origin and those of English origin. The Gaelic language was brought to Scotland from Ireland around the 5th century AD, displacing the British language (an early form of Welsh) previously spoken there as well as elsewhere. Gaelic was the main language of that part of Scotland not subject to English influence, a rather more extensive area than the present day Highlands and Islands, where Gaelic is still spoken in places. It is from these northwestern and western area of Scotland that surnames of Gaelic origin, now almost universally Anglicized in form, have been disseminated around the world. Early records of the name mention Edwin le Creamere who was recorded in the year 1273 in Scotland and Richard le Cramer appears in 1400 in Dundee. William Rolfe married Elizabeth Creamer at St. Michael, Cornhill, London in the year 1675. Edward Sankey and Fanny Cramer were married at St. George's, Hanover Square, London in the year 1707. Family names are a fashion we have inherited from the times of the Crusades in Europe, when knights identified one another by adding their place of birth to their first or Christian names. With so many knights, this was a very practical step. In the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries the nobles and upper classes, particularly those descended from the knights of the Crusades, recognised the prestige an extra name afforded them, and added the surname to the simple name given to them at birth. The name has many variant spellings which include Creamer and Cremer. It has long been a matter of doubt when the bearing of coats of arms first became hereditary and it was not until the Crusades that Heraldry came into general use. Men went into battle heavily armed and were difficult to recognise. It became the custom for them to adorn their helmets with distinctive crests, and to paint their shields with animals and the like. Coats of arms accompanied the development of surnames, becoming hereditary in the same way. |
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