Weaver Name Study

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About the Project

The Weaver Name Study project serves as a collaborative platform to collect information on the Weaver name. The hope is that other researchers like you will join the study to help make it a valuable reference point for other genealogists who are researching or have an interest in the Weaver name.

As a One Name Study, this project is not limited to persons who are related biologically. Individual studies can be used to branch out the research into specific methods and areas of interest, such as geographically (England Weavers), by time period (18th Century Weavers), or by topic (Weaver DNA, Weaver Occupations, Weaver Statistics). These studies may also include a number of family branches which have no immediate link with each other. Some researchers may even be motivated to go beyond the profile identification and research stage to compile fully sourced, single-family histories of some of the families they discover through this name study project.

Also see the related surnames and surname variants.

How to Join

To join the Weaver Name Study, first start out by browsing our current research pages to see if there is a specific study ongoing that fits your interests. If so, feel free to add your name to the Membership list below, post an introduction comment on the specific team page, and then dive right in!

If a research page does not yet exist for your particular area of interest, please contact the Name Study Coordinator: Jluv Taylor for assistance.

... ... ... is a member of the Weaver Name Study Project.

Once you are ready to go, you can also show your project affiliation with the ONS Member Sticker:

Research Pages

Here are some of the current research pages included in the study. I'll be working on them, and could use your help!

Membership

• Jluv Taylor
• Diane Weaver
• James Weaver
• Billie Keaffaber
• Pat Credit

Related Surnames and Surname Variants

• Wever
• Weever

Weaver Meaning

English: occupational name, from an agent derivative of Middle English weven ‘to weave’ (Old English wefan). English: habitational name from a place on the Weaver river in Cheshire, now called Weaver Hall but recorded simply as Weuere in the 13th and 14th centuries. The river name is from Old English wefer(e) ‘winding stream’. Translated form of German Weber.(From Ancestry)

Weaver Spelling Variations

• Weaver
• Wever
• Weever
• Wevre
• Wevere
• Wafer
• Weafer

Notes

• Category: Deutschland, Namensstudien: For more information see Category: Bavaria, Weaver Name Study

Resources

• http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/WEAVER

• Weavers of Granville North Carolina: http://weaversofwales.com/

• Weaver Genealogy: https://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/WEAVER

• Other people who are following Weaver: https://www.wikitree.com/genealogists/WEAVER

• What links here

Coat of Arms

THE COAT OF ARMS

The fact that the Weaver family has had a Coat of Arms six hundred and fifty years, and probably longer, is additional evidence that the family name was not taken from the occupation of an ancestor.

The Coat of Arms which is used was prepared by a professional heraldist who studied the subject in England and who claims that it is the correct Coat of Arms for our family. It was submitted to an authority in London, Eng., who stated that it is the Coat of Arms of the Weavers of Herefordshire and hence the one which we should use.

It is thus described:

Arms = Sa. two bars arg.: in chief three garbs or.

Crest = A ram’s head erased arg.

Motto = Esto Fidelis (Be Faithful).

Sa. = Black.

or. = Gold.

arg. = Silver or white.

Garbs = Sheaves of Wheat.

Erased = Torn off.

Armed = Horns another color.

In chief = The upper part of shield.

The ornamental parts which do not affect its integrity are:

Helmet.

Mantling = The flourishing ornament attached to the Helmet.

Scroll for motto.

According to Dwnn’s Visitation of Wale; the Coat of Arms which should be used by the Weavers of Herefordshire and hence, also by Clement Weaver and by us his descendants, is the “Arms of Cadwgan of Nannau.” It is a plain black shield surrounded by an ornamental scroll. No motto is mentioned.