More information will be added soon regarding the history of those people with the surname: CARLING
I don't know how reliable the following information is, but it appears that it may have some basis in fact:
The English family name, Carling, is classified as being of personal name origin. As in the case of many family names, this surname derives its origins from the given name of one of the parents of its initial bearer. Where a name is derived from the father's first name, is referred to as being patronymic in origin, and when it is taken from the personal name of the mother it is matronymic in origin. With regard to Carling, this name is derived from the Middle English name (Carl) and the diminutive suffix - ing." Thus the original bearer of this name was known by members of his community as (Son of , or descendant of Little Carl).
This personal name is derived from the Old English (Ceorl), meaning "Husbandman " or "peasant" and later "Churl." Variants of the surname CARLING include KARL, CARL, CARLE and CARLESON.
One of the earliest references to this name or to a variant is a record of one WILLIAM CARL, registered in the subsidy rolls of Sussex in 1296.
Richard Carling and Annis Chamberlin were married in Thatcham, Berkshire, England on October 11, 1613.
Dorothy Carling, a relation of John Carling, was registered in St. Benet's Church, London, 15 April, 1647.
Christopher Carling of Stokesley, Yorkshire is mentioned in a marriage record from 15 December, 1726.
Samuel Carling and Lucy Edwards were married in Dorney, Buckingham, England 23 May, 1743.
Adam Carling, son of Adam and Sarah Carling was christened in Flowergate Presbyterian Church, Whitby, Yorkshire, 24 Nov, 1766.
David, son of David and Ann Carling was christened in St. Mary's Church, Putney, London 1 Feb 1818.
Robert Carling and Mary Elizabeth Cookson were married in Manchester Cathedral, Lancashire, 28 May, 1859.
However, this name may have been documented even earlier than the names indicated above.
I have taken an interest in our family name, and I will be trying to put together some more information here. If ANYONE reading this knows something about ANY branch of the Carling family, please e-mail it to me and I will post it on here. It would also be fascinating to know about any of the following topics:
Download a GEDCOM FILE of the CARLING and MEMBREY family genealogy
from 1857 to 1999 in England, Australia and USA
(Requires a genealogy program to importit and read it)
My side of the family seem sto have a LOT of men named John Carling or some derivative. In fact, ALL of the men descendants of my grandfather have John in their names.
I am trying to find ancestors, so far with a little success. I found one possible candidate, since we were Londoners and there seem to have not been many Carlings in the London area. Here is my candidate so far:
John CARLING
Christened: 18 Dec 1851
Saint Pancras, Old Church, London, England
Father: Charles CARLING
Mother: Harriet
These are some other common spellings I have seen, similar to Carling:
Best Regards,
Jamie Carling
* (NOTE: The information above correlates very well with the information that was given to me as a youngster growing up in England, by my family)
Read the story of CARLING PEAS!
ALSO: November, 1999 from Duncan Carling in California:
Hi Brian,
I have seen your site and think it's great! Thanks for the link back to my page.
My family is based primarily in new york and pennsylvania, I moved out here 6 years ago and am one of the only transplants. Before moving to america, the carling side lived in England. However we have had a very hard time tracing that much further. My father did try extensively, but hit some confusing dead ends.
If you have information about your Carling relatives in England, you might try contacting my father, Francis Carling, his email is Fcarling@aol.com
regards,
Duncan Carling
San Francisco, CA
Also from November, 1999:
It's fun to see your own name in "lights". I didn't realize there are so
many places and people with the Carling name.
I am a descendent of John Carling of New York and Utah. I am one of
the people who have been searching for years for the ancestors of John
Carling of New York. I hope someday we will find that elusive missing
link to find his father Gabriel Carling's ancestors, where he came from
and how he got to New York.
Gerri Carling Rhoades, E-mail: cgrhoades@worldnet.att.net
More Carling Genealogy bits you can study:
A biographical sketch of John Carling (11 Sep 1800 to 2 Apr 1855) son of Abraham Carling and Sarah Freer, born in Ulster, New York
David Anthony Carling, Born 1952, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Norwegian Author, Finn Carling
Aberdeenshire County Council Director of Leisure and Recreation: Gil Carling!
A note about some CARLING streets in London:
Did you know that I, Brian Carling, was born in West Hampstead? Well, they didn't name the street for me, but I DO understand that I may be be related to some Carlingfords. It seems that CARLINGFORD is a fairly rare derivation of the Carling name!
1746: Jean Baptiste Carling born
1752: Jean Carling comes to Nova Scotia
Title search results: Temple record book of Isaac V. Carling , Carling, Isaac Van Wagoner, 1831-
Brunson book of remembrance, 582-1972 , Brunson, Melburn Lewis, 1901-
John A. Whetten : recollections of his life , Peterson, Blanche Whetten, 1905-
Isaac V. Carling family history , Mortenson, Elda P. (Elda Porter), 1918-
Their roots were long and deep : a history of the Wilford Neves family , Day, La Verle Neves Makin
John Edward Walker family book of remembrance , Walker, Glen T
Life history of Heber Grant and Vera Elizabeth Swensen Bishop , Bishop, Linda E. (Linda Elizabeth), 1946-
Temple record book, 1798-1871 , Carling, Isaac Van Wagoner, 1831-
Forsberg - Spinney - Carling - Carlson family genealogical records and genealogical data, 1659-1964 , Spinney, Ruth E.A. Forsberg (Ruth Emma Annette Forsberg), 1894-
The Dutson family history , Nielson, Louise Lyman
History of Henry Cox Esplin and Lucy Chamberlain : roots and branches , Thompson, Ann Esplin, 1907-
John A. Whetten : recollections of his life. Peterson, Blanche Whetten, 1905-
Journal of Chauncey Huntington Childs 1890-1957. Childs, Chauncey Huntington, 1890-1957
Carling, Beverley, Gray, Hildred, West, Mason and their descendants : pioneer families of London Township, Middlesex County, Ontario , DeKay, George P. (George Percy), 1938-
A Pedler family history , Pedler, Sir Frederick, 1908-
Family history records of Sharon Porter, ca. 1800-1990, Porter, Sharon
Write and tell me what YOU know!
If you would like to chart your CARLING family tree and share the information with others it might prove VERY interesting and useful! I recommend using Brother's Keeper or some of the other genealogy programs that will output a GEDCOM file that is an easy standard for sharing family tree information. If you would like to e-mail Carling GEDCOM files to me I will post them here too!
For now, I have a list of CARLING Web Pages & ICQ Numbers so that you may get to know some more Carlings via the Internet and see what we can all learn about our family history together.
Now, I bet you didn't know just HOW much of a CREATIVE bunch us Carlings are! Wait until you see all these great web sites!
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