Joseph MACE came with the ship Matilda Atheling sailed from Birkenhead 13 August 1859 bound for Table Bay and arrived in Table Bay, Cape Town, South Africa on 27 October 1859.
But the arrival date gi...
The surmame MACE is a name that came to England in the 11th Century wave of migration that was set off by the Norman Conquest of 1066.======Their name however is a reference to their place of residence...
The surmame MACE is a name that came to England in the 11th Century wave of migration that was set off by the Norman Conquest of 1066.
Their name however is a reference to their place of residence prior to the Norman Conquest of of England in 1066.
The Normans that invaded England in 1066 came from Normandy in Northern France.
However, they were originally Vikings from Scandinavia.
At the beginning of the tenth century, the French King, Charles the Simple, had given some land in the North of France to a Viking chief named Rollo.
The land became known as Northmannia, the land of the Northmen.
It was later shortened to Normandy.
This Norman MACE family originated at Macey in Manche in Normandy.
The Vikings intermarried with the French and by the year 1000, they were no longer Viking pagans, but French speaking Christians.
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