The Albers Family Name

UPDATE: I found another coat of arms and my grandparents say the name comes from Germany.

This widespread English, German, French Catalan, Italian, Spanish and Hungarian name was originally derived from a Germanic personal name ALBRECHET, which was composed of the elements ADAL (noble) and BERHT (bright and famous). This was one of the most common Germanic given names, and was borne by various medieval princes, military leaders and great churchmen, notably St. Albert of Prague (Czech name Vojtech, Latin name Adalbertus), a Bohemian prince who died a martyr in 997 attempting to convert the Prussians to Christianity; St Albert the Great (?1193-1280) Aristotelian theologian and tutor of Thomas Aquinas; and Albert the Bear (1100-70) Margrave of Brandenburg. There are many notables of the name including Albert I (1255-1308) who was the king of Germany, the son of Rudolph I of Habsburg. He was elected king of Germany in opposition to the deposed Adolf of Nassau, whom he then defeated and killed in battle at Gollheim (1298). He proceeded energetically to restore the power of the monarchy and reduce that of the electoral princes, but was murdered while crossing the River Reuss by his disaffected nephew John. Albert, Prince Consort to Queen Victoria (1819-61) born at Schloss Rosenaux, near Coburg. He was the younger son of the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. In 1840 he married his first cousin, Queen Victoria, a marriage that became a lifelong love-match. He was given the title of Prince Consort in 1857. Throughout their marriage he was, in effect the Queen’s private secretary. Ministerial distrust and public misgivings because of his German connections, limited his political influence, although his counsel was usually judicious and far-sighted. He died of typhoid in 1861, occasioning a long period of seclusion by his widow. The Albert Memorial in Kensington Gardens was erected in his memory in 1871. Joses ALBERS (l888-l976) the German born American painter and designer born in Bottrop, Wesphalia. He trained in Berlin, Essen and Munich and from l920 was involved with the Bauhaus, where he studied and later taught. There he worked on glass pictures and furniture design. In l933 he emigrated to the U.S.A. and became a U.S. citizen in l939. As a painter he was interested chiefly in colour relationship and from l950 produced a series of wholly abstract canvases.


Found my families coat of arms

Origin Displayed: French

Spelling variations include: Albert, Alber, Alberte, Albers, Albaire, Albair, Alb�re, Alberre, Albairre, d’Albert, d’Alber, d’Alberte, d’Albers, d’Albaire, d’Alb�re, d’Alberre and many more. First found in Bourgogne, where the family were anciently seated from very early times.

Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Johan Jacob Albert settled in Philadelphia in 1753; John Jacob Albert settled in Maryland in 1763; Michael Albert settled in Lancaster in 1719; Joseph Alber settled in Philadelphia in 1746.