Origin of Surname : Loader?

Question

Would anybody know how I would find history on my surname, I have tried in the past to google my name for any information, but of course it being a common english word as well as my surname it brings up to many to search through. Or if anybody has a website where I could do some searching for the meaning of the name, country of origin etc?

No sorry Adrian Loader

No sorry, I am not Adrian Loader

Answer 1

Loader
This unusual and interesting name, recorded in the surname
spellings of Loader, Lodder, Loder, Loades, Loadsman, Loadman, etc,
has two possible origins. The first of which is an Anglo-Saxon
topographical name denoting someone who lived by a road or a
watercourse. The derivation is from the Olde English pre 7th
Century word "lad", itself derived from the verb "laedan", to lead,
or to go. Where the word "lad" is an element of a placename it
usually refers to a man-made drainage channel. The second possible
origin is from the medieval occupational surname for a carrier or
carter, derived from the Middle English "lode(n)" to carry or
transport, derived from 'lad' as above influenced by "lade(n)", to
load. Early examples of the surname recordings include Simon Le
Lodere, in Warwickshire in the year 1332, and John ate Lode in
Sussex in 1327. John Lademan appears in the Subsidy Rolls of York
in 1301, whilst Annys Loadman, the daughter of Robert Loadman, was
christened at the famous church of St. Botolph without Aldergate,
London, on July 15th 1610. The original coat of arms granted in
London, although of uncertain date, has the blazon of a silver
field, a red pale, over all a black lion rampant. The crest is a
red chapeau charged with two lions proper supporting a garb. The
first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of
Emma la Lodere, which was dated
1279, in the "Oxfordshire Hundred Rolls", during the reign of
King Edward 1, known as "The Hammer of the Scots", 1272 - 1307.

Answer 2

Try doing a search on google like this

"loader genealogy"

The Loader family crest
http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.fc/qx/loader-family-crest.htm
"First found in Westmoreland ; first found in early census rolls by the early Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation.

Online Census - National Archives
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/census/
The records show a multitude of Loader families

Try searching Loader in Rootsweb for completed genealogies.
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?surname=loader&given=

British Distribution of Loader
http://landing.ancestry.com/learn/clues/fact.aspx?html=freetrial&sourcecode=17397&submit.x=41&submit.y=12&o_xid=0031936496&o_lid=0031936496&o_xt=41226188&fid=6&fn=&ln=loader

Answer 3

It sounds like someone whose job is to load muskets, or some other ancient weopon.

You're not Adrian Loader, are you? Went to John Newnham High?

Answer 4

My pal in Kent has this name..is it from the pack horse times relating to employment?