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As if you needed more feedback on the Colbert
name at this point... Your January 6
response seems to be closest to home. There
is a getnleman by the name of Norbert Colbert
doing study on the name in England. I
cannot recall where I got the rest of this
info, but it is on the Genforum page.
Apparently the name is ORIGINALLY of
Scandinavian origin as it bears strong
similarity to names and words of that origin.
It is hypothesized that the Vikings left the
name behind in Scotland some time around
900-1000 AD. (Colbert, Coloberd, Colbearth,
Colobearth, etc.) The Scots were callled upon
by the French to help in the Crusades. Thus
the name went there. The Colberts were
persecuted in France as Huguenots, so many
moved to Ireland where two brothers parted
ways to counties Cork and Limerick which
accounts for the pronunciatiation of the "o"
as hard or soft, and then there was that
darned potato famine thing: U.S. and Canada.
If you ever plan to return to the land of
your native ancestry, you'd better get a
package plan! Hope this helps.
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