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Bullett One-Name Study

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Study details

Study: Bullett   

Variants: Bullet

Category:  1 - A study where research using core genealogical datasets and transcriptions is in its early stages.

Guild hosted website:  bullett.one-name.net

Contact: Miss Susan Schibli


About the study

Worldwide occurrences of BULLETT surname will be researched, though at present I mostly have England and Wales data entries.

Variant names

BULLET, BULLETOUT (though this is covered under the BULTITUDE study).

Maybe BULLED, maybe BULLETTI though these last two may have different provenance/origin.

Name origin

Originally so far BULLETT are mostly in Suffolk area, near Bury St Edmunds from the early 1600's into the 1800-1850's. 

There is a migration towards Northampton early 1800 (Robert Bullett 1806-1869) and others towards London later.

There are migration to Australia and the USA/Canada.

The family lore says we came from France. This is so far not validated. 

The name meaning says the BULLETT surname comes from looking like a round bullett. 

Historical occurrences of the name

Robert Bullett and Catherine had several children some in Finningham, Suffolk, England and Tostock, Suffolk, England in the mid 1600's.

John Bullett of Tostock married Ann Hill in 1666 and had issues and remarried Susan Clerk in 1695 and had issues in Tostock, Suffolk, England. 

John Bullett (1744-1827) moved from Tostock to Hessett, Suffolk, England and married Frances Wilkin.

Richard Bullett (1798-1864) who married Sophia Mully was in Rougham, Suffolk, England.

Robert Bullett (1806-1869) moved from Rougham to Weedon Beck, Northamptonshire, England and Whilton, Northamptonshire, England and married there. 

His grandson is Gerald William Bullett (1893-1958) the author and novellist. 

Name frequency

In the 1851 England and Wales Census there are 113 entries (according to Ancestry).

In the 1881 England and Wales Census there are 173 entries (according to Ancestry).

In the 2000 USA Census the surname BULLETT is ranked 52608 and there are 370 entries.

In 2002 in the UK there were 302 occurrences of BULLETT and the surname is ranked 16292 (according to Taliesin).

Links

Website : Bullett Genealogy  

Facebook group : The Bullett surname research page 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2105767859711842/

Ancestry: Bullett Schibli England Golightly May 2014 tree is my main public tree

Contact Details

Miss Susan Schibli

General Search Results

Occurrences of the surname Bullett in the Guild Indexes
(Click on the number to view the search results in each index. Indexes marked by * are only accessible by logged in Guild members.)
  • Global Marriages (public)  185
  • Global Marriages (members)* 186

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