To: Julius Belmont
From: Duncan Bray
Subject: Re: Research on the name "Belmont "
Date: December 10, 2035
As per your request I have begun my preliminary investigations into your hereditary name. Let me remind you that with a heritage stretching as far back as yours, I will need much time to gather data. It appears that your line can be traced as far back as the 1400s! As you asserted to me before your family has its origins in the nation formerly known as Romania, although your family predates its foundation. Throughout the ages your family name has featured some prominence in the myths, legends, and folklore of that land.
My research has led me to the earliest member of your family, Leon Belmont, although further investigating might yield even earlier ones. Details are sketchy but some details of note are that he was a wealthy nobleman at the time. This seems to be one possible source of your current wealth.
The name Belmont seems to have been passed from father to son throughout the years with seldom interruption. Whether by fate or luck, the Belmont family has produced relatively few women. The most significant seems to be the first, Sonia Belmont. In 1450 she managed to preserve the line as well as the name by siring a son without being married. The first schism appears to have been around the late 1500's when Christopher Belmont and his wife have three children. Being the only male child, Soleiyu passes on the Belmont last name, which persists until the late 1700's. At this point the Belmont name appears to die off with Richter Belmont. I have no current information of him siring any child. Soleiyu's sisters, Gertude and Ida, went on to marry into the Schneider and Baldwin family respectively. These two surnames persist for several generations, making the Schneider and the Baldwin's something like 2nd cousins. Eventually though, the Baldwin surname becomes Morris.
My research has yet to yield a time frame for which one of your line takes up the Belmont name again. It is more than likely that at one point, someone just changed his or her last name legally in order to preserve the heritage. When I have completed my research I will forward you all pertinent documents.
I hope my research will help to restore the gaps in your memory.
Duncan Bray
London School of Genealogy
Date: December 10, 2035
As per your request I have begun my preliminary investigations into your hereditary name. Let me remind you that with a heritage stretching as far back as yours, I will need much time to gather data. It appears that your line can be traced as far back as the 1400s! As you asserted to me before your family has its origins in the nation formerly known as Romania, although your family predates its foundation. Throughout the ages your family name has featured some prominence in the myths, legends, and folklore of that land.
My research has led me to the earliest member of your family, Leon Belmont, although further investigating might yield even earlier ones. Details are sketchy but some details of note are that he was a wealthy nobleman at the time. This seems to be one possible source of your current wealth.
The name Belmont seems to have been passed from father to son throughout the years with seldom interruption. Whether by fate or luck, the Belmont family has produced relatively few women. The most significant seems to be the first, Sonia Belmont. In 1450 she managed to preserve the line as well as the name by siring a son without being married. The first schism appears to have been around the late 1500's when Christopher Belmont and his wife have three children. Being the only male child, Soleiyu passes on the Belmont last name, which persists until the late 1700's. At this point the Belmont name appears to die off with Richter Belmont. I have no current information of him siring any child. Soleiyu's sisters, Gertude and Ida, went on to marry into the Schneider and Baldwin family respectively. These two surnames persist for several generations, making the Schneider and the Baldwin's something like 2nd cousins. Eventually though, the Baldwin surname becomes Morris.
My research has yet to yield a time frame for which one of your line takes up the Belmont name again. It is more than likely that at one point, someone just changed his or her last name legally in order to preserve the heritage. When I have completed my research I will forward you all pertinent documents.
I hope my research will help to restore the gaps in your memory.
Duncan Bray
London School of Genealogy
