Surname
A
ABELE
ABERLE
ADAMSCHECK
AHRENS
AICHELE
ALBER
ALBRECHT
ALLMENDINGER
ALTENBERNT
ANDRES
ANDRUS
APFEL
APRILL
ARDNER
ARMBRUSTER
ARNOLD
ARTZ
ASSENHEIMER
ATZENHOFER
AUCH
B
BACH
BADER
BAESSLER
BAEURLE
Emigrating
Patriarch
Evidence (Immigration Date)
Gottlieb
Georg
Martin
Martin
Bernhard H.
Johann
Michael
Johann
Karl
Friedrich
Johannes
Johann Georg
Daniel Friedrich
Georg David
Johann Georg
Ernst Friedrich
Johannes
Johann Gottlieb
Matthias
Michael
Heinrich
Johann Jakob
Johannes
Johann Georg
Anton
Johannes
Eberhardt
Wilhelm
Caspar
Karl Julius
Herman E.
Johann Christian
1880 Scio, 1892 W.C. Dir. (1854 Scio)
1880 Scio; 1874 Atl.-Scio (bef. 1859)
1880 Lodi (before 1862 Lodi)
Mason in A.A., (before 1880 A.A.)
1880 Sharon, Man. (1875 Man.)
Marriage 1869 (before 1869 A.A.)
1880 Saline (1847 Lodi)
1880 Lodi (before 1858 Freedom)
1880 Northfield (before 1858 Chelsea)
1880 Ann Arbor (bef. 1855 A.A.)
(1862 Sylvan)
1880 Lodi (before 1860 Lodi)
1880 Scio, Ann Arbor (1830 Scio)
(1830 Scio)
(1851 Scio)
1880 Freedom (before 1876 Freedom)
1880 Saline (1847 Freedom)
1880 Lima (1846 Scio)
(1839 Ann Arbor)
1880 Ann Arbor (bef. 1854 A.A.)
1870, 1880 Ann Arbor (bef. 1862)
1880 Scio (1832 Scio)
1880 Saline (before 1883 A.A.)
1880 Scio (1836 Scio)
1880 Scio (1837 Scio)
1880 Bridgewater (1848 Lodi)
1880 Ann Arbor (1872 Lodi via NY)
1880 Ann Arbor (1872 A.A.)
Ann Arbor (1854 Lima)
1880 Freedom (1873 Ann Arbor)
Marr. 1884, Brth 1886 (bef. 1884 A.A.)
(1830 Scio-later to Sebewaing MI)
Jakob Philip
Johann
1880 Ann Arbor (1834 Ann Arbor)
1880 Chelsea (before 1879 Chelsea)
1880 Ann Arbor (before 1879)
1880 A.A., 1874 Atl. A.A. (bef. 1845)
(1851 Lodi)
Johann Peter
Matthias
Village
Province
?
Württemberg
?
Württemberg
?
Württemberg
?
Silesia?
?
Prussia
Musberg
Württemberg
Leinfelden
Württemberg
Fuenfbronn
Württemberg
Meistern
Württemberg
?
Württemberg
Fuenfbronn
Württemberg
?
Baden
Waiblingen
Württemberg
Beinstein
Württemberg
Waiblingen
Württemberg
Lode
Lippe-Detmold
Affalterbach
Württemberg
?
Württemberg
Hoepfigheim
Württemberg
?
Baden
?
Hesse Darmstadt
Oetisheim
Baden
Besenfeld
Württemberg
Dettlingen
Hohenzollern
Dettlingen
Hohenzollern
Rathskirchen
Pfalz
Wilhelmsdorf
Württemberg
Wilhelmsdorf
Württemberg
Grossachsenheim
Württemberg
?
Württemberg
Dogern
Baden
Echterdingen
Württemberg
Ellmendingen
?
Albershausen
?
Marbach
Baden
Prussia
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Meaning of the Name / Alternative or Original
Spellings and "Misspellings"
short form of Albrecht , a popular first name
short form of Albrecht , a popular first name
"named for Adam" from the bible
alternate form of Arndt , popular first name, means 'eagle'
"oak", dweller under an oak tree / Aichle
'poplar', dweller under a poplar tree
form of the first name Adalbert , a figure in German poetry
"from Allmendingen", a village in Württemberg
"Berndt the elder", Berndt was a first name / Altenberndt
Andreas , one of the Apostles / Andress, "Andrews"
probably named for Andreas , one of the Apostles
"apple" an orchardist or fruit peddler / Appel
form of Abril , "April", e.g., a tax collector coming in April
?
may mean either "crossbow-maker" or "archer" / Armbrust
form of Arnholdt , a popular first name
"healer", usually as a side profession / Arzt
"from Assenheim " , villages in Hesse and Pfalz / Heimer
"from Atzenhof ", 'a farm near the water'
"field for night grazing", referring to a night shepherd
"brook", someone living near a brook
either "a tenant or owner of a bathhouse", or "barber"
"young nobelman" / Bäßler
diminutive form of Bauer , meaning 'farmer' / Bäurle
Surname
BAGGE
BAHNMILLER
BALDEN
BALFANZ
BAREIS
BARRIETH
BARTH
BARTHEL
BAUER
BAUERLY
BAUKNECHT
BAUMANN
BAUMGARDNER
BAUMGARTNER
BAUR
BAYHA
BECK
BECKER
BEHNKE
Emigrating
Patriarch
Johann A.
Johann Georg
Johann Martin
Johannes
August
Carl August
Jacob
Johann Georg
Johann
Andreas
Johann Freidrich
Georg
Peter
Karl Jakob
Peter
Philipp
Gottfried
David Christopher
Georg Adam
Johann Georg
Johannes
Bernhardt
Johann M.
Georg Friedrich
Johann Gottlob
Johannes
Leopold
Joseph
Solomon
Georg
Joseph
Emil
Jacob
Johann Andreas
Johannes
Johann
Peter
August
Evidence (Immigration Date)
Village
Province
Oak Grove Cem. (1865 Chelsea)
?
Schleswig
1880 Freedom (1867 Lodi)
Kirchentellinsfurt
Württemberg
1880 Lodi (1854 Freedom)
Kirchentellinsfurt
Württemberg
1880 Freedom (1847 Freedom)
Kirchentellinsfurt
Württemberg
1880 Northfield (bef. 1870 Northf.)
?
Prussia?
1915 Atlas-Dexter (bef. 1886 A.A.)
?
Pommerania
1880 Manchester (1866 Freedom)
Endersbach
Württemberg
1880 Lima (1866 Freedom)
Endersbach
Württemberg
1880 York, 1874 Atl.-York (bef. 1849)
Metzingen?
Württemberg
1880 Sharon (before 1857)
Hueffenhardt
Baden
1880 Sharon (before 1857)
Hueffenhardt
Baden
1880 Chelsea (bef. 1870 Chelsea)
?
Prussia
1880 Chelsea (1874 Chelsea)
?
Prussia
1880 Bridgw. (1844 Bridgwater)
Niederkirchen?
Pfalz
1880 Bridgw. (1846 Bridgwater)
Niederkirchen?
Pfalz
1880 Salem (1854 Salem)
Allmandle
Württemberg
(1860 Salem)
Allmandle
Württemberg
1880 Man. (before 1865 Manchester)
Oberlenningen
Württemberg
(before 1883 Chelsea)
Hochdorf
Württemberg
1880 Northf. (before 1867 Northfield)
Hochdorf
Württemberg
1874 Atlas-Fr. (before 1841 Freedom)
Dettingen
Württemberg
1880 Northfield (1853 Northfield)
Immenhausen
Württemberg
(1837 Saline-moved to Jonesville MI)
Zurich
Switzerland
1880 Bridgewater (1889 Saline)
?
Württemberg
(1889 Saline)
?
Württemberg
1880 Freedom (1873 -minister)
?
Switzerland
1880 Ann Arbor (bef. 1859 A.A.)
?
Germany
1880 Ann Arbor (1877 Ann Arbor)
?
Baden
1880 Ann Arbor (1877 Ann Arbor)
?
Baden
1880 Ypsilanti (1879 Ypsi. via OH)
?
Württemberg
1880 Bridgw., Beth. C. (abt. 1850 Br.)
?
Württemberg
1880 Ann Arbor (bef. 1869 A.A.)
?
Württemberg
Saline Cem. (1890 Saline)
Untersielmingen
Württemberg
1880 Scio (1832 Scio)
Echterdingen
Württemberg
1880 Ann Arbor (before 1863 A.A.)
Herrenalb
Württemberg
1880 Bridgw., Dext. (bef. 1857 Bridgw.)
Guntershausen
Hesse Darmstadt
1880 Dexter (bef. 1867 via OH)
?
Hesse Kassel
1880 A.A. (before 1880 A.A.)
?
Prussia
Meaning of the Name / Alternative or Original
Spellings and "Misspellings"
derived from the Scandinavian first name Bagge
"the miller by the road" / Bahnmüller
?
a place name in Pommerania
"the one who has been to Paris"
"bear clearing", lived near a forest with bears / Barreith
"beard", or "the man with a distinctive beard"
short form of St. Bartholomäus / Bartel, Barthell
"farmer"
diminutive form of bauer , meaning "farmer"
"farm hand" / "Backhaut"
"farmer"
living near or owning an orchard / Baumgartner?
living near or owning an orchard
form of bauer "farmer"
probably from Baÿ, a village or place name / Baÿa
old form meaning 'baker'
old form meaning 'baker'
"bean grower" / Böhnke, Boehnke, "Benehe, Bahnka"
Surname
BEHR
BEHRINGER
BEISSEL
BELSER
BENDER
BENTER
BENZ
BENZLER
BERG
BERGER
BERGMANN
BERNER
BERNHAGEN
BERNHARDT
BERSUDER
BERTKE
BESSERT
BETHKE
BETZ
BEUERLE
BEUTLER
BEYER
BIERMANN
BIGALKE
BIHLMEYER
BINDER
BIRK
BIRKLE
Emigrating
Patriarch
Karl
August
Johann
James B.
Hermann
Bernhardt
Christoph
Wilhelm Friedrich
Gottlieb
Johann F.
Johannes
H.K.
Heinrich
Georg Jakob
Evidence (Immigration Date)
1880 Ann Arbor (1849 A.A.)
1892 A.A. Dir. (before 1892 A.A.)
1880 Chelsea, Mt.Ol. Cem., (bef. 1864)
1880 Chelsea (bef. 1864 Chelsea)
Minister, Zion Luth., A.A. (1875 A.A.)
1880 A.A., 1874 Northf. (bef. 1855)
Salem Gr. Cem., 1880 Sylv. (bef. 1863)
1880 Lodi, Br. (1852 A.A.)
1880 Webster (1852 A.A.)
1880 Bridgewater (before 1855)
1880 Bridgewater (bef. 1857 Br.)
(1882 Ann Arbor)
marr. 1879, A.A. (before 1855 A.A.)
marr. 1885, 1892 Dex. Dir. (1880 Scio)
(1878 Ann Arbor)
Friedrich
1892 A.A. Dir. (bef. 1884 A.A.)
Michael
1880 Dexter (before 1880 Dexter)
Hermann Bernhardt 1880 Fr., Sh., Shar. Cem. (1837 Freed.)
Ludwig
1874, 1880 Northf. (bef. 1873 Northf.)
Adolph F.
Northf. Records (before 1891)
Gottlob
Forest Hill Cem., A.A. (before 1891)
Gottlieb
(1882 Freedom)
Johann
1880 Manchester (before 1870)
Wilhelm
1880 Manchester (1864 Freedom)
Conrad
1880 Saline (1852 Saline)
Daniel
1880 Saline (1875 Lodi)
Morris
1880 Yps., 1915 Atlas-Yps. (bef. 1865)
Heinrich
1870, 1880 Ann Arbor (1847, A.A.)
Theodore
1880 Ann Arbor (before 1880)
Johann Jacob
1880 Ypsilanti (1876 Manchester)
Johann Konrad
1874 Atlas-Bridgewater (1856 A.A.)
Jakob Ulrich
1880 Ann Arbor (1852 Ann Arbor)
Gottlob Leonhardt 1880 Ann Arbor (1848 Ann Arbor)
Gottlieb Heinrich
1880 Ann Arbor (bef. 1855 A.A.)
Johann F.
1880 Ann Arbor (bef. 1873 via PA)
Karl
1880 Ann Arbor (bef. 1870 A.A.)
Andreas
1880 Ann Arbor (1853 A.A.)
Johann Georg
1880 Lodi (1852 Lodi)
Village
Province
?
?
?
?
Boesingen
Tuttlingen
?
Waiblingen
Waiblingen
?
?
?
?
Breitenstein
Persanzig
?
?
Schale
?
?
?
?
Maegerkingen
Berneck
Walddorf
Walddorf
?
?
?
Gnadenthal
Holzgerlingen
Holzgerlingen
Holzgerlingen
Holzgerlingen
?
?
Drossingen
Muenchingen
Württemberg
Württemberg
Luxemburg
Luxemburg
Württemberg
Baden
Hanover
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Hesse Kassel
Germany
Württemberg
Württemberg
Pommerania
Germany
Alsace
Westphalia
Prussia
Posen
Posen
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Prussia
Hanover
Prussia
Bessarabia
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Hesse
Württemberg
Württemberg
Meaning of the Name / Alternative or Original
Spellings and "Misspellings"
"bear" indicating a brave person
"from Behringen or Boehringen", villages in Württemberg
?
"from Belsen" a village in Württemberg
a form of Binder , meaning "cooper" (barrel-maker)
poss. a short form of Bernt or Berhardt , popular first names
short form of Berthold , a first name / Bentz
"from Bensel or Benzel " a village name or place name
"mountain", fram a dwelling next to the mountain
"from the mountain", from a dwelling next to the mountain
"from the mountain", from a dwelling next to the mountain
"from Bern or Berne ", a place name or village name
probably a place name in northern Germany
"brave like a bear" / "Barnhardt"
"from Bersud ", probably a place name in Alsace
short form of Berthold , a popular first name
"fine collector"? / Beßert
short form of Bertram , a popular first name
short form of Bernhard , first name meaning "brave like a bear"
"Betts"
diminutive form of Bauer , meaning "farmer"
"bag maker", typically a leather bag maker
"Bavarian", someone coming from Bavaria
"brewer", "beer maker"
?
"the farmer on the hill"
"cooper" (barrel-maker)
"birch", from a dwelling in or under birch trees
short form of Burkhardt , a popular first name / Bürkle
Surname
BISCHOFF
BISSINGER
BLAESS
BLEICHER
BLUM
BLUMENAUER
BLUMHARDT
BLUNK
BOERKIRCHER
BOETTGER
BOETTNER
BOHN
BOHNETT
BOLGOS
BOLLINGER
BOOS
BRAUN
BRAUNMILLER
BREDERNITZ
BREHM
BREINING
BREITENBACH
BREITENWISCHER
BRENION
BRENNER
Emigrating
Patriarch
Gottlieb
Conrad Adam
Leopold Julius
Johann Karl
Phillip Peter
Bernhardt
Johann Georg
Wilhelm August
Christian Jacob
Valentin Konrad
Johann Georg
Caspar
Christian
Johann Adam
Johann Georg
Johann
Wilhelm H.
Johann Jakob
August
Johannes
Johann Jakob
Johann Martin
Christian
Carl
Jakob Friedrich
Andreas
Johann Friedrich
Johann Georg
Anton
Johann
August
Peter
Johann Jakob
Martin
Martin
Johann Friedrich
Karl
Christian
Evidence (Immigration Date)
Village
Province
(before 1872 Ann Arbor)
Goettelfingen
Württemberg
(visited in 1825, then 1831 Scio)
Mannheim
Baden
1880 Lodi (1851 Lodi)
Heilbronn
Württemberg
1880 Webster (1844 Web.)
?
Bavaria
1880 York, Lodi, Br. (1833 Bridgw.)
Moersfeld
Pfalz
1880 Lodi (1875 Lodi)
?
Hesse
1880 Lodi, Saline (1840 Lodi)
Affalterbach
Württemberg
1880 Salem (after 1860 Salem)
?
Prussia
1880 Fr., Marr. 1867, 1880 (bef. 1867)
?
Württemberg
1880 Saline (1853 Saline)
Hirschfeld
Hesse Kassel
1880 Bridgewater (before 1855 Br.)
Meerzenbach
Hesse Kassel
1870, 1880 Ann Arbor (bef. 1853)
?
Baden
1880 Lodi, Pittsfield (1837 Lodi)
Tumlingen
Württemberg
1880 Sharon (1868 Pittsfield)
Untermusbach
Württemberg
(1856 Pittsfield)
Groembach
Württemberg
1870 Freedom (1868 Lima)
Unterreichenbach
Württemberg
Northf. Records. (bef. 1889 Northf.)
Berlin
Brandenburg
1880 Manchester (1847 Freedom)
Kirchberg
Württemberg
1880 Sylvan (bef. 1860)
?
Baden
1880 Ann Arbor (1836 Ann Arbor)
Durrweiler
Württemberg
1874 Atlas - Freed. (1847 Freedom)
Kuppingen
Württemberg
1880 Superior (1851 Ann Arbor)
Haiterbach
Württemberg
1880 Northfield (1856 Ann Arbor)
Spielberg
Württemberg
1880 Ypsilanti (bef. 1858 Pittsfield)
?
Prussia
1880 Northfield (1858 Ann Arbor)
Goettelfingen
Württemberg
(before 1860 Freedom)
Goettelfingen
Württemberg
1880 Saline (1865 Bridgewater)
Nutenbrida
Württemberg
1880 Lodi (1867 Lodi)
Garrweiler
Württemberg
1880 Ann Arbor (bef. 1876 A.A.)
?
Hesse Darmstadt
1880 1892, A.A., Lodi (bef. 1862)
?
Württemberg
1870 Lodi,1880 Saline (bef.1866 via NY)
?
Saxony
1880 Ann Arbor (1856 Ann Arbor)
?
Bavaria
1874 Atl.-1880 Freed. (1836 Freed.)
Guelstein
Württemberg
1880 Augusta (1852 Augusta)
?
Württemberg
1880 Lyndon (before 1868 Chelsea)
?
Prussia
1880 Freedom (before 1868 Freedom)
Roedinghausen
Westphalia
1880 Freed., Lodi, Scio (before 1864)
?
Baden
1880 Manchester (1843 Scio)
?
Württemberg
Meaning of the Name / Alternative or Original
Spellings and "Misspellings"
"bishop", one in the service of a bishop / Bishop
"from Bissingen ", villages in Baden-Württemberg / Bißinger
after Saint Blasius , a popular Black Forest saint / Bläß
"bleacher" (of cloth)
"flower", refers to a flower gardner or florist
"from Blumenau " , several village names in Germany
"from Blumhardt ", a forest of that name in Württemberg
"from Blunck " a place name in northern Germany
"from Börkirch " probably a village name / Börkircher
"tub maker" or "cooper" / Böttger
"tub maker" or "cooper" / Böttner, "Bittner"
"bean grower"
"bonnet maker", of French origin / Bohnet
?
"from Bollingen ", a village in Württemberg
"from Boos " a village in Württemberg
"brown", either hair color, or one with unusually dark skin
"the miller with brown hair or skin" / Braunmüller
probably "from Brede " (a swampy place) / "Brettensite"
"restless person"
after first name Brüning , popular around Stuttgart / Breuning
"from Breitenbach " a village name / "Brittenbach"
"from Breitenwisch " a village in Lower Saxony
a Humanist (non-believer in a supernatural god) name
either a charcoal maker, arsonist, metal smelter, or pitch maker
Surname
BREUNINGER
BRIEGEL
BRINKER
BRINKMANN
BRISTLE
BRODBECK
BROESAMLE
BROSS
BRUCH
BRUCKLACHER
BRUECK
BRUECKNER
BRUESTLE
BRUNS
BUCHHOLZ
BUECHLER
BUEHLER
BUERS
BURG
BURKHARDT
BURMEISTER
BUSS
C
CASPARY
CERWINKA
CHRISTMANN
CLESSLER
COLLIN
Emigrating
Patriarch
Evidence (Immigration Date)
Michael
Gottfried
Albert T.
Christian L.
Johann C.
Christian
Michael
Friedrich
Johann
Jakob Friedrich
Johannes
Johann Adam
Heinrich
August
Johann Georg
Joseph
Phillip
Johannes
Bertrand
Gottlob
Karl Friedrich
Joseph
Jakob F.
Gottlieb
Christian
Johann
Christian
Jakob Friedrich
Abram
Michael
Joachim (Joshua)
Johann Peter
(before 1893 Dexter)
1880 Manchester (1854 Man.)
1880 Manchester (bef. 1870 Man.)
1892 A.A. Dir. (bef. 1882 A.A.)
1880 Salem, 1915 Atl.-Sup. (bef. 1859)
(before 1871Lima)
1880 A.A., 1892 A.A. Dir. (bef. 1872)
Bridgw. Cemetery (1852 A.A.)
(bef. 1878 Sylvan)
1880 Lodi (1847 Dex.)
1880 A.A. (1847 Ann Arbor)
1880 Freed. (before 1857 Freedom)
1880 Bridgewater (bef. 1864 Bridgw.)
1892 A.A. Dir. (bef. 1892 A.A.)
1892 A.A., Webst. Dir. (bef. 1885 Scio)
1880 Freedom (minister; bef. 1880 Fr.)
1880 Ann Arbor, Lodi (bef. 1880)
Freedom (before 1863 Freedom)
1915 Atlas-Sharon (bef. 1898 Man.)
1880 Ann Arbor (1871 Ann Arbor)
(before 1891 Ann Arbor)
1880 Ann Arbor (1872 A.A.)
1880 Lyndon (bef. 1860 Dexter)
1880 Bridgewater (bef. 1876 Bridgw.)
1915 Atl.-Salem (bef. 1885 Salem)
1880 York (bef. 1839 Freed.)
1874 Atlas-A.A. (before 1839 Freed.)
1880 Saline (1847 Freedom)
1860 Freedom (1843 Freedom)
1880 Bridgewater (before 1875)
Bridgw. Cem. (bef. 1865 via Detroit)
1880 Freedom (1839 Freedom)
Wilhelm
Philipp
Paul
Carl
Christian
1880 A.A. (before 1868 Ann Arbor)
(1878 Sharon)
1870, 1880 A.A. (bef. 1855 A.A.)
Bridgw. Cem. (minister) (bef. 1873)
1880 Augusta
Village
Province
?
Hertmannsweiler
?
Blasheim
?
Langenbach
?
Schoenegruend
?
Edelweiler
Beihingen
Kuppingen
?
?
?
?
?
Erzgrube
?
Neuslatten
?
?
?
Poppenweiler
?
?
Plattenhardt
Oberaichen
?
Zwerenberg
?
Steinau
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Westphalia
Hanover
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Hanover
Prussia
Württemberg
Bavaria
Württemberg
Württemberg
Germany
Prussia
Prussia
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Brandenburg
Bavaria
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Mecklenberg
Hesse Darmstadt
?
Agenbach
?
Muenzingen
?
Prussia
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Prussia
Meaning of the Name / Alternative or Original
Spellings and "Misspellings"
probably "from Breuningsweiler", a village in Württemberg
probably "from Brieg or Briegel ", village names / Brügel
"Bruegele"
living near or on a brink , a raised piece of land in a wetland
living near or on a brink , a raised piece of land in a wetland
"person with a conspicuously wide chest"
"bread baker"
"living on crumbs", a poor person / Brösamle, Brösemle
"brushwood", someone living near or in the brush / Broß
"bog", one who lives near the bog
"from a dwelling near the bridge over the pond"
"bridge", living at the bridge / Brück
"bridge repariman and street paver" / Brückner
"person with a conspicuously wide chest" / Brüstle
after first name Bruno "the brown one"
"from Buchholz " a frequent village or place name / Bucholz
from Büchle , a place name / Büchler, "Bichler"
"from Buehl ", village name, or "dweller on the hill" / Bühler
?
named for the inhabitant of a castle or a castle town
after a popular first name honoring the dukes of SW Germany
"Burkhart"
"town elder" (next in line to the magistrate or mayor)
"from the thicket", or short form of f.n. Burghard / Buß
? / Kaspari, Caspari
?
probably named after St. Christopher / Christman
a short form of Nikolas (Klaus) / Kleßler
? Collam
Surname
D
DAHLKE
DANNER
DANSER
DAVIDTER
DAYSS
DEMIG
DENGLER
DETTLING
DEYHLE
DIEBOLD
DIEHL
DIETAS
DIETERLE
DIETLE
DIETRICH
DITZ
DIUBLE
DOBLER
DOELKER
DOERFLER
DOLD
DOLL
DOROW
DOSE
DOSS
DRESCHER
DRESSELHOUSE
DUNNEBACKE
DUPPER
DUPSLAFF
Emigrating
Patriarch
Evidence (Immigration Date)
Wilhelm
1880 Salem, Emmanuel Church Rec.
Johann Ferdinand
Christoph
Heinrich
Herman Hartwig
Jobst Heinrich
Jacob
J.Georg
Jakob
Ludwig (Lewis)
Georg
Johann
Christian
Johann
Karl (Charles)
Michael
Johann Adam
Friedrich
Georg Simon
Heinrich
Joseph
Johann Georg
Wilhelm
Georg
Johann
Johann Georg
Heinrich
Wilhelm Johann
1880 Superior (before 1859 Sup.)
1880 Northfield (before 1861 via OH)
(1880 Dexter)
(before 1892 Ann Arbor)
1880 Freedom (1846 Bridgewater)
1880 Man., Shar. (1874 Man.)
1880 Freedom (bef. 1880 Fr.)
1870 A.A., Marr. 1867 (1857 A.A.)
1880 Manchester (1847 Freedom)
1880 Freedom (1847 Freedom)
1880 Superior (1851 Freedom)
1880 Sharon, Shar. Cem. (bef. 1867 Sh.)
1880 Ann Arbor (1830's Lodi)
1880 A.A. (bef. 1880 A.A.via NY)
1880 Freedom (1853 Freedom)
1880 A.A. (1869 via Grand Rapids)
(1888 Saline)
1880 Bridgewater (bef. 1857 Man.)
1880 Ypsilanti (bef. 1854 via NY)
1880 Ann Arbor (bef. 1878 A.A.)
1880 Lodi (1835 Lodi)
1870, 1880 Ann Arbor (1868 A.A.)
1880 Sylvan, Sharon
1874 Atlas-Bridgw. (min.; Saline 1868)
1880 Dexter, Lodi (1847 Lodi)
1880 Dexter (1868 via NY)
Marr. record, Ann Arbor (1882 A.A.)
Ferdinand
1892 Salem (bef. 1885 Salem)
Carl F.
Wilhelm
Jacob
Heinrich
Lambert
Johann Joseph
Jacob
Friedrich
1880 Ann Arbor (before 1871)
1880 Augusta, A.A. (before 1865)
Oak Gr. Cem., 1880 Man. (1865 Man.)
1880 Freedom (before 1851 Freedom)
Bethel Rec. (1842 Freedom)
1880 Ypsilanti, Birth 1887
1892 A.A. Dir.( bef. 1882 Ann Arbor)
1880 A.A., Augusta, Forest Hill Cem.
Village
Province
?
Prussia
Kamnetz
Werdum
Werdum
?
Roedinghausen
?
?
Walddorf
Horb
Horb
?
?
?
?
Durrweiler
?
Groembach
Ebhausen
?
?
Haslach
Unterriexingen
Mosbach
?
Tuttlingen
Edenkoben
Gaerme
?
?
?
?
Schale
Schale
?
?
?
Posen
Posen
Posen
Germany
Westphalia
Bessarabia
Baden
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg?
Württemberg
Hesse Darmstadt
Germany
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Hesse Darmstadt
Prussia
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Germany
Württemberg
Pfalz
Pommerania
Pommerania
Germany
Mecklenberg
Württemberg
Westphalia
Westphalia
Westphalia
Germany
West Prussia?
Meaning of the Name / Alternative or Original
Spellings and "Misspellings"
"valley dweller", or short for Dalimir , Dalibor/ Dalke, Dalkey
"from the pine forest" from a Tan (pine forest) / Donner
possibly "from Daverden ", a village in Lower Saxony
possibly a short form of Matthais , as Deiss / Dayß, "Dice"
"one who sharpens scythes by hammering or beating"
"from Dettlingen" a village in Württemberg
"from Dey ", a field name / Deÿle, Deyle
named for a popular saint from Alsace of the same spelling
form of first name Dieter, short for Dietrich "people's army"
probably from Dieter , short for Dietrich "peoples army"
diminutive of Dieter, short for Dietrich "people's army"
form of first name Dieter, short for Dietrich "people's army"
after the same first name "people's army"
short form of the first name Dietzold
"dove", for a dove raiser or dove dealer / Däuble, Daeuble
"one who lives in a wooded glen" / Döbler, Doebler
"stammerer or babbler" / Dölker
Dörfler
short form of Berthold , a first name; or Dolden "tree tops"
"foolish, crazy"
probably "from Dorow ", a village in Mecklenberg
after the old first name of the same spelling
probably "from Dosse ", a village in Altmark / Doß
"thresher" / "Drencher"
"from Dreßelhausen ", a village in Westphalia / Dreßelhaus
"sunken-cheeked" person
"potter"
? / Dupslof, Dupsloff
Surname
DURHEIM
DURLACH
DUTTENHOFER
E
EBERBACH
EBERHARDT
EBERLE
EBERSPECHER
EBERWEIN
ECK
ECKERT
EDER
EGELER
EGENOLF
EHMAN
EHNIS
EHRENBERG
EHRICH
EIBLER
EISELE
EISEMANN
EISENBEISER
EITELBUSS
EITING
Emigrating
Patriarch
Evidence (Immigration Date)
Friedrich Bernhardt 1880 Ann Arbor, 1892 A.A. Directory
Heinrich
1874 Atlas - Lyndon (bef. 1874 Lynd.)
Christian
1880 Ypsilanti (before 1847 A.A.)
Jakob Fr. Christian
Johann
Ludwig
Gottlieb
Johann Jakob
Georg E.
Ludwig
Philipp
Jacob
Georg
Christian
Friedrich
Peter
Georg
David
Georg Friedrich
Johann Jakob
Matthias
Johann Georg
Wilhelm Gustav
Martin
Johann Baptist
Joseph
Andreas
Johann E.
Anton
Martin
Joseph
Johann Friedrich
Gottfried
Johannes
Johann Jakob
Michael Philipp
Friedrich
1880 Ann Arbor (1838 Ann Arbor)
1880 Pitts. (before 1839 Pittsfield)
Marr. 1877,81, Lodi Cem. (1866 Lodi)
1880 Ann Arbor (bef. 1853 A.A.)
(1882 Ann Arbor)
(1892 Ann Arbor)
(before 1887 Dexter)
1880 Freedom (before 1853 Fr.)
Mt. Olivet Cem., Lima (before 1875)
Mt. Olivet Cem., Lima (before 1875)
1880 Bridgw., A.A. (before 1866)
1880 Bridgw. (bef. 1864 Freed.)
1892 A.A. Dir. (Brewer; bef.1885 A.A.)
1880 Ypsilanti (before 1842 Scio)
1880 Lodi (before 1853 Lodi)
1880 A.A. (before 1867 Ann Arbor)
(before 1866 Northfield)
(before 1894 Northfield)
(before 1868)
(1886 Salem)
1880 Ypsilanti (bef. 1857 Ypsilanti)
Marriage 1884 (1883 Ann Arbor)
1880 A.A.(1828 to US, 1835 Freedom)
1880 Freedom (1854 Freedom)
(1854 Ann Arbor)
(1860 Ann Arbor)
Mt. Olivet Cem. (After 1861 Chelsea)
Mt. Olivet Cem. (After 1861 Chelsea)
1880 Freedom (1855 Sharon)
1880 Freedom (1855 Freedom)
Marr. 1881, 1892 Sylvan (1880 Web.)
1870, 1880 Ann Arbor (before 1855)
1870 Ann Arbor (1866 A.A.)
1880 Ann Arbor (1867 A.A.)
Village
Province
Meaning of the Name / Alternative or Original
Spellings and "Misspellings"
?
?
?
Switzerland
Germany
Württemberg
probably named after a village of the same name
?
probably "from Dutenhofen ", village in Hesse/"Luttenhofer"
Stuttgart
?
Boesingen
Esslingen?
Steinenbronn
Lauringen
?
Unteraichen
?
?
Oberjesingen
?
?
?
?
Simmersfeld
Simmersfeld
Oberweiler
Beuren
?
?
Hosskirch
Oberboebingen
Bartholomae
Emerfeld
Emerfeld
Hatten
Hatten
Huettenbuehl
Huettenbuehl
Hueffenhardt
Herrenberg
Walddorf
Walddorf
Württemberg
Germany
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Germany
Württemberg
Alsace
Alsace
Württemberg
Württemberg
Germany
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Prussia
Germany
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Alsace
Alsace
Württemberg
Württemberg
Baden
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
"from Eberbach", either of two villages in Württemberg
"bold, strong like a boar"
short form of first name Eberhard, meaning "always brave"
poss."from Ebersbach or Eberbach " / Eberspächer
adapted from a first name, meaning "friend forever"
"living on the corner"
short for Eckhardt , first name means "bold with the sword"
"dweller on uncultivated land"
"the person living on the corner" / "Egler, Eggler"
old form of first name Egon
"someone under contract" / Ehmann, Ehemann?
from Aehni or Ahn , meaning "grandfather"
"from Ehrenberg " a common village name throughout Germany
after the first name Erik, of Scandinavian origin / "Eckrish"
"dweller near a stand of yew trees"
diminutive of "iron", meaning an iron dealer
"dealer in iron products" / Eisenmann, "Eisman"
"iron biter", refers to a person who is 'tough as nails'
"just called Buss "short form of Burghard/ Eitelbuß,"Eitabuss"
"from Eiting ", a village in Bavaria
"Eiling"
Surname
ELFRING
ELSASSER
EMMINGER
ENGEL
ENKEMANN
EPPLER
ERDMANN
ERNST
ESCH
ESCHELBACH
ESSIG
ESSLINGER
ESTTEMAN
ETZEL
EXINGER
F
FABER
FAHNER
FAHRNER
FAIST
FAULHABER
FAUSEL
FEINER
FELDHAUSER
FELDKAMP
Emigrating
Patriarch
Evidence (Immigration Date)
Village
Province
Johann Geo. Philipp
Bernhardt
Ernst Gottlieb
Friedrich
Johann
Heinrich Friedrich
Adam
Wilhelm
Gustave
Christian Ulrich
Georg Martin
Johann Heinrich
Johann Gerhardt
Jacob
Johann
Jakob
Johann Freidrich
Jacob
Johann
Michael
Johann
Wilhelm
1880 Ann Arbor (1870 A.A.)
1880 Sharon (bef. 1875 Shar./Man.)
1880 Ann Arbor (1879 A.A.)
Births 1800’s (about 1866 Freedom)
1880 Man., A.A. (bef. 1865)
1880 Ann Arbor (before 1858 A.A.)
Oak Grove Cem. (before 1894)
Marriage 1885 (bef. 1876 Ypsilanti)
1880 Ann Arbor (bef. 1874 A.A.)
1880 Bridgewater (1874 Bridgw.)
(before 1875 Saline)
1880 Freedom (1866 Freedom)
1880 Freedom (1870 Freedom)
1880 Freedom (1849 Freedom)
1880 Freedom (before 1849 Freedom)
Bethel Rec. (before 1853 Freedom)
(before 1865)
1880 Freedom, A.A. (1870 A.A.)
1880 York, death 1881(bef. 1874 York)
1880 Lodi (bef. 1858 Lodi)
1880 Lodi (before 1870 Ann Arbor)
1880 Ann Arbor (before 1861 A.A.)
Walddorf
Schale
Steinenbronn
Aldingen
?
Roedinghausen
?
?
?
Gnadenthal
Strafforth
Schale
Schale
Hueffenhardt
Obergimpern
Obergimpern
?
Marbach
?
?
Emberg
?
Württemberg
Westphalia
Württemberg
Württemberg
Hesse Darmstadt
Westphalia
Württemberg
Prussia
Prussia
Bessarabia
Baden
Westphalia
Westphalia
Baden
Baden
Baden
Baden
Württemberg
Germany
Württemberg
Württemberg
Germany
Jacob
Christian F.
Christian Friedrich
Andreas
Christian
Michael
Matthais
David
Joseph
Gustav
Georg
Heinrich
Wilhelm Georg
Johann Georg
Johann Heinrich
1880 Bridgw., Oak Gr. Cem.(via Ohio?)
Oak Gr. Cem. (bef. 1890 Freedom)
1880 Northfield (1874 Sylvan)
1880 Northfield (1864 Northfield)
(1864 Lima)
1880 Lodi (1876 Saline)
(1886 Saline)
(1864 Sharon), St. Jacob's Cem.
1880 Freedom (1866 Freedom)
1880 Manchester (before 1857 Man.)
1880 A.A., 1892 A.A. Dir. (bef. 1861)
Marr. 1876 (bef. 1876)
Births, Death (bef. 1881 A.A.)
1880 Freedom (1836 Freedom)
Bethel Rec. (1836 Freedom)
?
Meutschen
Schoenegruend
Roet
Roet
Reichenbach
Reichenbach
Roet
?
Untertuerkheim
?
?
?
Schale
Schale
Württemberg
Posen
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Baden
Württemberg
Württemberg
Germany
Germany
Westphalia
Westphalia
Meaning of the Name / Alternative or Original
Spellings and "Misspellings"
short form of Elferding , meaning "Elfert's son"
"from Elsass ", meaning Alsace, in eastern France / Elsaßer
"from Emming or Emmingen ", several villages in S. Germany
"angel", originally a common house name
"from the jagged ridge or crooked border fence"/"Inkerman"
"fruit farmer or fruit dealer"
derived from the formerly popular first name ertmar
"serious battle", probably refers to a warrior
"dweller near or under an ash tree"
"from Eschelbach", one of 3 villages in Württemberg or Pfalz
"vinegar maker or dealer" / Eßig
"from Esslingen ", several villages in S. Germany / Eßlinger
"living near the pasture fence"
form of Adelbrecht , or a person who is like 'Attila the Hun'
"from Exingen " probably a village name
"blacksmith" a Humanist name
"from Fahn or Fahne ", villages, or "from a swampy place"
"from Fahrnau ", a village in Württemberg
"Farnes"
"fat, corpulent" / Faisst, Faißt, "Feist"
"oats farmer"
"a puffed-up person", a proud or boastful person / Faussel
"to make fine, polish", possibly a metalworker
"from Feldhaus " several place names in Germany
from the "field camp", or a village of that name / Feldkampf
Surname
FELLENBERGER
FEUERBACHER
FIEDLER
FIEGEL
FIERLE
FILBER
FINKBEINER
FINKER
FISCHER
FLECK
FLIEHMANN
FORNER
FOSS
FOSTER
FRANK
FREBIS
FREDRICK
FREY
FRICK
Emigrating
Patriarch
Lambert Heinrich
Johann
Johann Philipp
Johann
Johannes
Johannes
Gustave
Johann Georg
Wilhelm J.
Jacob T.
Heinrich
Conrad
Johann Sebastian
Franz
Mattheus
Karl
Johann Georg
Joseph
Jacob
Jacob
Johann G.
Leonhard
Peter
Christian
Friedrich
Michael
Martin Friedrich
Carl
Gottfried David
Jakob
Christian
Johann Michael
Jakob
Jakob Friedrich
Johann Georg
Christian
Johann
Thomas
Evidence (Immigration Date)
1880 Freedom (1859-1861 Freedom)
1880 Freedom (1884 Freedom)
1880 Bridgewater (1847 Bridgewater)
(before 1836 Bridgewater)
1880 Lodi (1873 Lodi)
1915 Atl. Freed. (1882 Freedom)
1880 Sylvan (Method. Min.; bef. 1867)
1880 Freed., Pittsf. (1836 Freedom)
1880 A.A. (1877 A.A.) Catholic priest
1880 Manchester (bef. 1878 Man.)
1880 Manchester (bef. 1858 Man.)
1880 Sharon (before 1864 Sharon)
1880 Saline (1864 Saline)
(before 1864 Bridgewater)
1880 Ann Arbor (bef. 1878 A.A.)
1880 Bridgw. (bef. 1875 Bridgw.)
(before 1891 Ann Arbor)
(1881-1891 Ann Arbor)
Northfield records
(before 1865 Ann Arbor)
1880 Dexter (before 1864 Dexter)
1880 Br., St.J. Cem. (1833 Bridgew.)
1880 Sylvan (bef. 1847 Sylvan)
1880 Sylvan (before 1872 Sylvan)
1880 Augusta (bef. 1876 Augusta)
1860 Census-Sylv. (early 1840's Lima)
1880 Saline (1854 Saline)
1880 Augusta (bef. 1876 Augusta)
1880 Ann Arbor (before 1856 Scio)
(before 1875 Ann Arbor)
1880 Northfield (bef. 1865 Northf.)
1880 Pittsfield (1853 Scio)
(1883 Sylvan)
1880 A.A. (1866 Ann Arbor)
(1871 Sharon/Sylvan)
(1872 Manchester)
1880 Lodi (before 1872 Ann Arbor)
1880 Ypsilanti (bef. 1864 Ypsilanti)
Village
Province
Schale
Schale
Hottenbach
Moersfeld
Simmersfeld
Wart
?
Plattenhardt
?
?
?
Hesselbach
Goettelfingen
?
Obernau
?
Birkmannsweiler
Echterdingen
?
?
?
Rinnthal
?
?
?
?
Schietingen
?
?
?
Althengstett
Nagold
Goettelfingen
Goettelfingen
Roet
Goettelfingen
Huzenbach
?
Westphalia
Westphalia
Pfalz
Pfalz
Württemberg
Württemberg
Hanover
Württemberg
Württemberg?
Prussia
Hesse
Württemberg
Württemberg
Germany
Württemberg
Prussia
Württemberg
Württemberg
Silesia
Hesse Darmstadt
Württemberg
Pfalz
Baden
Württemberg
Germany
Baden (Alsace?)
Württemberg
Germany
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Prussia
Meaning of the Name / Alternative or Original
Spellings and "Misspellings"
"from Fellenberg ", probably a place name
"from Feuerbach ", either of two villages in Baden-Württemberg
"fiddler, minstrel"
originally Fuegel , "a skillful person" / Fügel
? / "Fieolie"
"dweller under or near a willow tree" / Foelber
"finch enclosure", possibly referring to a raiser of small birds
"bird (finch) catcher"
"fisherman"
"patch" name for either a tailor or farmer (patch of land)
possibly "refugee"
possibly "from Fohren", villages in Baden-Württ./Fohrner?
?/ Voss?
"forester", one who looks after the lord's forest / Förster
taken from the national name of the north Bavarians
? / "Frebus, Frabis"
first name of rulers of sev. kingdoms in Germany / Friedrich
a "free" man, no longer on contract to a nobleman / "Frye"
short form of Friedrich , a common first name
Surname
FRITZ
FUCHS
FURTHMILLER
G
GABLER
GAEKLE
GAERTNER
GALL
GANZHORN
GARTMANN
GAUGENMEIER
GAUSS
GEBAUER
GEBHARDT
GEHRINGER
GEIGER
GEISEL
GEISER
GENGENBAUGH
GENSLEY
GENTNER
GEORG
GERLACH
GERNER
Emigrating
Patriarch
Evidence (Immigration Date)
Georg Ludwig
Johann Michael
Johann Georg
August
Johann
Christian
Paul
Johann
Georg Jakob
1880 Scio (about 1845 Scio)
1880 Scio (about 1845 Scio)
1880 Ann Arbor
1880 Lodi (1862 Lodi)
1880 Lodi (1862 Lodi)
1880 Ann Arbor (1853 Lima)
1880 Freedom (before 1844 Freedom)
1880 Saline (before 1859 Freedom)
1880 Freedom, Lodi (1850 Lodi)
Paul
Johann Martin
Johann Michael
Johannes
Gottlieb
Jakob
Johann Friedrich
Johann Abraham
Friedrich
Johann Georg
Philipp
Christian
Johann Michael
Karl
Joseph
Adam
Johann
Wilhelm
Michael Friedrich
Adolph
Konrad
Jacob
Johann Jakob
Johann Martin
Christian
Conrad
Johann G.
Johann
1880 Ann Arbor (before 1874 A.A.)
1880 Lodi (1853 Lodi)
(after 1856 Ann Arbor)
1880 Manchester (1854 Bridgewater)
1880 Freedom (1854 Saline)
1880 Salem, Marr. 1876 (1854 A.A.)
1880 Freedom (1847 Freedom)
Scio Cemetery
1880 Scio (1867 Scio)
(1854 Bridgewater)
1880 Ann Arbor (1870 Scio)
1880 Ann Arbor, (1867 Ann Arbor)
1880 Bridgewater (bef. 1865 Bridgw.)
Birth 1870, M. 1882 (before 1868)
Bethel Cemetery (1874 Man.)
1880 Freed. St. Fran. Cem. (bef. 1858)
1880 Ypsi. (before 1897 Bridgw.)
Northfield rec. (1866 Ann Arbor)
1880 Northf. (before 1878 A.A.)
1880 Salem, 1892 Salem (bef. 1865)
1880 Lodi (1865 Scio)
(before 1873 Ann Arbor)
St. Jacob's Cem. (1854 Lodi)
1880 Freedom, Lodi (1852 Lodi)
1880 Lima (before 1868 Lima)
1880 A.A., Br.Cem.,(bef 1874 via Can.)
1880 Northfield (before 1859 Northf.)
1880 Ann Arbor (before 1857)
Village
Plattenhardt
Plattenhardt
?
Lochonsitze
Lochonsitze
?
?
?
Stammheim
?
Dettlingen
Rohr
Affalterbach
Affalterbach
?
Obergimpern
?
Oberweiler
Remmingsheim
Oberweiler
Reusten
Remmingsheim
Kenalkalden
Gnadenthal
Dossenheim
?
Hochdorf
Goettelfingen
?
Simmersfeld
Hochdorf
Oeschelbronn
Walddorf
?
?
Guelstein
?
Province
Meaning of the Name / Alternative or Original
Spellings and "Misspellings"
Württemberg short form of Friedrich , a common first name
Württemberg
Württemberg
Posen
Posen
Germany
Alsace
Hesse Darmstadt "fox", either sly as a fox, red-haired like a fox, symbol of a fox
Württemberg "the miller by the ford (in a stream or river)" / Furthmüller
Germany
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Baden
Baden
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Prussia
Bessarabia
Baden
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Prussia
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Hesse
Württemberg
Württemberg
"one who uses a pitchfork", a farmer
"childish, foolish" / Gäkle, "Gaikle"
"gardener"
from St. Gallus , an Irish Saint, founded a monastery in Switz.
"goose corner", probably a field name in Württemberg
"gardener"
"the roaming farmer"
said to mean "goose", probably a goose raiser or dealer / Gauß
"landowner"
from the first name, same spelling, means "generous with gifts"
"from Gehring ", one of two villages in Bavaria
"violinist, fiddler"
"Geizler"
"noble offspring", from a popular first name Geiselher
"goatherd"
"from Gengenbach ", a village in Hesse / Gengenbach
"goose herder" / Gänsle, Gänßle
"auctioneer"
after same first name "peasant farmer"/ George
adapted from the first name of the same spelling
"from Gern ", a village or place name
Surname
GERSTLER
GERSTNER
GEYER
GIESE
GIESKE
GIRBACH
GLATZ
GLATZEL
GLOESER
GOCKENBACH
GOELTZ
GOETZ
GOLLNICK
GOSSENHEIMER
GRAF
GRAFF
GRAMER
GRAU
GRAUER
GRAUPNER
GRAYER
GREENMILLER
GREVE
GRIEB
Emigrating
Patriarch
Karl Herman
Karl
Ludwig
Ludwig Albert
Johannes
Lambert
Hermann
Gerhardt
Jakob
Friedrich
Christoph
Albert
Joseph Friedrich
Gottfried
Michael
Adam
Johann
Wilhelm
Wilhelm
Anton
Johann Freidrich
Johann Georg
Julius August
Johann Edward
Friedrich
Rudolph
Johann Jacob
Joseph
Johannes
Johann Georg
Martin
Friedrich Gustav
Johann
Johann
Friedrich
Johann Michael
Wilhelm
Jakob
Evidence (Immigration Date)
(1868 Northfield)
(1886 Northfield)
1880 A.A. (1857 A.A. via NY)
(before 1858 Freedom)
1880 Ypsi. (1848 Ann Arbor)
1880 Sharon (1855 Sharon)
1880 Manchester (bef. 1863 Man.)
1880 Freedom (bef. 1877 Freedom)
1880 Bridgewater (1860 Bridgewater)
1880 Chels., Oak Gr. Cem. (bef. 1859)
1880 Freedom, Bridgewater (1868)
1870, 1880 Ann Arb. (bef. 1866 A.A.)
(before 1882 Ann Arbor)
1892 A.A. Directory (bef. 1885 A.A.)
1880 Lodi (1868 Lodi)
1880 Ann Arbor (before 1871 A.A.)
1880 Ann Arbor (before 1857 A.A.)
1880 Superior (1856 Superior)
1880 Pittsfield (1857 Pittsfield)
1880 Bridgw. (1836 Bridgewater)
1880 Saline (1853 Saline)
1880 Bridgewater (1857 Bridgw.)
(1874 Saline/Ann Arbor)
1880 Ann Arbor (before 1878 A.A.)
1880 A.A. (abt. 1876 via Canada)
1880 Ann Arbor (bef. 1880 A.A.)
Hieber Rd. Cem. (1853 Lodi)
1880 Freedom (about 1854 Freedom)
1880 Freedom (1855 Lima)
1880 Scio (before 1836 Freedom)
1874 Atlas - Freed. (1832 Freedom)
(bef. 1880 A.A., Chelsea; Pastor)
(1863 Ann Arbor)
Oak Gr. Cem., Man. (1842 Ann Arbor)
1870, 1880 Ann Arbor (before 1854)
1880 Sylvan (1855 Lima)
(1855 Freedom)
(1861 Freedom)
Village
Province
?
Bergdorf
?
Hueffenhardt
?
Schale
Schale
Schale
Ettmansweiler
?
Ebhausen
?
Pfullingen?
?
Lochonsitze
Goettelfingen
?
?
?
Nieder-Saulheim
Leinfelden
Unteraichen
Echterdingen
?
?
?
Durrweiler
?
Gaildorf
Moehringen
?
?
Berlin
Lenzen
Bohinte
Moehringen
Moehringen
Moehringen
Prussia
Lower Saxony
Württemberg
Baden
Württemberg
Westphalia
Westphalia
Westphalia
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Prussia
Württemberg
Württemberg
Posen
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Prussia
Hesse Darmstadt
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Switzerland
Prussia
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Germany
Brandenburg
Brandenberg
Hanover
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Meaning of the Name / Alternative or Original
Spellings and "Misspellings"
"barley farmer"
"barley farmer"
"vulture", referring to a personality or a house name
"metal founder or metal caster" / Geiß, Gies, Giess
short form of Giesebrecht , first name means "noble offspring"
"from Girbach ", a place name in Württ. / Girrbach, Gerbach
"a bald-headed person"
"a bald-headed person"
"to glow", a happy person
"from Gockenbach " a village name
"hog castrator" / Göltz, Goltz
short form of Gottfried , a common first name / Götz, "Gates"
"moor ranger, man from the moors"
"from Gossenheim ", a village in Bavaria / Goßenheimer
"legal official"
"legal official"
from Kramer , a "vendor"
"gray-haired person" / "Graw", "Grow"
"from Graue or Grauen ", villages in Lower Saxony
"bag maker" / "Graussner"
probably "gray-haired"
"the miller among the greenery" / Grünmüller, later: Miller
"overseer"
"butcher or grease dealer"
Surname
GROB
GROETZINGER
GROFF
GROSS
GROSSHANS
GROSSMAN
GRUBE
GRUBER
GRUNER
GUENTHER
GULDE
GUMPPER
GUNDERT
GUTEKUNST
GUTHARDT
GWINNER
H
HAAB
HAAG
HAARER
Emigrating
Patriarch
Evidence (Immigration Date)
Karl Friedrich
Jacob
Johann Georg
Johann
Johann
Johann Jakob
Johann Friedrich
Johann Georg
Georg Friedrich
Jakob
Michael
Johann Georg
Johann Michael
Theodore
Gottlieb
Johann Philipp
Johann Georg
Wilhelm
Andreas
Johannes
Friedrich
Johann Michael
Johannes
Edward
Georg
Wilhelm Friedrich
Ernst
Johann Jacob
Ferdinand
Karl Heinrich
Jakob Friedrich
Gottlieb Friedrich
(1861 Freedom)
1880 Ypsilanti (bef. 1865 Ypsilanti)
1880 Ann Arbor (1860 Freedom)
1870 A.A.,burial, Fairv.Cem.(bef. 1870)
1874 Atlas-Bridgewater (bef. 1851 Br.)
1880 Saline (1830 Scio)
1880 Freedom (1844 Freedom)
1880 Saline (1844? Saline)
(1865 Ann Arbor)
1880 York (before 1859)
1880 Lodi (before 1867 Ann Arbor)
1880 Manchester (1856 Manchester)
1880 A.A. (1856 Ann Arbor)
1880 A.A. (before 1866 Ann Arbor)
1880 Bridgewater (1847 Bridgw.)
1880 Lodi, A.A., (1855 Scio)
1880 Lodi, Saline (before 1865)
1880 Scio (before 1874 Scio)
1880 Chelsea (before 1869)
1880 Freedom (bef. 1860 Br.)
1880 Bridgewater (bef. 1863 Br.)
1880 Lodi (bef. 1874 via IN)
1874 Atlas-Freed. (1874 Manchester)
1870 A.A., For. Hill (bef. 1870 A.A.)
(1854 Lima)
1880 Pittsfield (before 1871)
(1878 Ann Arbor)
(1878 Ann Arbor)
(1882 Chelsea)
1880 Saline, Bridgw. (1845 Bridgw.)
1880 Ann Arbor (1857 A.A.)
1880 Ann Arbor (1857 A.A.)
Johannes
Johannes
Jakob
Johannes
Joseph Friedrich
1880 Freedom (1831 Freedom)
1880 Manchester (before 1862)
1880 Freedom (bef. 1876 Freedom)
1880 Ann Arbor (1861 A.A.)
1874 Atlas-Freed. (1861 Manchester)
Village
Province
Moehringen
?
Kullenmuehle
?
?
Leinfelden
Leinfelden
Leinfelden
Leinfelden
Aichhalden
Oberweiler
Hornberg
Hornberg
?
Sazenvedehof
Windecken
Moehringen
Moehringen
Hoehingen
Oberlenningen
?
Oberlenningen
Friedenthal
?
Schietingen
Haiterbach
Hochdorf
Hochdorf
Schietingen
Kassel
Herrenberg
Herrenberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Saxony
Württemberg
Hesse Darmstadt
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Bessarabia
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Hesse Kassel
Württemberg
Württemberg
Plattenhardt
?
Kirchentellinsfurt
Oeschelbronn
Kuppingen
Württemberg
Baden
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Meaning of the Name / Alternative or Original
Spellings and "Misspellings"
"a coarse or rude person"
"Gropp"
"from Groetzingen " a village in Baden / Grözinger
"a coarse or rude person"
"a large or plump person" / Groß
"big John (Hans )", "Hans the large man" / Großhans
"a large or plump person" / Großmann
"person living in the hollow"
"person living in the hollow"
"from Grun, Gruna or Grunau ", several village names
from the first name, means "warrior in the army" / Günther
"from Gulde ", a place name in Schleswig-Holstein / "Gooldy"
"clown", (an actor at local fairs) / "Gumper"
based on the first name Gundhard
"knowing well how to do it", a skilled artisan
"good and brave" / Guthard
"gains earnings and property through one's work and effort"
short form of first name Hadbert, "famous in battle"
"retailer"
"flax grower" / "Harrer"
Surname
HAAS
HABICH
HACK
HACKENSACK
HAEHNLE
HAEUSSLER
HAFLEY
HAFNER
HAGEN
HAHN
HAIST
HALLER
HAMMEL
HANGSTERFER
HANKE
HANSELMANN
HARDINGHAUS
HARTBECK
HARTMANN
HASELSCHWERDT
HASENPFLUG
HASSENZAHL
HATINGER
HAUCK
HAUG
HAUPT
HAUSER
Emigrating
Patriarch
Johann Jakob
Thomas
Daniel Christoff
Christian
Johann Georg
Jakob
Michael
Jakob Friedrich
Heinrich
Conrad
Johann Bernhardt
Jacob
Jacob
Adam
Georg Jacob
Edward
Michael
Johann M.
Wilhelm
Friedrich
Jacob
Emanuel
Herman
Johann Bernhardt
Adam Friedrich
Jacob
Johann Georg
Conrad
Peter
Johann Jacob
Johann Jacob
Jacob
Adam
Christian
Johann M.
Johann
Christoph
Evidence (Immigration Date)
1880 Freedom, A.A. (1832 Freedom)
(1857 Ann Arbor)
(1857 Ann Arbor)
1870, 1880 Ann Arbor (bef. 1870 A.A.)
1880 Lodi (1863 Lodi)
1880 Sharon (bef. 1866 Sharon)
1880 Ann Arbor (before 1867 A.A.)
1864 Atlas-Freedom (1840 Freedom)
1880 Shar., Br. (bef. 1879 Sylvan)
Mt. Olivet Cem. (before 1887 Sylvan)
1880 Shar., A.A. (1844 Ann Arbor)
1880 Ann Arbor, Webster (bef. 1879)
1880 Sharon (1856 Freedom)
1880 Freedom (before 1863)
1880 Ann Arbor (1865 Ann Arbor)
1880 Lodi (before 1874 Lodi)
1880 Ann Arbor (1853 Ann Arbor)
1880 Shar., Bethel Cem.(1849)
1880 Bridgewater (1849 Br.)
1880 Fredom (before 1870 Freedom)
1880 Augusta (before 1873 Saline)
(1885 Pittsfield)
1880 Ypsi. (bef. 1880 Ypsi. - brewer)
1880 Sharon (1846 Freedom)
1880 Saline (1860 Saline)
1880 Shar., Scio (1853 Sharon)
(1854 Sylvan)
(1854 Sylvan)
1880 Fr., Bethel Cem.(bef. 1876 Freed.)
1880 Sylvan (bef. 1874 Sharon)
Northf., birth (before 1854 Northf.)
1880 Sharon (bef. 1864 Fr.)
1880 Saline (before 1864 Freedom)
1880 Lodi (before 1869 Lodi)
1880 A.A. (before 1863 A.A.)
1880 Saline (bef. 1842 A.A.)
1880 Saline (1853 Saline)
1870 A.A., Forest Hill Cem.(bef. 1870)
Village
Province
Echterdingen
?
Echterdingen
?
Oeschelbronn
?
Oeschelbronn?
Affalterbach
?
Heilbronn
Schale
?
Durrweiler
Tumlingen
Schwenningen
?
Guendelbach
?
?
Simmersfeld
Guettingen
Steinenbronn
?
Schale
Gaugenwald
Fuenfbronn
Meistern
Huenerberg
?
?
Widenberg
Wolfsoelden
Wolfsoelden
?
?
?
?
?
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Prussia
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Westphalia
Germany
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Switzerland
Württemberg
Lippe-Detmold
Lippe-Detmold
Württemberg
Switzerland
Württemberg
Prussia
Westphalia
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Hesse Kassel
Hesse Kassel
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Prussia
Württemberg
Württemberg
Switzerland
Meaning of the Name / Alternative or Original
Spellings and "Misspellings"
"hare, rabbit", a rabbit farmer, or the sign of a hare / Haaß
"hawk", someone with the personality of a hawk/"Hibich"
"shopkeeper"
"secretive" / Hahnle
"farm hand", farmer without land / Häußler, "Heisler"
diminutive of "potter" / Häfle?, Häfele?, Hoefele?
"potter"
"breeding bull" / "Hagan"
"rooster", from a house with an emblem of a rooster / "Huhn"
possibly "from Heist ", a place name
either "from Hall ", or the name of a coin, thus a tax collector
"castrated ram"
probably "from Hangsdorf ", a place name
a short form of Johannes , a first name / Hankey, "Henke"
a form of Johannes (Hansel) / Hanselman
"from Hardinghaus ", probably a village in north Germany
"stag baker", a baker who's shop has the sign of a stag (deer)
from the first name, means "brave as a stag" / Hartman
"from Hesselswerth ", a place name in Württ. / Heselschwerdt
Haselschwardt
"Haselschwartz"
"hates to plow" / Haßenpflug
"hates to pay" / Haßenzahl
"from Hattingen ", a village in Württemberg
form of Hugo , a popular first name
Houck
form of Hugo , a popular first name
"head", someone with a characteristic head shape
"from Haus or Hausen ", several place names in Germany
Surname
HEGGE
HEHR
HEIM
HEIMERDINGER
HEININGER
HEINRICH
HEINZMANN
HELBER
HELLE
HELLER
HELLNER
HELMRICH
HELMUT
HENES
HENNE
HENNING
HEPFER
HERMANN
HERTER
HERTLER
HERZ
HERZER
HESS
HEUSEL
Emigrating
Patriarch
Wilhelm
Friedrich C.
Andreas
Damian
Johann Michael
Johann Ulrich
Johann Georg
Christian Gottlieb
David
Gottlieb Friedrich
Johann Daniel
Jacob
Konrad Gottlob
Christian Immanuel
Wilhelm
Johannes
Karl
Ernst
Carl
Michael
Johann Friedrich
Johann Georg
Philip
Christoph
Joachim K. Martin
Jacob
August
Johann Leonhardt
Johann Georg
Johann Georg
Gottlob
Johann Georg
August
Andreas
Friedrich
Jacob
Friedrich Jacob
Evidence (Immigration Date)
Beth.Cem.(bef. 1893 Freed.,via Detroit)
Saline Cem. (1881 Lodi)
1880 Saline (bef. 1881 Ann Arbor)
1860, 1880 Sylvan (bef. 1860 Sylv.)
1880 Saline (1839 Saline)
(1847 Freedom)
1880 Man. (bef. 1856 Manchester)
1880 Lima (1856 Webster)
1880 Saline (1865 via OH)
1880 Lima, A.A. (bef. 1856)
1880 Ann Arbor (1853 Ann Arbor)
1870, 1880 Ann Arbor (1851 Scio)
1880 Ann Arbor (1854 Lima)
1880 Saline (1854 Saline)
1880 Sylvan (before 1865 Sylvan)
1880 Lima (1872 A.A.)
Northf. Records (bef. 1889 Northf.)
1880 Chelsea (bef. 1867 Sylvan)
1880 Chelsea, Oak Grove Cem.
1880 Superior (before 1880 Ypsilanti)
1880 Lodi (before 1841 Lodi)
1880 Ann Arbor (1853 A.A.)
1880 Ann Arbor (1853 A.A.)
1880 Ann Arbor (1853 A.A.)
1880 Augusta (1867 Augusta)
Scio Cemetery
1880 Chels., Oak Gr. (bef. 1868 Chel.)
1880 Ann Arbor (1873 A.A.)
1880 Manchester (via PA)
1880 Lodi (1846 Freedom)
1880 Saline (1865 York)
1880 Pittsfield (1869 Pittsfield)
1880 York (1884 York)
1880 Ann Arbor (1856 Ann Arbor)
1880 Ann Arbor (1869 Ann Arbor)
Salem Gr. Cem., (bef. 1863 Sylvan)
1880 Ann Arbor (bef. 1861 Northfield)
1880 Ann Arbor (1873 A.A. via CT)
Village
Province
?
Garrweiler
?
?
Leinfelden
Leinfelden
Leinfelden
Plattenhardt
?
Echterdingen
Waiblingen
Reicheneck
Iselshausen
Iselshausen
?
Breitenstein
?
?
?
?
?
?
Kayh
Unterjettingen
?
?
?
?
Arnegg
Wart
Obersielmingen
Obersielmingen
Obersielmingen
Berlin
Egeln
?
?
Kirchentellinsfurt
Prussia
Württemberg
Württemberg
Hesse Kassel
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Switzerland
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Prussia
Saxony
Saxony
Bavaria
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Prussia
Prussia
Bavaria
Prussia
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Brandenburg
Saxony
Hanover
Württemberg
Württemberg
Meaning of the Name / Alternative or Original
Spellings and "Misspellings"
"hedge", one who lived near the hedge
a short form of Hermann , a popular first name
named after a medieval epic hero named Heime
"from Heimerdingen ", a village in Württemberg
"from Heiningen ", several villages in Württemberg
adapted from the first name of the same spelling / Heinrick
based on a short form of Heinrich (Heinz) / Heintzmann
"thresher", (Helb = 'chaff ')
"hell" common field name for a wild area / "Hella"
based on the name of a coin, thus referring to a tax collector
"from Hillern " a village in Saxony
after the same first name
probably a short form of Hunold , a first name / =Hönes?
a short form of Johannes , a pop. first name / Henny, Henney
popular nickname for Johannes , a first name
probably a vintner or worker in a vinyard
adapted from the first name of the same spelling / Herman
"shepherd, keeper of the town flock" / "Haerdter"
short form of Hartwig , a popular first name / "Houtler"
"person with a kind heart"
"resin gatherer" (resin was used for caulking)
"from Hesse " a state in central Germany / Heß
"farm hand", a farmer who does not own his land / "Hizel"
Surname
HEYDLAUFF
HIEBER
HILDINGER
HILDNER
HILLER
HINDELANG
HINDERER
HINTZ
HIPP
HIRM
HIRTH
HOCHREIN
HOEFER
HOEFT
HOELZLE
HOENES
HOERZ
HOESCHLE
HOFFMANN
HOFFSTETTER
HOHENBERGER
HOLZAPFEL
HOPPE
HORN
HORNBACHER
HORNING
HUBER
Emigrating
Patriarch
Christian
Johann Martin
Johann Gottlieb
Georg Friedrich
Johann
Conrad
Georg
Johannes
Johann Gotthold
Andreas
Jacob
Peter
Michael
Johann
Wilhelm August
Wilhelm
Valentin
Johann Georg
Michael
Gottlob
Friedrich
Johannes
Ludwig
Johann
Johannes
August
Jacob
Johann G.
Johann Georg
Georg
Friedrich
Heinrich
Christian
Johann Carl
Gottlieb
Christian
Jakob
Georg Balthasar
Evidence (Immigration Date)
1880 Scio (1873 Scio)
1880 Shar., Lyndon (bef. 1835 Scio)
(before 1857 Ann Arbor)
1880 Freedom (1839 Freedom)
(1840 Freedom)
1880 Feedom (1847 Freedom)
1880 Man.(bef. 1869 Bridgw.)
1880 Manchester (bef. 1880 Man.)
Bethel minister (1859 Freedom)
1880 Ann Arbor (bef. 1859 A.A.)
(before 1859 Lima)
1880 Dexter (before 1849 Dexter)
1880 Freedom (before 1855 Freedom)
(1895 Freedom)
Forest Hill Cem., A.A.(bef. 1876 A.A.)
1880 Ann Arbor (bef. 1877 A.A.)
1880 Bridgewater (bef. 1851 Saline)
1880 Lodi (1835 Lodi)
(1885 Ann Arbor)
For. Hill Cem., A.A.(bef. 1898 via PA)
1880 Lodi (1866 Saline)
1880 Saline, Lodi (1852 Lodi)
1880 Manchester (before 1858 Man.)
(before 1866 Ann Arbor)
1880 Sharon (bef. 1844 Ypsi., Man.)
1880 Man. (1875 A.A.)
1870,1880 A.A. (1854 Ann Arbor)
1880 Ann Arbor (bef. 1859 A.A.)
1880 Freedom (1833 Freedom)
1880 Freed. (before 1863 Freedom)
1880 Sylvan (before 1854 Sylvan)
1870, 1880 A.A. (bef. 1879 via Canada)
Marriage 1868 (1835 Scio)
1880 Freed., Man., Pittsf. (1830 Fr.)
(1869 Freedom)
(before 1898 Ann Arbor)
1880 Manchester (1845 Freed.)
1880 Lodi (1874 Lodi)
Village
Province
Kirchentellinsfurt
Württemberg
Guelstein
Württemberg
Guelstein
Württemberg
Horrheim
Württemberg
Leutenbach
Württemberg
Muenchingen
Württemberg
Muenchingen
Württemberg
Muenchingen
Württemberg
Basel
Switzerland
Wilhelmsdorf?
Württemberg
?
Alsace
?
Alsace
Kapf
Württemberg
Walzheim
Württemberg
?
Prussia?
?
Württemberg
?
Hesse Kassel
Haslach
Württemberg
?
Bavaria
?
Germany
Lochonsitze
Posen
Kuppingen
Württemberg
Schwieberdingen
Württemberg
Plattenhardt
Württemberg
Beihingen
Württemberg
Smolenski
Posen
?
Württemberg
?
Württemberg
Plattenhardt
Württemberg
Affstaett
Württemberg
?
Hanover
Steinbach
Hesse Darmstadt
Cresbach
Württemberg
Musberg
Württemberg
Kirchentellinsfurt
Württemberg
Kirchentellinsfurt
Württemberg
Emmingen
Württemberg
Emmingen
Württemberg
Meaning of the Name / Alternative or Original
Spellings and "Misspellings"
based on the old first name Heidolf
"peasant farmer", owner of one Hube (about 40 acres)
"from Hildingen ", probably a place name in Württemberg
field name meaning "in the Hilden "
short form of Hildebrand , a female hero of old legends
"from Hindelang " a village in Baden
"dweller behind the village"
a short form of Heinrich , a popular first name / Hinz
"waffle baker"
"herdsman", of cattle
"dweller at the high end of the field"
"farmer"
"head", head of the house or distinctive head shape / Höft
"dweller from the place in the woods" / Hölzle, Hoeltzle
probably a short form of Hunold, a first name / Hönes, "Hones"
"stag, red deer " prob. lived in a house under sign of a deer
similar to Hesseke , meaning "from Hesse" / Höschle, Hashley
"manager of an estate owned by the nobility"
"from Hofstetten ", several villages in Wuertt. and Bavaria
"from Hohenberg " a village in Württemberg
"crab apple", means one living under or near a crab apple tree
"a grower of hops" (used in making beer) / "Hoppy"
"nook", a common field or place name
"from Hornbach ", a village in Württemberg
old for February, a tax collector who came in Feb. / Hornung
"peasant farmer", owner of one Hube (about 40 acres)
Surname
HUEBNER
HUEHL
HUESMANN
HUHN
HUMMEL
HUSS
HUTZEL
I
ICHELDINGER
ILLI
IMMER
J
JACOB
JACOBS
JACQUEMAIN
JAEGER
JAHNKE
JARRENDT
JASCHEK
JEDELE
JENTER
JETTER
JOERNDT
JOOS
JOSENHANS
JUNG
K
KADER
KAERCHER
Emigrating
Patriarch
Evidence (Immigration Date)
Village
Province
Meaning of the Name / Alternative or Original
Spellings and "Misspellings"
Johann
Johann C.
Johann Gerhardt
Heinrich
Friedrich
Gebhardt
Jacob
Johann Georg
Johann
Augustus Friedrich
Georg Jakob
(before 1876 Ann Arbor)
1880 Ann Arbor (bef. 1880 A.A.)
1880 Freedom (1837 Freedom)
1880 Sharon (before 1875 Sharon)
1880 A.A., 1892 A.A. Dir. (bef. 1878)
1880 Lodi (1883 Lodi)
1880 Lyndon (1863 Lyndon)
(1852 Ann Arbor)
1880 Saline (1852 Saline)
1880 Ann Arbor (1836 A.A.)
1880 Pittsfield (1844 Pittsfield)
Hochdorf
?
Schale
Schale
?
?
near Strassbourg
?
Duerrenmetstetten
?
Leinfelden
Württemberg
Prussia
Westphalia
Westphalia
Württemberg
Württemberg
Alsace
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
"peasant farmer", owner of one Hube (ab. 40 acres) / Hübner
Michael
Johann Georg
Johann
1880 Lodi (before 1880 Lodi)
Bethlehem Cem. (1889 Ann Arbor)
1880 Man., 1892 Bridg. Dir.(bef. 1856)
?
Bonlanden
?
Alsace
Württemberg
Württemberg
"from Eicheldingen ", prob. a place in Württ. / Eicheldinger
a short form of Aegidius , a well-known saint in miedeval times
"from Immer ", a place name (usually a body of water)
Johann Jacob
Caspar
Franz Frank
Karl Friedrich
Johann Michael
Johann
August Ludwig
Michael
Johann Jakob
Joseph
Martin
Johann Georg
Johann Konrad
Christian
Johannes
Karl
Johann
Johann Immanuel
Heinrich
1880 Manchester (1869 Sharon)
1880 Bridg., Beth. Cem. (1866 Sharon)
1880 Manchester (bef. 1870)
1880 Dexter (1848 Dexter)
Scio Cemetery (bef. 1872 Scio)
1880 Northfield (bef. 1880 Northf.)
(before 1887 Ypsilanti)
1880 Ann Arbor (bef. 1880 A.A.)
1880 Pittsf., Saline (1836 Lodi)
(before 1841 Lodi)
(1846 Lodi)
1880 Ann Arbor (1847 Scio)
1880 Lodi (1853 Lodi)
1870, 1880 Ann Arbor (1852 A.A.)
1880 A.A. (1866 Ann Arbor via OH)
1880 A.A., Dexter (before 1880)
1880 Lima, Scio Cem. (bef. 1860)
1880 Saline, Ann Arbor (1855 A.A.)
1880 Northf., (bef. 1863 Northf.)
Salzbach
Oberlotzbach
?
Ingelfingen?
Ilsfeld?
Hohensalza
?
?
Durrweiler
Remmingsheim
Remmingsheim
Remmingsheim
Remmingsheim
Zillhausen
Goettelfingen
?
?
Leonberg
?
Germany
Hesse Kassel
Luxemburg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Posen
Germany
Prussia
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Prussia
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
based on the first name of the same spelling / Jakob
based on the first name of the same spelling
form of the first name Johannes
"hunter" / Jäger, Yaeger
Friedrich
Johann Michael
1880 York (before 1866 York)
1880 Salem (1831 Lima)
?
Leinfelden
Germany
Württemberg
? / "Koader"
"teamster, transporter" / Kärcher,"Caraker"
"bald", refers to a bald-headed person / Hühl
"farm hand", farmer with no land / Hüsmann, Huesman
"chicken", name for a poultry raiser or peddler
"bumble bee", meaning a nervous, restless person
"chase", probably refers to a keeper of livestock / Huß
"dried pear", probably refers to a orchardist
diminutive of the Slavic form of the first name Johannes
short for Jarnand or Gernand, a first name
a short form of Johannes , a common first name
from a short form (Üedele ) of first name Ulrich /"Yedely"
probably a short form of the popular first name Johann
probably short form of Judith , or Jütte in old German / Yetter
short for Jörgen , named for St. George / Jörndt
named after Job, thus St. Josse , pop. in the middle ages / Yoos
"Job and John", named after saints from the bible
"junior" named for the junior, as opposed to the senior (father)
Surname
KAISER
KALMBACH
KANTLEHNER
KAPP
KAPPLER
KARBERG
KATZ
KAUFFMANN
KAUP
KECK
KEMPER
KEMPF
KENSLER
KEPPLER
KERN
KEUSCH
KIENZLE
KILGUS
Emigrating
Patriarch
Gottlieb
Johannes
Christof
Jacob
Gottlieb
Jakob Friedrich
Johannes
Evidence (Immigration Date)
1880 Lodi (1839 Lodi)
1880 Salem (1867 Salem)
1880 Sylvan, A.A., Marr. 1876 (1840)
1880 Manchester (ab. 1868 via PA )
1880 Freedom (1838 Freedom)
(1860 Ann Arbor)
(1869 Northfield)
(before 1842 Scio)
Johann Adam
1874 Atl.-Shar. (bef. 1854 Sylvan)
Peter
1880 Sylvan (before 1863 Sylvan)
Christian Friedrich Oak Grove Cem. (before 1876 Chelsea)
Christian Franz
1880 Man. (1836 Ann Arbor)
(Johannes)*
1880 Bridgw. (after 1853 Northfield)
Andreas
1880 Sharon (1847 Sharon)
Johann Georg
1880 Lodi (1847 Freedom)
Michael
1880 Sharon (1853 Sharon)
Martin
1880 Pittsfield (bef 1869 Pittsf. via NE)
Johann E.
1880 Ann Arbor (bef. 1859 A.A.)
Jacob Christian
1880 Ann Arbor (1865 A.A.)
Friedrich
1880 Bridgewater (bef. 1868 Freed.)
Gottlieb
(1883 Ann Arbor)
Ernst Gottlieb
1880 Freedom (bef. 1860 Freedom)
Heinrich
1880 Freedom (bef. 1856 Freedom)
Jacob
1880 Saline (marr. 1882)
Martin
1880 Freedom, Man. (1852 Scio)
Friedrich
1880 Lodi (before 1860 Lodi)
Adolph
1880 A.A., 1892 Dir. (bef. 1864 A.A.)
Johann Jacob
(1837 Pittsfield)
Friedrich
1880 Northfield (1838 Scio)
Ludwig
1880 Manchester (before 1855)
Johann
1880 A.A. (1854 Ann Arbor)
Anton
1880 Freedom (before 1853 Man.)
Jacob Friedrich
1880 Man. (bef. 1865 Manchester)
Johann Georg
1880 Ann Arbor (1867 Ann Arbor)
Jacob
1880 Scio, A.A. (bef. 1880 Lima)
Jacob
Mt. Olivet Cem., Lima
Wilhelm
Bethel, Scio Cem. (bef. 1890 Scio)
Gottlieb
1880 Aug. 1892 Aug. Dir. (bef. 1876)
Village
Province
Leinfelden
Weilimdorf
?
Garrweiler
Oberaichen
Oberaichen
Oberaichen
Jungweiler
Schoenegruend
Schoenegruend
Freudenstadt
Guelstein
Guelstein
Beuren
Beuren
Meistern
?
?
Hochdorf
?
Hochdorf
Heumaden
Hummathand
?
Aichhalden
Aichhalden
?
?
?
?
?
Kirchentellinsfurt
Calw
Kusterdingen
Gmegulschern
?
?
?
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Germany
Württemberg
Germany
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Westphalia?
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Alsace?
Württemberg
Württemberg
Meaning of the Name / Alternative or Original
Spellings and "Misspellings"
"emperor" for peasants who worked the emperor's estate
"from Kalmbach (Calmbach )", a village in Württ. / Calmbach
"peasant who uses a cant (hook)"
"maker of coats or robes with a hood" / "Kopp?"
(*) died enroute to MI in New York, family continued on
"priest of a chapel" or "living near a chapel"
"Keppler"
"from Karberg ", a village or place name
"cat", named for someone who loves (or hates) cats / "Kotts"
Katts
"wholesale merchant, trader"
? / Kaupp
"lively, bold", in reference to personality traits
"from the field", name for a farmer
"dueller" (at legal affairs), a lawyer
head of a medieval chancellery
"cap or hat maker"
"kernal, grain", a surname for a farmer
?
short for the popular first name Konrad / Künzle?"Kinsley"
named for the patron saint of Würzburg, Kilian
Surname
KILIAN
KILLINGER
KILLMER
KIPP
KIRCHHOFER
KIRN
KITTEL
KLAGER
KLAIS
KLEIN
KLEINSCHMIDT
KLEVERSAAT
KLINGLER
KLINGMANN
KLOPP
KLUMPP
KNAPP
KNOLL
KOCH
Emigrating
Patriarch
Gustave
Johann
Johann F.
Matthais
Heinrich
Friedrich
Georg
Thomas
Georg
Johann Georg
Jacob F.
Friedrich
Johann Peter
Daniel
Christian
Johann
Lambert Heinrich
Karl
Christian
Stephan
Jacob
Adam
Ulrich
Christian
Matthaeus
Johann Jacob
Johann
Friedrich
Johann Jakob
Johann Georg
Ludwig
Matthaus
Jakob Friedrich
Christian
Johann Adam
Johann
Johannes
Christian Georg
Evidence (Immigration Date)
1880 Ypsilanti (before 1858 Ypsilanti)
1860 Freedom, Marr. (bef. 1860 Fr.)
1880 Sylvan (before 1866 Sylvan)
1880 Scio (before 1866 Scio)
(1858 to OH, IL, 1879 to Manchester)
1880 Ann Arbor (1847Ann Arbor)
1880 Ann Arbor (1847 Ann Arbor)
1880 Northf., A.A. (bef. 1855 Northf.)
1880 Saline (1848 Saline)
1880 Scio (1867 Pittsfield)
1880 Ann Arbor (1868 Ann Arbor)
1880 Scio (1868 Scio)
1880 Saline (1833 Saline)
(before 1857 Saline, via Canada)
1880 Chelsea (before 1867 Chelsea)
1880 Lima, Shar. (before 1885 A.A.)
1880 Freedom (before 1870 Freedom)
1880 Saline (before 1872 Saline)
1880 Lima (before 1868)
1880 Lodi (1867 Lodi, minister)
1880 Ypsilanti (before 1855 Ypsi.)
1880 Ann Arbor (1864 Sharon)
(before 1867)
1880 Lodi (before 1868 Lodi)
1880 Freedom (before 1874)
1880 Freedom (1842 via PA to Freed.)
1880 Sylvan (bef. 1874 Sylv.)
1880 Dexter (bef. 1875 Dexter)
1880 Lodi (1831 Lodi)
1880 Ann Arbor (1831 A.A.)
Fletcher Cem. (bef. 1844 Lima)
1880 Northf., A.A. (1866 Northf.)
(1857 Ann Arbor)
1880 Lodi (1866 Saline)
1880 Ann Arbor (bef. 1851 A.A.)
1880 Manchester (bef. 1873 Man.)
(before 1884 Lima)
1892 Dir. A.A. (1885 Ann Arbor)
Village
Province
?
Haiterbach
?
Bickelberg/Sulz
Schaffhausen
Beuren
Unterjettingen
Oberndorf
Tumlingen
Boesingen
Kaelberbronn
Kaelberbronn
?
?
?
Jagsthausen
Schale
?
Waiblingen
?
?
Schorrental
Schoenegruend
Besenfeld
Besenfeld
Grossplattbach
?
?
Unteraichen
Unteraichen
?
Boesingen
Boesingen
Boesingen
Plattenhardt
?
Kirchentellinsfurt
Doernach
Saxony
Württemberg
Hesse
Württemberg
Switzerland
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Pfalz
Mecklenburg
Württemberg
Westphalia
Mecklenburg
Württemberg
Baden
Prussia?
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Baden
Baden
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg?
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Pfalz
Württemberg
Württemberg
Meaning of the Name / Alternative or Original
Spellings and "Misspellings"
named for the patron saint of Würzburg of the same name
"from Killingen"a village in eastern Württemberg
named for the patron saint of Würzburg, Kilian
"corner", someone living on the corner of the road
"from the place (hof ) near the church (kirche )"
after a place name Kirn on the Nahe River
"Kern"
"smock or frock tailor" / "Kittle"
"public prosecutor" / Kläger
variant of common first name Klaus / "Klaise"
"small", meaning a person of small stature or a young person
"maker of nails, drills, needles, bells, other small metal items"
"clover seed", name for a farmer
"from Klingle" a place name in Württemberg / "Kleugler"
"from a mountain gorge with a stream"
"craftsman who works with a hammer"
"lump", a clumsy or rude person / "Klump"
"journeyman", referring to a young man becoming a knight
"knob, lump of soil" means a crude, clumsy person
"Noll"
"cook"
Surname
KOEBBE
KOEDER
KOENGETER
KOEPKE
KOERNIG
KOERNKE
KOFFBERGER
KOHLASCH
KOHLER
KOLANDER
KOLB
KOLLEWEHR
KOPF
KOPP
KORZUCK
KOTHE
KRAEMER
KRAFT
KRAPF
KRAUSE
KRAUSHAAR
KRAUT
KREGER
KRESS
KRETLOW
KRUG
KRUGER
KRUMREI
KRUSE
KUEBLER
Emigrating
Patriarch
Evidence (Immigration Date)
Heinrich
Gottfried
Ulrich
Christian
Johann Georg
Johann
Carl R.
Julius
Johann
Carl
Johannes
August
Gustave
Joseph
Friedrich
Xavier (Kopff)
Raphael
August
Frank
Heinrich C.
Adam
Joseph
Franz
Conrad
Heinrich
Heinrich Philipp
Jacob
Heinrich
Friedrich K.
Gottlieb Friedrich
Johann
Adam
Wilhelm
Herman
Heinrich
Johann F.
Rudolf
Christian Gottlieb
1880 Freedom (1846 Freedom)
1874 Atlas-Bridgewater (1852 Br.)
Bridgw. Cem. (bef. 1870 Bridgewater)
1880 Freedom (1853 Freedom)
(before 1872 Freedom)
1880 Lima (before 1880 Chelsea)
Bridgw. Twp. Cem. (1867 Bridgw.)
(1890 Ann Arbor)
1880 Freedom (before 1863)
1880 Webster (bef. 1864 Webster)
1880 Saline (1854-1855 Saline)
(1889 Northfield)
(1889 Northfield)
(bef. 1894 Chelsea)
1892 Lodi Dir.(bef. 1878 Manchester)
1880 Ann Arbor (before 1868 A.A.)
1880 Ypsilanti (before 1859 Ypsilanti)
1880 Bridgewater (bef. 1869 Man.)
(1890 Ann Arbor)
Shar. Cem. (bef. 1893 Freedom)
1880 Freedom (1873 Freedom)
1880 Manchester (1842 Man.)
1880 Freedom (before 1864 Scio)
1880 A.A. (1836 Ann Arbor)
1880 A.A. (1845 Ann Arbor)
1880 A.A. (1845 A.A.) 1874 Atl.-Scio
1880 Scio (before 1865 Scio)
1880 Lodi (bef. 1841 via Canada)
1880 Lima (1852 via OH)
1880 York, Marriages (bef. 1872 York)
1880 Ann Arbor, Augusta
1880 Freedom (before 1858 Freed.)
1892 A.A. Directory (bef. 1873 A.A.)
1892 A.A. Directory (bef. 1885 A.A.)
1880 Freedom (before 1863 Freedom)
1892 A.A. Dir. (bef. 1887 Pittsfield)
1880 Sylv., S.G.Cem. (bef. 1880 Sylv.)
1880 Freedom (1841 Freedom)
Village
Province
Schale
Alfdorf
?
Vordersteinenberg
Vordersteinenberg
?
?
Turow
?
?
Kuppingen
Hohenwaide
Hohenwaide
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
Kurfurst
?
?
?
?
Uttrichshausen
Waldrennach
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
Sachsenweiler
Westphalia
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Prussia
Prussia?
Pommerania
Prussia
Germany
Württemberg
Silesia
Silesia
Alsace
West Prussia
Alsace
Württemberg
Prussia
Prussia
Prussia?
Alsace
Baden
Prussia
Hesse Kassel
Prussia
Württemberg
Baden
Switzerland
Hesse Kassel
Württemberg
Württemberg
Hesse Kassel
Prussia
Germany
Prussia
Posen
Hanover
Württemberg
Meaning of the Name / Alternative or Original
Spellings and "Misspellings"
a field name (place name in Westphalia) / Köbbe
"bait", possibly a bait dealer or fisherman / Köder, "Koder"?
from a matriarch with the first name Kunigunde / Köngeter
a short form of the first name Jakob
corruption of Koenig ?, meaning "King", lives near the king
prob. a "grain dealer", korn = grain in old German / Körnke
"from Koffberg ", a village or place name in northern Germany
nickname for a cabbage grower
"charcoal maker" / Köhler
possibly "from Kollund " , a village in Schleswig-Holstein
"club" used in battle, surname of a soldier
?
"head", name of a person with a distinctive head shape / "Koff"
"head", name of a person with a distinctive head shape
? / Korzuch
? / "Cody"
"small retailer, street trader" / Krämer, Kramer
"strength", surname of a strong person
"doughnut baker" / “Kraff”
"curly", the one with curly hair / = Kraus?, Krauß?
"curly hair", the one with curly hair
"cabbage" a vegetable grower or dealer
probably "quarreler" an argumentative person
"fisherman" / Kreß
probably name for a village or place in Prussia
"pitcher" name for a tavern owner
"tavern keeper" or "innkeeper" / Krüger
"crooked ridge, or field border"/ Krumri
variant of krause ("curly") meaning one with curly hair
"tub or pail maker" / Kübler
Surname
Emigrating
Patriarch
Village
Province
1880 Lodi (1847 Lodi)
(1854 Ann Arbor)
1870 A.A. (1854 Ann Arbor)
1880 Ann Arbor (1855 Ann Arbor)
Birth 1877 (1846 Bridgewater)
Wilhelm
1880 Lodi (1876 Ann Arbor)
Friedrich
1880 Freedom, Bethel Cem. (bef. 1879)
Johann
1880 Scio, A.A. (before 1862 A.A.)
Israel
Bethlehem Cem.
Gottlieb
1880 Freedom (1872 Minister)
Michael
1880 Sharon (bef. 1879 Sharon)
Johann
1880 Ypsi., Freed. (1838 Freedom)
J. Gerhard Heinrich (1844 Freedom)
Gerhard Heinrich
(before 1856 Freedom)
Friedrich
1880 Ann Arbor (bef. 1857 A.A.)
J.
1880 Lodi, 1874 Atlas-Sharon
J.B.J. Elard
1880 Freedom (1834 Freedom)
Friedrich
1880 Manchester (before 1858)
Michael
1880 Manchester (before 1869 Man.)
Johann Gottlieb
1880 Ann Arbor (1860 Ann Arbor)
Wilhelm Karl
1880 York (1857 Scio, Ann Arbor)
Georg Adam
1880 Shar., A.A. (1851 Ann Arbor)
Emppmandewoch
Pfalzgrafenweiler
Berneck
Tumlingen
Muenchingen
?
?
?
?
?
?
Schale
Schale
Schale
Wilhelmsdorf
?
Treysa
Plattenhardt
Plattenhardt
Miedelbach
Obersielmingen
Unterreichenbach
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Germany
Württemberg
Germany
Switzerland
Posen
Westphalia
Westphalia
Westphalia
Württemberg
Prussia
Hesse Kassel
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Michael
Eugen
Friedrich
Friedrich
Frank
Adam
Heinrich
Gerhardt
Johannes
Martin
Johann
Kirchberg
Ettenheim
Spielberg
?
?
Reichenbacherhöfe
Schale
?
Mittelbrueden
Hornberg
Walddorf
Zwerenberg
Neuhengstett
Neuhengstett
Neuhengstett
Württemberg
Baden
Württemberg
Switzerland
Baden
Württemberg
Westphalia
Westphalia
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Evidence (Immigration Date)
Friedrich Ludwig
Ulrich
Johannes
Michael
KUECHLE
KUEHN
KUEHNER
KUEHNLE
KUENZLER
KUGAT
KUHL
KUHN
KULENKAMP
KURFESS
KURTZ
KUSTERER
L
LAEMMLE
LAIBLE
LAMBARTH
LAMBERT
LAMBRECHT
LAMPARTER
LANDWEHR
LANG
LARMEE
Johann Jakob
Christian
Abraham Ludwig
Oak Grove Cem., Man.(bef. 1868 Fr.)
1880 Ypsilanti (bef. 1862 Ypsilanti)
1880 Freedom (1848 Freedom)
1880 Ypsilanti, Sharon (bef. 1868)
Oak Grove Cem. (bef. 1877 Chelsea)
1880 Freedom (before 1880 Freedom)
1880 Freedom (1865 Freedom)
(before 1877 Manchester)
1880 Freedom (before 1853 Freedom)
1880 Man. (before 1868 Bridgewater)
(1883 Ann Arbor)
(before 1892 Chelsea)
(before 1879 Ann Arbor)
(before 1883 Ann Arbor)
(beore 1891 Ann Arbor)
Meaning of the Name / Alternative or Original
Spellings and "Misspellings"
"baker of small cakes and cookies" / Küchle
a form of the first name Konrad, meaning "brave"
a form of the first name Konrad , meaning "brave" / Kuhner
form of first name Konrad , means "brave" / Kühnle
a form of the first name Konrad , meaning "brave" / Künzler
? / Kugath, "Kuyat"
"dweller in a depression in the terrain"
a form of the first name Konrad, meaning "brave" / Kühn?
"from Kuhlenkamp ", a village in Westphalia
"one with a facial scar" / Kurfeß
"short", named for one of short stature / Kurz
"gaurdian", usually referring to a sexton
"lamb", living in a house with the sign of a lamb / Lämmle
"loaf of bread" name for a baker
possibly a form of Lambert , based on Saint Lambert
refers to Saint Lambert of medieval times
refers to Saint Lambert of medieval times
"money changer"
"living at the fortified border trench"
"tall", refers to a tall person
"Talmon of the Army", shortened from Talmon L'Armee
Surname
LARY
LAUBENGAYER
LAUTER
LAYER
LAYHER
LEDERER
LEHMAN
LEHN
LEICHT
LEISKE
LEITZ
LEMBLE
LEMSTER
LENTZ
LESSER
LEUTHEUSER
LIDKE
LIEBECK
LIEBIG
LIESEMER
LIMPERT
LINBERTS
LINDAUER
LINDEMANN
LINDENSCHMIDT
LIST
LODEMANN
Emigrating
Patriarch
Frank
Johann Ulrich
Johann Friedrich
Johann Georg
Johann Jacob
Johann
Gottlieb
Johannes
Friedrich Ludwig
Carl H.
Johann Adam
Johann
Conrad
Wilhelm David
Johann Friedrich
Alphonse
Heinrich
Adolph
August Gustav
Gerhardt
Emil
Georg
Herman Adolph
Heinrich
Andreas
Casper
Johann Bernhard
Georg
Christhoff
Heinrich
Conrad
Jacob
Johann Georg
Georg Andreas
Johann Bernhard
Augustus
Evidence (Immigration Date)
1880 Bridge. (bef. 1847 Bridgewater)
1880 Lima (before 1847 Scio)
1880 Lodi (1832 Scio)
1880 Lima (1832 Scio)
1880 Ann Arbor (1848 Lodi)
Marriage 1874 (bef. 1874 Ann Arbor)
1880 Saline (1846 Freedom)
1880 Saline (bef. 1880 Freed.)
1880 Bridgewater (1873 Bridgewater)
(before 1878 Saline; minister)
1880 Sharon (1852 Sharon)
1880 Man., Bridgw. (1854 Bridgw.)
1880 Manchester (before 1860 Man.)
1892 A.A. Dir. (before 1884 A. A.)
(before 1882 Ann Arbor)
Marr. 1866, 1875 (bef. 1873 A.A.)
Zion Ch. Records (1883 Ann Arbor)
(1888 Freedom; minister)
1880 Ann Arbor (1872 A.A.)
(about 1886 Lima)
(1896 Dexter)
1880 Lodi, York (bef. 1874 Superior)
(before 1895 Salem)
1880 Sylvan, Mt. Ol. Cem.(bef. 1868)
1892 A.A. Dir. (before 1889 A.A.)
1880 Saline (1849 Can., 1871 Saline)
Scio Cemetery (1834 Freedom)
(1834 Freedom)
(1881 Sharon)
1880 Freed., Man. (bef. 1869 Freed.)
1880 Lodi (1862 Lodi)
1880 Saline (bef. 1852 Saline)
(bef. 1874 Manchester)
(1833 Freedom)
1880 Manchester (bef. 1876 Man.)
(1881 Bridgewater)
1880 Freedom (1833 Freedom)
1880 Ypsilanti (1868 Ypsilanti)
Village
Province
?
Unteraichen
Leinfelden
Leinfelden
Weilimdorf
?
Steinbach
Steinbach
Gnadenthal
?
Fuenfbronn
?
?
Olbronn
Marienwerder
Strassbourg
?
?
?
Brotterode
Brotterode
?
?
?
Hanover
Londorf
Rossbach
Rossbach
?
Hinterlintal
Lochowice
Hersfeld
Hersfeld
Mengshausen
?
Hersfeld
Schale
?
Baden
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Bessarabia
Württemberg?
Württemberg
Baden
Baden
Württemberg
Saxony
Alsace
Alsace
Germany
Prussia
Thuringia
Thuringia
Hesse?
Prussia
Hesse Nassau
Hanover
Hesse Darmstadt
Bavaria
Bavaria
Thruingia
Württemberg
Posen
Hesse Kassel
Hesse Kassel
Hesse Kassel
Hesse Kassel
Hesse Kassel
Westphalia
Hanover
Meaning of the Name / Alternative or Original
Spellings and "Misspellings"
?
"vulture of the arbor", refers to a sign of a vulture in branches
after the frequent name of a creek or place
either "from Lay ", a village, or "lion", 'courageous' / =Laÿer?
"from Layh ", a freq. place name in Germany / Laÿer, "Loyer"
"tanner"
"tennant farmer on a feudal estate" / Lehmann, Leeman
probably "from Lehn ", several villages in n. Germany/"Lahn"
"a lighthearted, careless, unsteady person"
probably from "Laise ", a village in Hesse
corruption of the first name Leutz
probably a short form of Lambert , a common first name
probably a short form of Lambert , a common first name
a common short form of Lorenz, a first name / Lenz
"from Lesse ", a village or river name in n. Germany / Leßer
"from Leuthaus ", a village name / Leidheiser, "Lighthiser"
short form of the first name Ludolf
a form of Liebscher , meaning "dear one"
after first name of the same spelling, popular in Prussia
possibly, "from Liessem ", a village in Rheinland
adapted from the first name Lampert (Lambert)
adapted from the first name Lambert / Linbert
"from Lindau ", several village names in Ger. or Switzerland
"from Linde ", a village; or "living under or near a linden tree"
"the blacksmith under the linden tree" / Lindenschmitt
"intelligent, clever"
name for a weaver
Surname
LODHOLZ
LOEFFLER
LOHR
LORENZ
LUBKE
LUCAS
LUCHT
LUCKHARDT
LUCKSCHE
LUDOLPH
LUDWIG
LUICK
LUIPPOLD
LUSTIG
LUTZ
LUTZER
M
MACK
MAEYLE
MAGER
MAGLE
MAHLKE
MAHRLE
MAIER
MAIN
MAMMEL
MANDLE
MANDT
Emigrating
Patriarch
Evidence (Immigration Date)
Village
Meaning of the Name / Alternative or Original
Spellings and "Misspellings"
Province
Gottlieb
Johann Georg
Michael
Johann Christian
Christoph
Friedrich
Johann
Johann
Johann Michael
Johann Jacob
Johann
Herman
Johann Martin
Johann Gottlieb
Jakob Heinrich
Johann David
Matthias
Peter
Johann G.
Johann Christian
Philip
Simon
Jacob
Johann
Johann F.
1874 Atlas-Scio (1854 Ypsi.)
1880 Freedom (1857 Freedom)
(1878 Ann Arbor)
1880 Pittsfield (1835 Lodi)
(before 1857 Scio)
1892 A.A. Directory (bef. 1883 A.A.)
1880 A.A. (bef. 1872 via Canada)
1880 Sup.Oak Gr. Cem.(1880 Superior)
1880 Lodi (1856 Lodi)
(1856 Bridgw., later to Sebewaing MI)
1880 Salem, 1892 Salem Dir.
Bethlehem Cem. (after 1880 via NV)
1880 Northfield (1864 Northfield)
Northfield Cem. (1864 Northfield)
1880 Ann Arbor (1833 Ann Arbor)
(1833 Lima)
1892 A.A. Dir. (bef. 1889 A.A.)
1880 Chel., Mt.O.Ce. (bef. 1874 Lynd.)
1880 Ann Arbor (1854 Ann Arbor)
1880 Northfield (1856 Northfield)
1880 Ann Arbor (1869 Ann Arbor)
1880 Ann Arbor (1866 Ann Arbor)
1880 Lima (1848 Freedom)
(1848 Freedom)
1880 Lodi, Freedom (before 1870)
Altensteig
Württemberg
Kirchentellinsfurt
Württemberg
Steinenbronn
Württemberg
?
Bavaria
Musberg
Württemberg
?
Prussia
Albach
Hesse Darmstadt
Rosenfeld
Württemberg
Kerspenhausen
Hesse Kassel
Kerspenhausen
Hesse Kassel
?
Austria
Wabern
Hessen-Nassau
Bahrle
Prussia
Bahrle
Prussia
Aich
Württemberg
Aich
Württemberg
Winterlingen
Württemberg
?
Alsace
Pfalzgrafenweiler
Württemberg
Unteropfingen
Württemberg
Pfalzgrafenweiler
Württemberg
Oberwaldbach
Württemberg
Kirchentellinsfurt
Württemberg
Weilimdorf
Württemberg
Altensteig
Württemberg
"dirt woods", a dirt farmer living in the woods / =Ludholtz?
"wooden spoon maker"
Christian
Georg
Adam
Adam
Frederick
Johann Jakob
David
Johann Georg
Heinrich
Gottlieb Friedrich
Augustus
David
1880 Ann Arbor (1851 Ann Arbor)
1880 Man. (1830 Ann Arbor)
1892 A.A., Salem Dir. (bef. 1859 A.A.)
1880 Superior (before 1880 Ypsilanti)
1892 A.A. Directory (bef. 1887 A.A.)
1880 Bridgew., Man. (1847 Bridgw.)
1880 North., Northf. Cem. (bef. 1857)
1880 Lodi (1854 Lodi)
Salem Grove Cem. (bef. 1864 Sylvan)
Marriage 1872 (1847 Freedom)
1880 Chelsea (bef. 1865 Chelsea)
Bethel, Lodi Cem. (bef. 1844 Freedom)
Heidenheim
Echterdingen
?
?
Rosenfeld
Bittenfeld
Krehwinkel
Kirchentellinsfurt
?
Kuppingen
?
Schwarzenborn
short form of the first name Mackart or Markhart
"May", prob. a tax collector who came in May / Mäyle, Miley
"thin", a thin person
short form of first name Mackart, Markhart / Mägle, Maegle
"the little one"
"one who lives by a swampy lake" / Mährle
"farmer of the principal estate of the (feudal) landlord"
Württemberg
Württemberg
Bavaria
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Hanover?
Württemberg
Württemberg
Hesse Kassel
"from Lohr ", either a village or river name
from the popular first name of the same spelling
form of old first name Liutbert = "famous among his people"
from first name Lukas, named for the patron saint of painters
"light" possibly meaning living in a place with many windows
after first name Liutgard , noblewoman of medieval legends
from first name Lukas, named for the patron saint of painters
from the first name Ludolf
from the first name, a popular name of kings and noblemen
?
form of the first name Leopold
"vivacious", "desirable" / Lusty
a short form of Ludwig , a popular first name / Luz, "Lute"
probably "from Lutz ", a village in the Pfalz region
probably named for the river of the same name in Germany
possibly "gentle, sweet-tempered"
"small man" / Mandel
short form of Meinhard , a first name / "Mann"
Surname
MANG
MANN
MANTZ
MARION
MARKER
MARKLE
MARQUARDT
MARSHALL
MARSHKE
MARTIN
MARX
MASER
MAST
MAULBETSCH
MAURER
MAX
MAYER
MEIER
MEINHOLD
MENSING
MERKEL
MERKER
Emigrating
Patriarch
Valentin
Johann Heinrich
Ernst Immanuel
Martin
Johann Christian
Hermann
Johann C.
Philip Jacob
Adolph
Herman
Heinrich
Albert
Christian
Gustave
Bernhard
Georg G.
Johann G.
Fr. Ferdin. Gottlob
Johann Georg
Andreas
Michael
Johannes
Christoff Friedrich
Johannes
Jacob
Johann
August
Casper
Gottlieb
Johann Jakob
Johann
Johannes
Friedrich
Anton
Frank W.
Friedrich Siegfried
Heinrich
Johann Georg
Evidence (Immigration Date)
1880 Saline (bef. 1875 Saline)
1880 Fr., A.A.(1824 to PA, 1830 A.A.)
(1826 to PA, 1830 Scio)
1880 Freedom (1870 Freedom)
(before 1900 Saline)
Northfield records
1880 Man., A.A., 1874 Atlas-Manch.
1880 Freedom (before 1850 Freedom)
(1884 Ann Arbor)
(1888 Ann Arbor)
1880 Shar., Mt. Hope Cem. (bef. 1872)
1880 A.A., 1892 A.A. Dir. (bef. 1872)
1880 Ann Arbor (1871 Ann Arbor)
1880 Man. (before 1871 Manchester)
(1878 Ann Arbor)
(before 1865 Freedom, Manchester)
1880 Ann Arbor (bef. 1843 A.A.)
1880 Scio (1841 Ann Arbor)
1880 Chelsea (1849 Lima)
(1878 Ann Arbor)
1880 A.A. (1867 Scio)
1880 Salem (1872 Ann Arbor)
1880 Northf. (bef. 1876 Northfield)
1880 Ypsi. (before 1876 Ypsilanti)
1880 Ann Arbor (before 1876)
1880 Man. (before 1866 Sharon)
1880 Ypsilanti (before 1877 Ypsi.)
1880 Ypsilanti (before 1856 Ypsi.)
1880 Webster (1857 Ann Arbor)
1880 Freedom (1864 Lodi)
1880 Ann Arbor (1865 A.A.)
(bef. 1876 Scio/Ann Arbor)
Bethel minister (1881 Freedom)
(about 1880 to A.A., Methodist min.)
Zion Cem. (bef. 1900 Freedom)
1880 Sylvan (about 1855 Sylvan)
StFran. Cem., 1880 Sylv. (1873 Sylv.)
1874, 1880 Sh.(bef. 1848 Sharon)
Village
Province
?
Ludwigsburg
Muenchingen
Colbach
Auenstein
Volberg
?
Kuppingen
?
?
?
?
Eigeltingen
Frankfurt
?
Leignitz
?
Stuttgart
?
?
Huzenbach
Huzenbach
Goettelfingen
Goettelfingen
?
?
?
?
?
Kirchentellinsfurt
?
?
Pfalzgrafenweiler
?
?
?
?
Insheim?
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Westphalia
Württemberg
Württemberg
West Prussia
Posen?
Prussia
Prussia
Baden
Brandenburg
Prussia
Silesia
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Prussia
Prussia
Germany
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Bavaria
Westphalia?
Hanover
Baden
Pfalz
Meaning of the Name / Alternative or Original
Spellings and "Misspellings"
short form of St. Magnus , apostle of the Allgau (Switz.)
either "competent fellow", or "vassal, estate official"
short form of Mangold , f.n. means "power over many" / Manz
probably "from St. Mary's", a village name
"watchman"
short form of f.n. Markward , the "border guard" / Markley
"border guard"
"stable-hand, groomer" / Marschall
nickname for Maroslav / Marschke, "Marchke"
from the first name, same spelling, after St. Martin
short form of Markus , a first name honors the apostle/ Marks
"mug", either a mug maker or living at the sign of the mug
"a well-fed, corpulent person"
"one with a prominent mouth"
"mason"
short for Maximilian (an early christian martyr)
"farmer of the principal estate of the (feudal) landlord"
"Mier"
"farmer of the principal estate of the (feudal) landlord"
"powerfully ruling"
short for Meinhard , a first name means "strong and brave"
short form of the first name Markward , the "border guard"
"watchman" / "Mercur"
Surname
MERKLE
MERZ
MESSERSCHMIDT
METZGER
MEYER
MICHELFELDER
MILCER
MILLER
MOECKEL
MOEGLE
MOEHN
MOELLENKAMP
MOESSNER
MOGK
MOHR
MOHRLOCK
MORHARDT
MORSCHHEUSER
MUEHLIG
MUELLERWEISS
MULBACH
MUSBACH
Emigrating
Patriarch
Evidence (Immigration Date)
Johann Caspar
Georg
Johann
Johann David
Johann Georg
Georg
Jacob
Johann Hermann
Albert
Johann
David
Jacob
Jacob
Emil
Gottfried
Christian
Johann Peter
Johann
Johann Georg
Jakob
Friedrich
Karl
Georg
Jacob J.
Johann
Hermann Heinrich
Johannes
Johann Georg
Johann
Johann Michael
Johann Christian
Jacob
Theodore
Philip
Florian
Johannes
Friedrich
Jacob J.
1880 Ann Arbor (before 1842 A.A.)
Marriage 1876 (before 1876 Bridgw.)
Bethel Cemetery (bef. 1857 Freedom)
1880 Lima, Scio Cem. (1853 Bridgw.)
(1853 Saline)
1880 Lodi (before 1864 Lodi)
1880 Manchester (bef. 1870 Man.)
1880 Manchester (bef. 1873 Man.)
1880 Ann Arbor (bef. 1875)
1880 Chelsea (before 1876 Chelsea)
1880 Lodi (before 1880 via Canada)
1915 Atl.-Superior (1883 Superior)
1892 A.A. Directory (bef. 1883 A.A.)
(before 1896 Ann Arbor)
Scio Cemetery (1831 Scio)
1880 Ann Arbor (bef. 1870 A.A.)
1880 Manchester (before 1855 Man.)
1880 Br., 1874 Atl. Br. (1834 Freed.)
1880 Sup., Northf. Records (1851 A.A.)
1870 A.A. (before 1860 Ann Arbor)
1880 Sylv. (1873 Ann Arbor)
1880 Ann Arbor (1873 Ann Arbor)
1880 Lima (before 1871 Lima)
1892 A.A. Dir. (before 1888 A.A.)
1880 Manchester (before 1858 Man.)
1880 Freedom (bef. 1866 Freedom)
1880 Freedom (1854 Freedom)
1880 Ann Arbor (1850 Ann Arbor)
1880 Sharon (before 1874 Sharon)
Salem Grove Cem.(1856 Sylvan)
1874 Atlas-Sylvan (1857 Sylvan)
1864 Atlas-Freedom (bef. 1856 Scio)
1880 Man., Man. Cem. (1871 Man.)
1880 Ann Arbor (1841 Ann Arbor)
(1841 Ann Arbor)
(before 1850 Ann Arbor)
1880 York (bef. 1873 Scio)
1874 Atlas-Sylvan (before 1869 Sylv.)
Village
Province
Meaning of the Name / Alternative or Original
Spellings and "Misspellings"
short form of f. n. Markward , the "border guard" / "Markle"
?
Baden
"March (the month)", one who visited every March / "Mertz"
Gnadenthal
Bessarabia
Tailfingen
Württemberg "cutler, knife smith" / Meßerschmid
Hof
Württemberg "butcher" / Mezger
Hof
Württemberg
Laupheim
Württemberg "farmer of the principal estate of the (feudal) landlord"
?
Württemberg
Schale
Westphalia
?
Germany
?
Switzerland
Myer
?
Switzerland
?
Germany
?
Württemberg probably "from Michelfeld ", a village in Baden
? / Muelcer
?
Germany
Echterdingen
Württemberg "miller" of grain / Müller, Mueller
?
Württemberg
Oberjesingen
Württemberg
?
Hesse Kassel
Grossherzogsturm Hesse Darmstadt
?
Switzerland
?
Prussia
?
Prussia
"clumsy, awkward person" / Möckel
Tuerkheim
Bavaria
Leinfelden
Württemberg "blood relation" / Maegle
Pfalzgrafenweiler
Württemberg "from Moen ", a place name / Möhn
from a place (village?) of the same name / Mellenkamp
Recke
Westphalia
"sexton" / Mößner, Messner
?
Baden
Eckzele
Hesse Darmstadt "blood relation"
?
Prussia
"Moor", refers to someone with black, curly hair like a Moor
Roet
Württemberg "locks like the moors", one with black curly hair / Morlock
Roet
Württemberg
Oberschwandorf
Württemberg from the first name, popular since the crusades / Mohrhardt
"from Morschhaus ", a place, means "the house by the swamp"
Buchen
Baden
Unterwaldbach
Württemberg "bothersome, difficult to deal with" / Mühlig
Rossbach
Pfalz
?
Württemberg "white miller" probably a miller with white hair
?
Württemberg "from Mulbach ", any of several villages in the Pfalz
?
Württemberg "from Muschbach ", a village in Württemberg / Muschbach
Surname
MYERS
Emigrating
Patriarch
Heinrich
Wilhelm
Jacob J.
N
NAGEL
Jacob
Friedrich
NAUMANN
Conrad
NAVROTH
Peter
Joseph
NEBEL
Anton
NEEBLING
Johann
NEFF
Andreas
NEISS
Peter
NEUBERGER
Augustus
Karl B.
NEUENSCHWANDER Johann
NEUHOF
Heinrich
NEUMANN
Johann
NEYER
August
NICOLAI
Andreas
NIEHAUS
Christian Heinrich
NIETHAMMER
Johann Georg
Johann Jacob
NIMKE
Gustav Emil
NISSLEY
Simon Friedrich
Georg J.
NOLL
Johann
Conrad
Friedrich
NONNENMACHER
NORDMAN
NOTHWANG
NOWAK
O
OBERDORFER
OBERSCHMIDT
Evidence (Immigration Date)
1880 Sharon (bef. 1872 Sharon)
1880 Augusta (before 1874 Augusta)
1880 Superior (before 1876 Superior)
Bernhard Ludwig
Wilhelm
Christoph
1880 Freedom (before 1870 Scio)
1880 Freedom (before 1872 Scio)
1880 Manchester (1867 Man.)
Northf. Cem. (1885 Northfield)
1880 Northfield (1885 Northf.)
1880 Fr. Sh., Sh. Cem. (bef. 1882 Shar.)
1880 Freed., Lima (1856 Freedom)
1880 Freedom (1873 Freedom)
1870, 1880 Freedom (before 1859 Fr.)
1880 Chels., Mt.Ol. Cem.(1861 Sylv.)
1880 Chels., Mt.Ol. Cem.(1861 Sylv.)
Marriages (1837 Ann Arbor)
1880 Ann Arbor (bef. 1869 A.A.)
1880 A.A. (1867 A.A. via NY, pastor)
1880 Lodi, Man. (bef. 1868 Freedom)
Shar. Cem. (bef. 1880 Sharon, minister)
1880 Freedom (before 1856 Freedom)
1880 Ann Arbor (1836 Scio)
1880 Scio (1853 Saline)
1880 Lodi (1865 to IL, 1871 Lodi)
1880 Saline (1847 Bridgw.)
1880 Man., Pittsfield (1862 Man.)
1880 Scio (1856 A.A.)
1880 Ann Arbor (bef. 1872 A.A.)
1880 Dexter (bef. 1875 Dexter)
Northfield cemetery & records
1870 A.A.,1880 Pitts. (1833 Lima)
1880 Freed., Lima (bef. 1880 Freedom)
1892 A.A. directory (1883 Ann Arbor)
Gebhard
Ernst Heinrich
Johann Christian
Hermann H.
1880 Freed., St. Franc.Cem. (1870's Fr.)
1874 Atl.-Scio (bef. 1851 Scio)
1880 Sharon (bef. 1864 Sharon)
1874 Atl. Man. (bef. 1851 Manchester)
Village
Province
?
?
?
Prussia
Germany
Württemberg
?
Württemberg
?
Württemberg
?
Württemberg
Coniscoro
Posen
?
Prussia
Guelstein
Württemberg
Kirchentellinsfurt
Württemberg
?
Hesse Darmstadt
?
Alsace
Emerfeld
Württemberg
Emerfeld
Württemberg
Erdmannhausen
Württemberg
?
Hesse Kassel
?
Alsace
Jeppenbuehren
Westphalia
?
Hesse-Darmstadt
Schale
Westphalia
Unterjettingen
Württemberg
Haslach
Württemberg
?
Prussia
Oberjesingen
Württemberg
Oberjesingen
Württemberg
Rotenberg
Hesse Darmstadt
?
Hesse Kassel
?
Baden
Boeblingen
Württemberg
Berlin
Prussia
Eschenau?
Württemberg
Nackel
Brandenburg
Justingen
Holzen
Holzen
?
Württemberg
Westphalia
Westphalia
Westphalia
Meaning of the Name / Alternative or Original
Spellings and "Misspellings"
"farmer" / "Miners"
"Mires"
"nailsmith (nail maker)"
"the newcomer"
from Nauroth " a place name in Nassau / Nevroth, Naveroth
Navrodt, Neverth, Nawrodt, Neorodt
"fog, or mist", someone who lives in a foggy or misty valley
"child of the mist" / Nübling, Neebling, Nuebling
"nephew"
named for St. Dionys, a popular French saint / Neiß
"from Neuberg" a frequent place name in Württemberg
"one who lives by the newly burned forest"
"from Neuhof " a place name / Neuhoff?, "Nenhof"
"the newcomer" / "Newman"
"sewer, stitcher" / Neÿer, Neier, Naier
after the first name, named for St. Nickolaus, saint of mariners
a Westphalian farm name
"from Nietheim ", a village in Württemberg
diminutive, "from the swampy place"
short form of Dionys , from first name honoring god of myth
Nüßle, Nuessle, Nissle, Nisle, Nissly
"fat or plump person"
"hog castrator"
"man from the north" / Nordmann
probably "a needy person from the countryside" / "Northway"
"the newcomer"
"from Oberdorf or Oberndorf " a frequent village name
"upper smith", the blacksmith from the upper side of town
Surname
OBERT
OELKE
OESTERLE
OESTERLIN
OKER
OLDENHAGE
ORTBRING
ORTMANN
OSIANDER
OSIUS
OTTMAR
OTTO
P
PARDON
PAUL
PFABE
PFAUS
PFEIFLE
PFEIL
PFISTERER
PFITZENMAIER
PIELLUSCH
PODEWILS
Emigrating
Patriarch
Evidence (Immigration Date)
Georg
Gottlieb
Julius
Friedrich
Johann Georg
Eugene
Bernhard
Johann
Heinrich
Hermann
Frank
Emil
Wilhelm Friedrich
Johann Georg
Johannes
Johann Martin
Wilhelm
Heinrich
Georg
1880 Ypsi. (bef. 1855 Ypsi.)
1892 Augusta (before 1887 Augusta)
1892, 1915 Augusta (bef. 1888 Aug.)
1880 Sylvan (before 1874 Sylvan)
1880 Sylvan (before 1868 Sylvan)
(1864 Ann Arbor)
1880 Freed., Mt. Olivet Cem. (1870's)
1880 Sylvan (before 1871 Sylvan)
1880 Sharon (before 1871)
1880 Sharon (before 1871)
(1851 Ann Arbor)
1870, 1880 Ann Arbor (bef. 1870 A.A.)
1880 A.A. (1826 to PA, 1832 Freed.)
1880 Saline (1854 Saline)
(1854 Saline)
1880 Lodi (1868 Lodi)
1880 Northfield (1864 Northfield)
1880 A.A. (bef. 1873 A.A. via Canada)
1880 Ypsilanti (1857 Ypsilanti)
Edward Emmanuel
Jakob
Gottfried
Georg
Emil Ludwig
Christian Friedrich
Johann Georg
Georg Adam
Philipp Friedrich
Johann Adam
Christian
1880 Pittsf. (1857 Pittsfield)
1880 Scio (1828 to NJ, then 1830 Scio)
1880 Freed. (1852 Freedom)
1880 Bridg., Pitts. (bef. 1862 Freed.)
1892 A.A. Dir. (bef. 1892 Chelsea)
Bethel Cem. (before 1883 Sharon)
1880 Freedom (1847 Lodi)
1880 Northfield (1854 Northfield)
1880 A.A. (1855 Ann Arbor)
(before 1859 Ann Arbor)
1880 Superior (bef. 1863)
(1886 Manchester)
Georg Friedrich
1880 Manchester (bef. 1848)
Johann
1880 Ann Arbor (1866 Ann Arbor)
Wilhelm Friedrich 1880 Freedom (1837 Freedom)
Christoph Friedrich 1892 Dexter (before 1850 Freedom)
Carl
1880 Freedom, 1892 Man. (bef. 1877)
Friedrich Wilhelm 1880 Northf. (before 1858 Northf.)
Meaning of the Name / Alternative or Original
Spellings and "Misspellings"
Village
Province
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
Badbergen
?
?
Buende
Besigheim
Schliehbern?
Nagold
Ebhausen
Ebhausen
Lemmite
?
?
Switzerland
Posen
Posen
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Hanover
Hanover
Hanover
Westphalia
Württemberg
Hessen
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Posen
Hesse Kassel
Saxony
form of Obrecht ? ("famous for inheritance") / Oberst
short for Ohlerich (Ulrich ), a common first name
Strzelewo
Tierhaupten
Tierhaupten
Holzhausen
?
?
Goettelfingen
Goettelfingen
Goettelfingen
Goettelfingen
?
Muenster
?
?
Unterweissach
?
?
Gramenz
Posen
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Saxony
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
West Prussia
Pommerania
(probably a name of Lithuanian origin)
name given in honor of the Apostle Paul
"from the east", one who's farm is east of town / Österle
"Easterle"
"from the east", one who's farm is east of town / Österlin
possibly, "from the Ocker River" near the Harz Mountains
"old breeding bull", prob. an old farmer with a breeding bull
?
"one who lives at the end of the village"
?
probably based on a humanist first name
from first name, same spelling, means "inheritance and fame"
"Ottman", Ottmer
named in honor of the German emperor of the same name
"peacock ", either a peacock raiser or feather dealer
puffed-up, like a peacock (Pfau ), meaning a boastful person
diminutive of "piper, fife player"
"one who makes or attaches arrow shafts"
"baker", an old term, typically for a baker in a monastery
"the farmer by the pool (lake or swimming hole)" /"Fitzmeir"
?
"from Podewils ", a village in Pommerania / Podewil
Surname
POMMERENING
PONTO
PRIESKORN
PRINZING
PROCHNOW
R
RAAB
Emigrating
Patriarch
August Karl
Gustav
Gustave
Michael
Christian
Karl Ludwig
Johann
Jacob
Balthasar
RAAF
Johann Michael
RADDATZ
Johann Richard
Karl Augustus
RANK
Ludwig
RAPP
Martin
RATHKE
Karl
RAUS
Martin
RAUSCHENBERGER Martin Friedrich
Thomas
Christoph
Gottlieb
RAUSER
Friedrich
RAYER
Wilhelm
Johann Christian
REETZ
Wilhelm
REGETZ
Jacob
David
REHFUSS
Johann
Gottfried
Johann Michael
Michael
REICHENECKER
Jacob
REICHERT
Johann Jacob
Jacob
REIFF
Michael
REIMOLD
Jacob Ulrich
Johann Michael
Philip Friedrich
Meaning of the Name / Alternative or Original
Spellings and "Misspellings"
Village
Province
(1889 Ann Arbor)
Northf. Cem., Rec. (bef. 1885 Northf.)
Marr. 1880, Births (bef. 1880 A.A.)
Bethlehem Cem.
(1881 Sylvan)
1874 Atl.-Sup. (1858 Northfield)
1880 Superior (bef. 1880)
?
Putzig
?
?
Effenberg
Neustetten
Kussow
Pommerania?
Posen
Prussia
Prussia
Württemberg
Pommerania
Pommerania
"a Pommeranian", one from the province of Pommerania
possibly "from Pantow " a village in Mecklenburg / Pontow
"birch corn", probably a grain farmer among the birch trees
1880 Bridgewater (1850 Bridgewater)
(1881 Ann Arbor)
Forest Hill Cem. (bef. 1900 A.A.)
Northf. Rec. (bef. 1890 Northfield)
Northf. Rec. (1882 Northfield)
1880 Sylvan (1870-1874 via Canada)
1880 Lodi (before 1866 Lodi)
1880 A.A., 1892 A.A. Dir. (1872 A.A.)
1874 Atl.-Pittsf. (before 1854 A.A.)
(1855 Ann Arbor)
1870 A.A. (1855 Ann Arbor)
1880 Northf. (bef. 1853 Northfield)
(1868 Bridgewater)
Scio Cem. (bef. 1854 Ann Arbor)
1880 Ann Arbor (1851 Northf.)
1880 Ann Arbor (1851 Ann Arbor)
1880 A.A., 1892 A.A., (bef. 1872 A.A.)
1880 Pittsfield, Lodi Cem. (bef. 1878)
1880 Lodi (bef. 1866 Lodi)
1880 Lodi, N. (bef. 1861 Lodi, Scio)
1880 Scio (1865 Scio)
1880 Manchester (1868 Manchester)
1880 Northfield (1871 Sharon)
1880 Ann Arbor (bef. 1852 A.A.)
(1848 Scio)
1880 Manchester (1866 Man. via KS)
1892 A.A. Dir. (1873 Ann Arbor)
1892 Freedom Dir. (1836 Lima)
1880 Freedom (1839 Freedom)
(1881 Ann Arbor)
Moersfeld
Oberlauringen
?
Kussow
Buchwald
?
Aichhalden
?
Unterwaldbach
Schietingen
Schietingen
Schietingen
Herzogsweiler
Ebhausen
Esslingen
Esslingen
?
(near Bern?)
?
?
Guendelbach
Guendelbach
Boesingen
?
Schietingen
?
Kirchentellinsfurt
Unteraichen
Unteraichen
Unteraichen
Pfalz
Pfalz
Württemberg
Pommerania
Pommerania?
Baden
Württemberg
Prussia
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Prussia
Switzerland
Germany
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
"raven", one with black hair, or personality of a raven
"Rabb"
"raven", one with black hair, or personality of a raven
variation on the Slavic first name Radaslov
Evidence (Immigration Date)
probably "the farmer working for the Prince", Prinz in German
possibly "from Prachenau ", a village in Saxony
"slender", referring to a slim person / "Ranks"
"raven", one with black hair, or with a personality like a raven
short form of the common first name Radolf
"a noisy person" / "Rauss"
"from Rauschenberg ", villages in Bavaria and Hesse
"a noisy person"
"warrior, traveler" / = Reyer?
from Reetz , a slavic place name /"Retz"
possibly a form of Gregor , name of a saint / Regez
"Reckets"
"deer foot", referring to a swift-footed person / Rehfuß
"from Reicheneck", villages in Bavaria and Württemberg
based on the first name Reichard , a common first name
"barrel hoop", referring to the maker of barrel hoops
based on the first name Reimbold , meaning "bold in counsel"
Surname
Emigrating
Patriarch
Georg
Johann
Valentin
Karl
Robert
REISER
Egidius
Gottlieb Adolph
REMUS
Friedrich
RENNER
Jacob
RENO
Lambert Heinrich
Heinrich Johann
RENTSCHLER
Johann Georg
Georg Friedrich
Andreas
RENZ
Michael
Johann Georg
Christian
RETTICH
Friedrich
RETTIG
Christof Emil
REULE
Christian
Carl
Johannes
Johann Georg
Conrad
Andreas
REYER
Johannes
Paul
RHEINFRANK
Johann Zacharias
Johann Conrad
RIEDEL
Johann
Adam
RIEMENSCHNEIDER Philip
Johann
Wilhelm
RING
Johann H.
RINSEY
David
ROEDEL
Karl Friedrich
ROEHM
Johann Jakob
REINHARDT
Evidence (Immigration Date)
(1882 Freedom)
1880 Ypsi., A.A. (1849 Ann Arbor)
Forest Hill Cem. (before 1882 A.A.)
1880 Ypsilanti (before 1870 Ypsi.)
1880 Ypsilanti (before 1865)
1880 Scio, Bridgw. (1836 Bridgw.)
(1892 Ann Arbor)
1880 A.A. 1892 A.A. Dir. (bef. 1880)
(before 1870 Ypsilanti)
1880 Freedom (1843 Freedom)
1864 Atlas-Freed. (1843 Freedom)
1880 Lodi, A.A. (1849 Lodi)
(1866 Ann Arbor)
1880 Salem (bef. 1868 Ann Arbor)
1880 Freedom (1846 Freedom)
1880 Freedom (1857 Freedom)
1880 Manchester (bef. 1880 Man.)
1880 A.A. (bef.1856 Ann Arbor)
Northf. Cem., rec.(about 1884 Northf.)
1880 Scio (1879 Scio)
(1887 Scio)
(1887 Ann Arbor)
1880 Ann Arbor (before 1868 A.A.)
(before 1848 Lodi)
(1880 Ann Arbor)
1880 Lodi (1840 Lodi)
1880 Bridgw. (1840 Bridgw.)
1880 Bridgewater (1836 Bridgw.)
1880 Saline (1836 Saline)
(before 1868 Freedom)
1880 Bridgewater (bef. 1874 Br.)
1880 Sylvan (1848 Sylvan)
(before 1863 Sylvan)
(before 1857 Sylvan)
1880, 1892 Ypsi. (bef. 1853 via PA)
1880 Ann Arbor (1854 Ann Arbor)
(1862 Chelsea)
1880 Br. A.A. (before 1847 Bridg.)
Village
Province
Unteraichen
?
Pfalzgrafenweiler
?
?
Enzthal
Luchenhausen
?
Schietingen
Schale
Schale
Garrweiler
Beuren
Beuren
Ebhausen
Echterdingen
Echterdingen
?
Smiezkowo
Allmandle
Allmandle
Allmandle
Simmersfeld
Hornberg
Goettelfingen
Appenfeld
Appenfeld
Moersfeld
Moersfeld
?
?
Obermoellerich
Obermoellerich
Obermoellerich
?
Altenschwand
Neustadt (Orla)
Unterdingen
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Saxony
Saxony
Württemberg
Württemberg
Prussia
Württemberg
Westphalia
Westphalia
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Posen
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Hesse Kassel
Hesse Kassel
Pfalz
Pfalz
Bavaria (Pfalz?)
Bavaria (Pfalz?)
Hesse Nassau
Hesse Nassau
Hesse Nassau
Germany
Baden
Saxony
Württemberg
Meaning of the Name / Alternative or Original
Spellings and "Misspellings"
based on the first name Reinhard , meaning "bold in advise"
"from Reis ", meaning a brush-covered area
named after St. Remigius , bishop of Rhiems
"armed riding messenger"
probably "from Renau", a place name / Renau
"a carefree person"
Rentchler
short form of Reinhard , a common first name / Rentz
"vegetable dealer or radish grower"
"vegetable dealer or radish grower"
"a coarse-haired person" / = Riley?
"heron", one from the house with the sign of a heron / Raier
possibly a Frank (N. Bavarian) from the Rhine / Rheinfranck
short form of Ruedeger , a common baptismal name / Rüdel
"strap cutter", meaning a harness maker or belt maker
"maker of rings (jewelry)"
probably "rivulet, creekbed" / Rinzi
official scribe of the tax register
"strap, belt", meaning a harness maker or belt maker / Röhm
Surname
ROHDE
ROHRER
ROLL
ROLLER
ROMELHART
ROMINGER
ROMMEL
RONNEBURGER
ROOK
ROOS
ROOST
ROSBACH
ROSENTRETER
ROSSER
ROTH
ROTHFUSS
RUCK
RUEHLE
RUGART
RUOFF
RUPFF
RUPP
S
SACHS
SAFFLER
SAGER
SAMP
SANDT
SANZI
Emigrating
Patriarch
Johann Georg
Christoph
W. H. Ludwig
Adam S.
Johannes
Johann Georg
Jacob
Johannes
Johannes
Georg
Karl
Jacob
Evidence (Immigration Date)
Heinrich
Karl
Johann
Adam
Gustave
Abram Freidrich
Thomas
Christian(?)
Filibert
Jacob
Jacob
Johann Georg
Friedrich
Joseph Friedrich
Daniel Friedrich
Friedrich
Johann Georg
David
1880 Ann Arbor (1847 Freedom)
1880 Scio, Bethl. Cem. (bef. 1863 Scio)
North Lake, Bethel Cem. (1866 A.A.)
(before 1858 Chelsea)
1880 Lodi, Scio Cem. (bef. 1880 Lodi)
1880 Freedom (1854 Freedom)
(1847 Ann Arbor)
1880 Lodi (before 1857 Freedom)
(1872 Manchester)
Shar. Cem.,1880 Sh. (before 1868 Sh.)
1880 Ann Arbor (1860 A.A.)
1880 Manchester (bef. 1870 Bridgw.)
(1897 Ann Arbor, via Milwaukee)
1880 Lyndon (before 1867 Lyndon)
1880 Scio (bef. 1885 Man. via OH)
1880 Delhi, 1892 A.A. Dir. (bef. 1869)
1870 A.A. (bef. 1869 Ann Arbor)
1915 Atl.-Web., St.And.Cem.(1888)
1880 Ann Arbor (1863 Ann Arbor)
1880 Freedom (1831 Freedom)
1870, 1880 Ann Arbor (1880 Lodi)
U.M.Dean of Forestry(1880'-90's A.A.)
1880 Sharon. (before 1868 Sharon)
1880 Bridgw. (before 1871 Bridgw.)
(1889 Saline)
1880 Ann Arbor (1861 Ann Arbor)
1880 Freedom (1831 Scio)
Scio Cemetery (before 1883 Scio)
1880 Ann Arbor (bef. 1857 A.A.)
1880 Ann Arbor (1847 A.A.)
1880 Saline,Twp.Cem.(bef. 1880 Saline)
Adam
Johann Jacob
Jakob Friedrich
Christian
Nicholas
Christian
(before 1859 Bridgewater)
(before 1876 Ann Arbor)
Fran. Cem., Jacks. Co. (1883 Sylvan)
1880 Freedom, Zion Cem. (bef. 1874)
1880 Bridgewater (bef. 1880 Br.)
1880 Ann Arbor (1857 A.A.)
Village
Province
Hochdorf
?
Egeln
?
Oberjettingen
Aichhalden
Gaugenwald
Kuppingen
?
?
Schnaitheim?
?
Berlin
?
Haiterbach
?
?
?
Bern
Plattenhardt
Plattenhardt
Wilhelmsdorf
Boesingen
Boesingen
Boesingen
Hamburg
Endersbach
Vaihingen
Undingen
Tuebingen
?
Württemberg
Hesse-Darmstadt
Saxony
Württemberg?
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Alsace
Württemberg
Württemberg
Brandenburg
Alsace
Württemberg
Switzerland
Prussia
Posen
Switzerland
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Hamburg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Kassel
?
Boesingen
?
?
Herrenberg
Hess Kassel
Germany
Württemberg
West Prussia
Luxemburg
Württemberg
Meaning of the Name / Alternative or Original
Spellings and "Misspellings"
"a red-haired person" / "Rhode"
"the person from the reeds"
"scroll, or list", probably refers to a census-taker / "Roal"
"conductor", of a rolling wagon (coach)
possibly "brave, noise making one" / Romelhardt
probably "from Rammingen or R ümmingen " villages in Württ.
"noise-maker, blusterer"
"from Ronneburg or Roenneburg ", village names
"smoke" surname for a blacksmith
"rose", probably the name of a flower grower"
?
"from Rosbach " village names / Rossbach?
Rosentrater
"horse dealer" / Roßer
"red-haired person"
"red foot", probably one who wore red shoes / Rothfuß
"back", referring to someone with a strong or broad back
short form of Rudolf , a first name meaning "fame-wolf"/Rühle
short for Rüdiger , first name means "glorious spear fighter"
short for Rudolf , a first name meaning "fame-wolf"
short for Rupprecht , means "shining with fame" / Rupf , Ruff
short for Rupprecht , a first name meaning "shining with fame"
?
"board cutter or sawmill operator"
?
"sand", from a house in a sandy area
possibly "from Sanz " a village in Mecklenburg
Surname
SAUER
SAUTTER
SCHADD
SCHADE
SCHAEBERLE
SCHAEFER
SCHAFFER
SCHAIBLE
SCHAIRER
SCHALLENMILLER
SCHALLER
SCHALLHORN
SCHANZ
SCHATZ
SCHAUFELE
SCHEFFLER
SCHEFFOLD
SCHELLENBERGER
SCHENK
SCHERDT
SCHETTENHELM
SCHETTLER
SCHEURER
Emigrating
Patriarch
Christian
Adam
Johann Martin
Johann Georg
Leopold
Conrad
Anton
Heinrich
Johann
Nimrod
Johann
Johann J.
Conrad
Johann B.
Michael
Johann
Matthaeus
Matthew
Michael
Johann Georg
Gottfried
Anton
Martin J.
Albert
Jakob Michael
Joseph
Johann Jacob
Johann
Frank
Karl
Jacob
Johannes
Philipp
Ludwig
Gottlieb
Georg
Johannes
Johann Georg
Evidence (Immigration Date)
1880 Manchester (bef. 1865)
1880 Lodi (1876 Saline via Canada)
1880 Bridgw., Br. Cem. (bef. 1849)
Northf. Rec., 1892 Nfd. Dir. (bef. 1881)
1880 Ypsilanti (bef. 1859 Ypsilanti)
1870 Freed., 1880 Bridg. (bef. 1868)
1870, 1880 Dexter (1854 A.A.)
1870 Ann Arbor (1854 A.A.)
1880 Ann Arbor (bef. 1864 A.A.)
1880 Sharon (bef. 1873 Sharon)
1880 Saline, Man. (bef. 1879)
1880 Ann Arbor ( before 1840)
1880 Saline (before 1869 Saline)
1880 Lodi (1846 Freedom)
1880 Saline (1853 Lodi)
1880 Manchester (1860 Manchester)
1864 Atlas-Freed. (before 1871 Lima)
(bef. 1899 Northfield)
1880 A.A. (1836 A.A.)
1880 Saline, Scio Cem. (1836 Scio)
1880 Lima,Saline Cem.(bef. 1879 A.A.)
(1885 Ann Arbor)
(1885 Ann Arbor)
1915 Atlas-A.A., Scio (bef. 1894 A.A.)
1880 Fr., Mt.Ol. Cem. (bef. 1868)
Births 1876, 1878, Oak Gr. (bef. 1862)
1880 Freed., Dex., (bef. 1862 Dex.)
1880 Freedom, Bethel Cem. (bef. 1853)
1880 Dexter (before 1880 Dexter)
1880 Scio (before 1880 Scio)
Bethel Cem. (before 1852 Freedom)
1880 Sylvan (1847 Sylvan)
1880 Freedom (1847 Freedom)
1880 Freedom (1865 Freedom)
1880 Freedom (bef. 1857 Freedom)
(1837 Freedom)
1880 Freedom (1848 Freedom)
(1853 Ann Arbor)
Village
Province
?
?
?
Reusten
?
?
Eschelbronn
Eschelbronn
Eschelbronn
?
?
Leutenbach
?
Zwerenberg
Zwerenberg
Oberweiler
Agenbach
?
Durrweiler
?
Aichstrut
?
?
Bromberg
Bondorf
?
Maitis
?
?
?
Gottstadt
Obergimpern
Obergimpern
Cottenweiler
Cottenweiler
Oberwaldbach
Wankheim
Bondorf
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Prussia
Hesse Kassel
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Prussia
Hesse
Württemberg
Hesse
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Bavaria
Bavaria
Posen
Württemberg
Germany
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Switzerland
Baden
Baden
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Meaning of the Name / Alternative or Original
Spellings and "Misspellings"
"sour", mening a bad-tempered person
"cutter", a shoemaker, tailor, or castrator of livestock/Sauter
"robber knight", one who does damage
"robber knight", one who does damage
"a planer" of wood / Schäberle
"shepherd" / Schäfer, Schafer
"public administrator", managed hospitals, group homes, etc.
"bundle of straw", referring to a thatcher (of rooftops)
"administrator of the tithe barn" (barn holding tax produce)
"the miller in Schalle ", a place name / Schallenmüller
"braggard"
"trombone", name for a trumpet player
"peasant jacket", prob. a unique jacket worn daily / Schantz
"treasurer"
"shovel maker" / = Schäufele?, Schaufle?
"barrel maker (cooper)"
an old southern German first name
"from Schellenberg ", several village names / Shellenberger
"tavern owner or innkeeper" / Schenck, Shenck
"notch", the one from the notch between the mountains
"shake, or swing the helmet", habits of a knight / Schittenhelm
"turner of wooden bowls" / Schöttler
"barn" one who works in or lives near the barn
Surname
SCHEVE
SCHIEF
SCHIEFERSTEIN
SCHILL
SCHILLER
SCHILLING
SCHILLINGER
SCHLAEFER
SCHLANDERER
SCHLECHT
SCHLEE
SCHLEEDE
SCHLEGEL
SCHLEH
SCHLEICHER
SCHLEMMER
SCHLENKER
SCHLEWEISS
SCHLICHT
SCHLITTLER
SCHLIMMER
SCHLOTTERBECK
SCHLUDE
SCHMALZRIED
SCHMID
Emigrating
Patriarch
Evidence (Immigration Date)
(before 1883 Ann Arbor)
1864 Atlas-Fr. (1845 Freedom)
1880 Dexter (bef. 1865 via OH)
1880 Manchester (1852 Man.)
1880 Saline (before 1862 Saline)
(1848 Freedom)
Oak Grove Cem, Chelsea (about 1885)
Joh. Geor. Friedrich (1830 Scio later to Sebewaing MI)
Ernst Peter
(1830 Ann Arbor)
Andreas
1880 Bridgw. (bef. 1836 Bridgewater)
(before 1884 Ann Arbor)
Johannes
(bef. 1857 Freedom)
Karl
1880 Man. (1868 Manchester)
Karl Friedrich
1870 A.A., 1880 Dex. (bef. 1866 A.A.)
Adam
Marr. Bethl. Cem. (bef. 1892 Freed.)
Adam
1880 Ann Arbor (bef. 1860 A.A.)
Wilhelm
(1857 Ann Arbor)
Friedrich
(1869 Ann Arbor)
1880 A.A. (1854 A.A.)
Heinrich
1880 Saline (1856 Saline)
Georg
1880 Br. (before 1868 Bridgewater)
Johann
1880 Freedom (before 1870 Saline)
Friedrich G.
1880 Sc., Marr. 1870 (bef. 1875 A.A.)
Georg
1880 A.A., 1874 Northf. (1845 A.A.)
Carl
1880 Scio (1871 Ann Arbor)
Ludwig
Oak Gr. Cem. (bef. 1884 Manchester)
Joh. Gerd Lambert 1880 Br., Man. (before 1874 Sharon)
Heinrich
Forest Hill Cem., A.A.(bef. 1888 A.A.)
Jacob
1880 Freedom (bef. 1866 Freedom)
Herman
1870, 1880 Ann Arbor (1853 A.A.)
Friedrich J.
1880 Ann Arbor (bef. 1870 A.A.)
Wilhelm
1880 Ann Arbor (bef. 1863 A.A.)
Johann Conrad
1880 Saline (bef. 1845 Bridgw., Saline)
Friedrich
1880 A.A. (1833 Lodi - Pastor)
Johann
1880 Lodi (1846 Freedom)
Jacob
1880 Northf. (1864 Ann Arbor)
Johann Georg
1880 Augusta (before 1863 Saline)
Christian
1880 Ypsilanti (bef. 1880 via NC)
Jakob
Johann
Joseph Friedrich
Johann Martin
Johannes
Village
Province
Stolzenfeld
Eschelbronn
?
Kuppingen
Kuppingen
Haiterbach
Schoendorf
Echterdingen
Ellhofen
?
Stochan
?
Guendelbach
Eschelbronn?
?
?
?
?
Gelhausen
?
Lotzbach
Herzogsweiler
?
Heilbronn
Schwenningen
?
Schale
?
Rathskirchen
Boeblingen
?
?
?
Walddorf
Walddorf
Rosenfeldt
Mulhausen
?
West Prussia
Württemberg
Hesse Kassel
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Baden
Baden
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Germany
Germany
Mecklenburg
Prussia?
Hesse Kassel
Hesse Darmstadt
Hesse Kassel
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Baden
Westphalia
Switzerland?
Pfalz
Württemberg
Mecklenburg
Mecklenburg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Saxony
Meaning of the Name / Alternative or Original
Spellings and "Misspellings"
"crooked", meaning a person with a malformed back, leg, etc.
"crooked", meaning a person with a malformed back, leg, etc.
"slater", a stoneworker with slate
"from Schill or Schille ", a place name
"a squinting person"
refers to the coin of the same name, a name for a tax collector
"from Schillingen ", a village in the Pfalz region
"a sleepy person" / Schläfer, Schlafer
?
"straight, plain, simple"
?/ = Schleh?
"sled", possibly meaning a sled maker / "Schliede"
"mallet, or hammer", named for a knight who held such a tool
"sloe", a plum-like fruit, a person living by sloe bushes / =Schlee
"a sneak, or theif"
"gluton, feaster" / = Schlimmer?
"slinger", either a slinger of dough, or one wielding a slingshot
"white plum", possibly a white-haired orchardist / Schleweis
"of a straight-forward nature"
"smooth, slippery" after a place with these characteristics
"gluton, feaster" / = Schlemmer?
"the untidy baker"
"fat reed", possibly referring to a plump, tall person
"smith", a blacksmith / Schmidt
Smith
Surname
SCHMIDT
SCHMITZ
SCHNAITMANN
SCHNEARLE
SCHNEEBERGER
SCHNEIDER
SCHNIERLE
SCHNIRRING
SCHOEN
SCHOENSPERLEN
SCHOETTLE
SCHOFF
SCHRADER
SCHROEN
SCHUESSLER
SCHUH
SCHUHOLZ
SCHULER
SCHULTE
SCHULTZ
Emigrating
Patriarch
Johann A.
Peter
Heinrich
Heinrich
August
Johann Daniel
Matthew
Gottlieb
Johannes A.
Adam
Johann C.
Johann Gottlieb
Johann G.
Johann Elias
Johannes
Johann
Evidence (Immigration Date)
1880 Dexter (bef. 1872 via OH)
1880 Lodi (1843 Scio)
1880 Br., Br. Twp.Cem. (1849 Bridgw.)
1880 Northf., Northf. Church records
1874 Atlas,1880 Lima, Mt. Olivet Cem.
1880 Chelsea (1853 A.A.)
1880 Ann Arbor (before 1858 A.A.)
1880 Lodi (before 1884 Freed./ A.A.)
1880 Freedom (1832 Freedom)
1880 Lodi (before 1845 Freedom)
1880 Scio (before 1869 Freedom)
1880 Delhi (1866 Ann Arbor)
1880 Delhi (bef. 1866)
1880 Delhi (bef. 1880 via NY)
1880 Ann Arbor (bef. 1852 A.A.)
(1869 Ann Arbor)
(1881 Ann Arbor)
(before 1883 Ann Arbor)
1880 Lima (before 1887 Lima, A.A.)
Johann Georg
1880 Northfield (1855 Northfield)
Matthais
1880 Ann Arbor (1875 Ann Arbor)
Johann Georg
1880 Freedom (1856 Freedom)
Anton
1880 Freedom (bef. 1863 Freedom)
B.H.
1880 Nfd., Luth. Pastor, (1877 Ypsi.)
Gottfried Friedrich 1880 Ann Arbor (1870 Ann Arbor)
Peter
1880 Ypsilanti (before 1866 Ypsi.)
Johann
1880 Ypsilanti (before 1866 Ypsi.)
Johann Ernst
1880 Yp., death 1901 Ypsi. (bef. 1861)
Heinrich
1880 York (1856 York)
Georg Ernst
1880 Saline (1856 Saline)
Johann Georg
1880 Scio (1847 Scio)
Johann Michael
1880 Bridgewater (1852 Bridgw.)
Andreas
1880 Ann Arbor (bef. 1873 A.A.)
Andreas
1880 Nfld., 1892 A.A. Dir.(bef. 1870)
Johann Jakob
(1852 Bridgewater)
Johann Wilhelm
1880 Sharon (before 1849 Freedom)
Johann Jacob
1880 Scio (before 1866 Scio)
Heinrich
1915 Atl.-Dex., 1880 Dex. (1860 Dex.)
Village
Province
Fulda
?
?
Alt Klet
?
Endersbach
Herzogsweiler
Orpend
Gottstadt
Schwarzenborn
?
?
?
?
Lombach
Hochdorf
Echterdingen
Gaildorf
Beringen
Schernbach
Schernbach
Wolfschlugen
Lipten
?
Ebhausen
?
?
?
Mengshausen
Mengshausen
Wannweil
?
Remmingsheim
?
Bondorf
Schale
?
?
Hesse Kassel
Bavaria
Hesse Kassel
Mecklenburg
Prussia
Württemberg
Württemberg
Switzerland
Switzerland
Hesse Kassel
Hesse Kassel
Prussia
Prussia
Prussia
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Switzerland
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Brandenburg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Luxemburg
Luxemburg
Saxony
Hesse Kassel
Hesse Kassel
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Westphalia
Württemberg
Mecklenburg
Meaning of the Name / Alternative or Original
Spellings and "Misspellings"
"smith", a blacksmith
"smith", a blacksmith / "Shumts"
"man from the muddy place"
"string, or rope maker" / = Schnärle?
"from Schneeberg ", several village names across Germany
literally "cutter", meaning "taylor"
"Snyder"
"string, or rope maker" / = Schnürle?
"Schneuly"
"funny, amusing person"
"beautiful", a handsome person / Schön
"Schoernperlen"
"tax", meaning a tax collector / Schöttle
"sheep", a name for a shepherd
"tailor"
? / Schrön,"Shreen"
"bowl maker" / Schüßler
"shoe", meaning a shoemaker / "Schuch"
"wooden shoe", probably the surname of a shoe maker
"student or scholar"
in Westphalia means: "a large-scale farmer"
"village mayor" / Schulz
Surname
SCHUMACHER
SCHUMANN
SCHWAB
SCHWARTZ
SCHWEIKERT
SCHWEIKLE
SCHWEINFURTH
SCHWEITZER
SCHWICKERATH
SEABOLT
SECKINGER
SEEGER
SEITZ
SELL
SENGER
SEYBOLD
SEYFRIED
SEYLER
SIEGLE
SIEGMUND
SINDLINGER
SINKE
SIPLEY
Emigrating
Patriarch
Jakob
Johann Georg
Christian
Herman A.
Johann
Christian
Gottlieb Michael
Jakob
Evidence (Immigration Date)
1880 Manchester (1854 Manchester)
1880 Bridgw. (1854 Bridgw.)
1880 Ann Arbor (1854 Ann Arbor)
Marriage 1876 (before 1876 A.A.)
1880 Lodi (bef. 1896 Ann Arbor)
1880 Bridgewater (bef. 1856)
1880 Freedom (before 1854 Lodi)
1880 Northfield (1857 Scio)
Eugene
1880 Manchester, marr. 1881
Philip
Jacob
Georg
Peter
Joseph
Fidelis
Friedrich
Johann Georg
Matthaus
Michael
Carl F.
Johann
Philipp
Adolph
Johannes
Heinrich
Johann Georg
Christoph
Karl
Johannes
Philipp
Sebastian
Johann Adam
Johann Theobold
Wilhelm
Carl
Johann Simon
Gottlieb
Johann
1880 Sylv. (bef. 1848 Sylvan, via OH)
1880 Superior (1847 Saline)
1880 Saline (1847 Lodi)
Mt. Olivet Cem. (1865 Chelsea)
1880 Ann Arbor (1837 Ann Arbor)
1880 Bridgew. (bef. 1864 Freedom)
1880 Lodi (1836 Lodi)
1880 A.A. (1847 Lodi)
1880 Saline (1852 Saline)
1880 Man. (before 1880)
1880 A.A. (1882 Ann Arbor)
1880 Bridgw. (1883 Bridgw.)
1880 Lima (1864 Lima)
1880 Ann Arbor (1867 Lima)
1880 Ann Arbor (1870 Lima)
1880 York (1866 York, Saline)
(1883 Bridgewater)
Northf. Cem., Marr. Rec. (bef. 1890)
1880 Manchester (1855 Man.)
1880 Scio (1844 Scio)
1880 Scio, A.A. (1867 Ann Arbor)
1880 Ann Arbor (1866 A.A.)
(1866 Ann Arbor)
1880 A.A. (1859 A.A. via Canada)
1880 Augusta (before 1874 Augusta)
1880 Ypsilanti (bef. 1859 Ypsilanti)
1880 Lodi (before 1853 Lodi)
1880 A.A., 1892 A.A. (bef. 1851)
1880 Man. (1843 Ann Arbor)
Village
Province
Goettelfingen
Goettelfingen
Goettelfingen
?
Auch
?
Plieningen
Kirchentellinsfurt
?
?
Sielmingen
Leinfelden
?
Aldenwend
?
Herrenberg
Unterjettingen
Simmersfeld
Woenersberg
?
?
Fuenfbronn
Hoffstaett
Hoffstaett
Hoffstaett
?
?
Kirrlach
Beutelsbach
Goettelfingen
Goettelfingen
Allmandle
Konken
?
?
Moetzingen?
?
?
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Prussia
Switzerland
Baden
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Hanover
Württemberg
Württemberg
Rheinland
Baden
Baden
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Germany
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Posen
Baden
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Pfalz
Württemberg
Baden?
Württemberg
Bavaria
Württemberg
Meaning of the Name / Alternative or Original
Spellings and "Misspellings"
"shoe maker"
"shoe maker or seller"
"a Swabian", someone who came from southwest Germany
"black, swarthy", someone with dark skin or hair / Schwarz
"skillful spear-fighter", the name for a knight / = Schweigart?
"skillful spear-fighter", the name for a knight
"pig ford", meaning the pig farmer near the ford in the river
"Swiss", meaning the one who came from Switzerland
possibly "advisor to warriors" / Swickerath
form of the first name Sibold , meaning "bold one" / Seybold
"from Seckingen ", a village along the Rhine River
"sawyer", a sawmill worker
"Soeger"
short for Seifried , a popular first name / Seiz
"traveling companion, friend"
"singer or choir master"
form of the first name Sibold , meaning "bold one"
based on the first name Seifried , a popular first name
"rope maker"
short for Sieghard, a first name
"victorious protector", after a first name of the same spelling
"from Sindlingen ", a village in Württemberg
(unknown, but of very old northern German origin)
short form of Sigbert a first name / = Sipple? Suepple?
Surname
SNAUBLE
SOCKOW
SOCKS
SODT
SOMMER
SORG
SPAETH
SPATHELF
SPIEGELBERG
SPIES
SPIRNAGLE
SPLITT
SPOHR
SPRING
SPRINGER
SPRINGMANN
STADEL
STAEB
STAEBLER
STAFFAN
STAGGEMEIER
STAHL
STAIB
STANG
STANGER
STAPISH
STARK
STAUS
STAUTZ
Emigrating
Patriarch
Joseph B.
Friedrich
Peter
Gerhard Heinrich
Ludwig
Friedrich
Christian
Johann Jacob
Heinrich
Gustav
Anton
Conrad
Karl
Michael
Christian Friedrich
Wilhelm Georg
Johann
Jacob
Andreas
Friedrich Johann
Friedrich
Johann
Johann
Johann Georg
Friedrich
Jacob J.
Frank
Michael
Wilhelm Friedrich
Adam
Joseph
Adam
Johann
Jacob Michael
Jacob Friedrich
Fr. Joseph
Gottfried
Evidence (Immigration Date)
1880 A.A., Saline, Br. (1852 Saline)
1880 Salem (before 1875 Salem)
1880 Br. Marr.1859 (bef. 1871 Bridgw.)
Marriage 1882 (before 1882 Freed.)
Marriage 1878 (before 1864 Bridgw.)
1880 Ann Arbor (1848 Ann Arbor)
(1881 Ann Arbor)
1880 Freedom (1847 Freedom)
1880 Dex., Northf. (1880 via OH)
(1883 Scio)
(1885 Ann Arbor)
Mt.Ol.Cem., saloonist, Chel. (bef. 1892)
1892 A.A. Dir. (before 1882 A.A.)
1880 Ann Arbor (before 1868 A.A.)
(before 1856 Ann Arbor)
(before 1859 Bridgewater)
1892 Dir. A.A. (bef. 1869 A.A.)
1870, 1880 A.A. (before 1873 A.A.)
Marr. 1882, (1880 Ann Arbor)
(1880 Ann Arbor)
1880 Pitt., Sup. (1831 Lodi)
1880 Man. (1865 Bridgewater)
1880 Freedom (1843 Freedom)
(1848 Freedom)
1880 Lodi (1843 Freedom, Lodi)
1880 Ann Arbor (1853 Ann Arbor)
1880 Scio (1857 Scio)
1880 Chel., Mt.Hope Cem. (1847 Lyn.)
Mt. Hope Cem. (1847 Lyn.)
Oak Gr. Cem. (bef. 1899 Man.)
1880 Bridgw. (bef. 1874 Superior)
1880 Bridgewater (bef. 1875 Bridgw.)
1880 Saline (before 1879 Saline)
1880 A.A.(1870's min.; via Afr.,Brazil)
1880 Lyndon (before 1849 Lyndon)
1880 Ann Arbor (1847 A.A.)
1880 Freedom (catholic minister)
1880 Manchester (before 1879 Man.)
Village
Province
?
?
Kassel
Furstenau
Waiblingen
Stuttgart
Sulz
Ebhausen
?
Langenenslingen
?
?
?
?
Nueffen
?
?
Ottersheim?
Goettelfingen
Goettelfingen
Oberaichen
Oberaichen
Oberaichen
Musberg
Oberaichen
Oberaichen
Echterdingen
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
Kornthal
Bensingen
Dauborn
Württemberg
Prussia
Hesse Kassel
Westphalia
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Germany
Württemberg
Württemberg
Prussia
Germany
Württemberg
Württemberg
Germany
Württemberg
Pfalz
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Alsace
Alsace
Prussia
Baden
Prussia
Württemberg
Württemberg
Alsace
Württemberg
Hohenzollern
Hesse Nassau
Meaning of the Name / Alternative or Original
Spellings and "Misspellings"
"beak", name for a chatterbox or greedy person / Schnauble
probably a place name in Prussia / "Sacow"
"Saxon", person from Saxony and surrounding areas / Sachs
probably "from Sode ", a wet, swampy place
"summer" a tax collector who came during summer / Summer
"sorrow", a sorrowful person
"late", possibly one on the late shift (night innkeeper) / Späth
"late help", one on the late shift (night innkeeper) / Späthelf
from Spiegelberg, a town or place name / "Spudgleberg"
"spear maker" / Spiess, Spieß
?
"shingle splitter"
"maker of spurs" / Spöhr, Spoehr
"spring", someone who lives near the spring
"one who lives near the spring"
"one who lives near the spring"
owner or manager of communal storage barn / "Stadle, Ctadel"
"staff", referring to a staff-carrying official / Stäb
"staff-carrying official" / Stäbler
probably "Stephan's son"
"the farmer by the narrow path"
steelsmith or steel merchant
"one who stirs up dust", surname for a miller / "Stipe, Stairs"
"spear shaft", surname of a knight, or a tall, stiff person
"from Stang or Stangen " village names
? / Stapisch? "Stapich"
"a strong, valiant person"
"buttocks", referring to someone with prominent buttocks
possibly from Stauden "a house in the bushes" / ="Stout"
Surname
STECKROTH
STEEB
STEFFE
STEFFEN
STEGMILLER
STEIGER
STEIN
STEINAWAY
STEINBACH
STEINER
STEINKE
STEINKOHL
STIEGELMAIER
STIERLE
STOCKINGER
STOLL
STOLLSTEIMER
STRACK
STRAHLE
STRIETER
STUMPENHUSEN
STURM
Emigrating
Patriarch
Ludwig G.
Johann Georg
Georg
Michael
Jesse
Milton
Abraham
Johannes
Johann
Johann Michael
Matthias
Johann Friedrich
Johann August
Heinrich
Jacob Friedrich
Daniel Ludwig
Friedrich K.
Johann C.
Jakob Friedrich
Johann Karl
Jakob Georg
Johann Freidrich
Johann Michael
Georg
Johann F.
Johann Adam
Johann Georg
Philip Friedrich
Johann David
Jakob Friedrich
Johannes
Johann Georg
Valentin
Johann
Johannes
Daniel
Heinrich
Jacob
Evidence (Immigration Date)
1880 Ann Arbor (bef. 1879 A.A.)
1880 Lodi (1857 Lodi)
1880 Ann Arbor (1866 Ann Arbor)
(1867 Ann Arbor)
Marr.1882, Birth 1884 (bef. 1882 A.A.)
Marr. 1884 (bef. 1884 Northfield)
Northfield Cem. (bef. 1875 A.A.)
1880 Man. (about 1870 Manchester)
1880 Saline (before 1870 Saline)
1880 Scio, Bridgewater (1835 Scio)
1880 Ypsilanti (bef. 1880 Ypsilanti)
1880 Freedom (bef. 1872 Freedom)
1880 Sharon (before 1875 Sharon)
1880 Chelsea (1854 Chelsea)
1880 A.A., Lodi Cem.(bef. 1864 Lodi)
1880 Ann Arbor (before 1870 A.A.)
Oak Grove Cem. (before 1877 Man.)
1880 Saline, Bridgw. Cem.(bef. 1860)
(1844 Freedom)
1880 Freedom (1847 Freed.)
(1848 Freedom)
(1848 Saline)
1880 Saline (1853 Saline)
(before 1885 Manchester)
1880 Ypsi., A.A. (bef. 1850 A.A.)
1880 Lodi (before 1868 Lodi)
1880 Ypsilanti (before 1872 Ypsi.)
(1890 Webster)
1880 Ann Arbor (bef. 1856 A.A.)
1880 Lodi (1830 Scio)
1880 Freedom (1831 Scio)
(1883 Scio)
Bethel Rec. (bef. 1857 Freedom)
Shar.C.Cem., 1880 Shar. (bef. 1866 Sh.)
1880 Freedom (son in 1837 Freedom)
1880 Lodi (bef. 1852 Freedom)
1880 Ypsi., 1880 Atl. (1836 Ypsilanti)
1880 Saline (before 1869 Saline)
Village
Province
?
Boesingen
Huzenbach
?
?
?
?
?
?
Cresbach
?
Mettingen
Mettingen
Hembach
?
Karslhof
Jauer
Kuppingen?
Leinfelden
Unteraichen
Unteraichen
Unteraichen
Unteraichen
Berneck
?
?
?
Berneck
Dornstetten?
Oberaichen
Vaihingen
Echterdingen
Manbach
Alfdorf
Affalterbach
Affalterbach
?
Langenkand
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Pommerania
Pommerania
Pommerania
Baden
Württemberg
Württemberg
Luxemburg
Westphalia
Westphalia
Hesse Darmstadt
Württemberg
West Prussia
Silesia
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Hesse
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Hanover
Pfalz
Meaning of the Name / Alternative or Original
Spellings and "Misspellings"
"red stick", possibly referring to a red shepherd's staff
"one who stirs up dust", usually the surname of a miller
"Stephan's son"
"Stephan's son"
"miller by the narrow path" / Stegmüller, "Stakmiller"
one who lives near the steep slope
"from Stein (Stone)", a common place name
"stoney way", one's house had a stone path / Steinigeweg
someone from Steinbach "stoney brook", a place name
"from Stein (Stone)", a common place name
"from Stein (Stone)", a common place name / "Steiniker"
"stone pit", probably for a quarry worker
"the farmer by the steep path"
"bull", one with a bullish nature or one who raises bulls
"from Stockingen ", a village in Bavaria
"frame, support post", surname for a carpenter
mix of 2 overly common names, Stoll and Steinmar (Steiner)
"stiff, unbending person"
"arrow", a place name or an arrow-maker / Strähle
"a quarrelsome person" / "Streeter"
possibly based on a place of the same name
"storm", meaning a noisy, argumentative person"
Surname
SUTTER
T
TAG
TEEPE
TESSMER
TEUFEL
THEURER
THUMM
TIRB
TOELLE
TONEY
TRAUB
TRINKLE
TROLZ
TROUTWINE
U
UHL
UHR
UKELE
ULLRICH
ULRICH
ULTES
UNTERKIRCHER
UPHAUS
V
VETTER
VISEL
Emigrating
Patriarch
Evidence (Immigration Date)
Village
Province
Meaning of the Name / Alternative or Original
Spellings and "Misspellings"
Johann Friedrich
(1873 Webster)
Schnottwil
Switzerland
"one who sews; a shoemaker" / Suter
Peter
Bernhard
Johann
Johann Martin
Johann Michael
Johann Jacob
Johann Georg
Adam
Johann
Johann Wilhelm
Simon
Jakob
Karl Gottlieb
Lorenz
J.G. Friedrich
Georg Christian
Wilhelm
Jacob
1880 Ann Arbor (1869 Saline via Can.)
1880 Saline (before 1875 Saline)
1880 A.A. (1870 A.A. via Canada)
1880 Ypsilanti (bef. 1874 Saline)
(1883 Bridgewater)
1880 Freedom (1852 Ann Arbor)
1880 Salem, York (1867 Saline)
1880 Superior (bef. 1859)
1880 Ypsilanti (before 1859)
Births, Marr., 1870’s-80’s (1889 Shar.)
?
?
Vandsburg
Schietingen
Bondorf
Bondorf
Eisenbach
?
?
Schale
Prussia
Hesse
West Prussia
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Westphalia
"day", possibly referring to a daytime worker / Tagge
possibly a nickname for Thetbern , a first name
from the Slavic first name Tesmar , freq. in E. Ger. / Teßmer
"devil", probably referring to someone of a devilish personality
?
Prussia
1880 Dexter, 1892 Man. (bef. 1873)
Oberaichen
Oberaichen
Gundringen
Burgstall
Burgstall
?
?
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Johann Carl
Wilhelm
Gottlieb
Johann Christian
Carl
Philip Adam
Theodore
Karl
Georg Leopold
Johann Heinrich
Lambert Anton H.
Ant. Bernh. Heinr.
Johann Friedrich
Johann A. Dietrich
1880 Bridgw., St.Fr. Cem. (bef. 1863 )
(before 1903 Manchester)
1880 Pitts. (betw. 1850-1855 Bridgw.)
Bridgw. Cem. (1833 Saline)
(1889 Ann Arbor)
1880 Sharon (before 1865 Sharon)
(before 1845 Bridgewater)
1880 Chelsea (bef. 1878 Chelsea)
1880 Manchester (bef. 1859 Man.)
1880 Freedom (1855 Freed.)
(1860 Freedom)
(1863 Freedom)
(1865 Freedom w/ mother)
(about 1873 Sharon)
?
Wiesbaden
Boeblingen
Boeblingen
Lewin
Burchenau
Muenchingen
Ellerstadt
Metzingen
Schale
Schale
Schale
Schale
Schale
Württemberg
Hesse Darmstadt
Württemberg
Württemberg
Silesia
Baden
Württemberg
Pfalz
Württemberg
Westphalia
Westphalia
Westphalia
Westphalia
Westphalia
Georg
Christian
1880 A.A. (1881 & 1882 A.A.)
1880 Northfield (1852 Lodi)
Musberg
Remmingsheim
Württemberg
Württemberg
Sharon Cem., births (bef. 1870 Shar.)
Scio Cemetery (1858 Lima)
1880 Lima (1858 Lima)
1880 Man. (before 1858 Ann Arbor)
1880 Freedom (1854 Freedom)
1880 Freedom (1854 Freedom)
1880 Man. (before 1869 Sharon)
"tax assessor" / "Tyres"
Thum, "Thumb"
possibly "coarse, crude"
"customs supervisor"
short form of Antonius , Roman era first name / Thone, Thoni
"grape", surname of a vineyard owner or worker
"drink", a person who likes to drink / "Frengley"
name in honor of Ernst Troeltsch , a Swabian philosopher
"dear beloved friend" / Trautwein
short for Ulrich , first name, means "inherited property, rich"
from "aurochs", the wild cattle of Europe, now extinct
name of a type of fish, prob. a fishmonger / Ugele, Uckele
Eukley, Ugle
based on the first name, means "inherited property, rich"
based on the first name, means "inherited property, rich"
probably a short form of Ulrich , a common first name
"lives below (unter ) the church (kirche )" /"Vonterkircher"
"from Uphausen ", a village in Westphalia
"father's brother or cousin"
nickname meaning "penis", name given to a noted skirt-chaser
Surname
Emigrating
Patriarch
Johann Jacob
Gerhardt Lambarth
Johann Friedrich
Johann Georg
Karl Philipp
VOGELBACHER
Karl
VOGT
Friedrich
Anton
VOLLAND
Hermann
VOLZ
Friedrich
Johann A.
Christian
Johannes
VON WALTHAUSEN C.A.Werner
VOEGEDING
VOGEL
W
WACKENHUT
WACKER
WAGENBACH
WAGNER
WAHL
WAHLER
WAHR
WAIDELICH
WALDO
WALKER
Johann Georg
Jakob
Johann Georg
Michael
Daniel
Johann Georg
Christoph W.
Wilhelm
Johannes
Caspar
Heinrich
Jacob
Adam
Karl
Gottlieb
Gottlieb
Johann Georg
Johann Georg
Georg Adam
Matthais
Wilhelm
Georg
Johann Georg
Meaning of the Name / Alternative or Original
Spellings and "Misspellings"
Village
Province
1880 A.A. (1882 York)
1880 Freedom (bef. 1867 Freedom)
1880 Freedom (1854 Freedom)
1880 Scio (1858 Chelsea)
1874 Atlas-Fr. (before 1859 Freedom)
1880 Man. (before 1856 Bridgw.)
1880 Man. (before 1863 Saline)
(1884 Manchester)
1880 Manch., 1874 Atlas-Freedom
1880 Scio (1852 Scio)
1880 Ann Arbor (bef. 1864 A.A.)
(1869 Ann Arbor, minister)
(1881 Ann Arbor)
(bef. 1887, via Bay City MI)
Remmingsheim
Schale
Kirchberg
Plieningen
?
?
?
Hochdorf
Braach
Walddorf
?
Walddorf
Walddorf
?
Württemberg
Westphalia
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Baden
Baden
Württemberg
Hesse Kassel
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Prussia?
"Feisel"
poss. from Vögedinger , means "skillful attorney" / Vögeding
"bird", surname for a man who caught small birds for food
1880 Salem (1853 Scio)
1880 A.A. (1853 Salem)
1880 Chelsea (before 1855 Chelsea)
(before 1877 Bridgewater)
1880 Freedom (1852 Freedom)
(1853 Freedom)
1880 Ypsilanti (1866 Ypsi. to WI)
1880 Freedom (1834 Scio)
1880 Scio (1837 Scio)
1874 Atlas-Scio (1837 Scio)
1880 Salem (bef. 1867 via Canada)
1880 Ann Arbor (1860 Ann Arbor)
1880 A.A., Bethl. Cem. (1870 A.A.)
(1888 Saline)
1892 Man. Dir. (bef. 1887 Man.)
1880 Ann Arbor (1835 A.A.)
1880 Lodi, A.A. (before 1853 A.A.)
(1881 Sharon)
1880 A.A. (1864 Ann Arbor)
1880 Freedom (before 1864 Freedom)
1880 Lodi (before 1864 Freedom)
1874 Atlas-Freed. (1850 Lodi)
(1872 Ann Arbor)
Boesingen
Zwerenberg
?
Zwerenberg
Kuppingen
Kuppingen
?
Moehringen
Moehringen
Moehringen
?
Gaugenwald
Gaugenwald
Rotenberg
Ruedern
Huzenbach
Huzenbach
Huzenbach
Fuenfbronn
Fuenfbronn
?
Tuebingen
Kirchentellinsfurt
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Baden
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Prussia?
Württemberg
Württemberg
"wobble the hat", means someone who tended to tip their hat
"Wagenhood"
Evidence (Immigration Date)
"from Vogelbach ", several villages in southwest Germany
"the highest administrator of a province"
form of Vol(k)mar , first name, means "bold among the people"
form of Vol(k)mar , first name, means "bold among the people"
"from Walthausen " several villages in Saxony
"brave, valliant"
"risky stream" possibly living near a swift stream
"wheelwright, cartwright, or wagon maker"
short form of the first name Wohler or Walte r
form of the first name Wohler or Walte r
"from Wahr (mountain)"
"suited for hunting" / Weidelich
derived from wald, meaning "forest", lived near the forest
"cloth maker"
Surname
WALLENMEIER
WALTER
WALZ
WANZECK
WARNER
WASSER
WEBBER
WEBER
WEDEMEYER
WEHNER
WEIDENMANN
WEIMER
WEINBERG
WEINETT
WEINKAUF
WEINMANN
WEIR
WEISENREDER
WEISS
Emigrating
Patriarch
Evidence (Immigration Date)
Jacob Friedrich
Wilhelm
Gottlieb
Gustave
Friedrich
Johann Freidrich
Johann Jacob
Michael
Christian
Johannes
Johann Franz?
Johann Friedrich
Georg
Friedrich
Thomas
Gottfried
Johann
Karl L.
Simon
Jacob
Johannes
Christian Andreas
Georg Friedrich
Jakob Friedrich
Wilhelm Friedrich
Geo. Aug. Friedrich
Oscar
Georg
Michael
Julius
Benedict
Wilhelm
Johann Michael
Wilhelm
Karl
Richard
Peter
Joseph
1880 Man. , Beth. Cem. (1872 A.A.)
1880 Scio (bef. 1873 Scio)
Marriage 1884 (1880 Salem)
1880 Ann Arbor (about 1865 A.A.)
1870 Ann Arbor (bef. 1870 A.A.)
(1880 Ann Arbor)
1880 Lodi (1843 Freed.)
(1852 Bridgewater)
1880 Lodi (1853 Lodi)
1880 A.A. (1855 Ann Arbor)
1880 Br. (before 1880 Bridgewater)
1870 A.A. (bef. 1858 A.A.)
1880 Ypsilanti (before 1859 Ypsilanti)
1880 Ypsilanti (bef. 1870 via PA)
1880 Manchester (bef. 1874 Man.)
1880 Sylvan (about 1858 via NY)
1880 Ann Arbor (bef. 1861 A.A.)
1880 Ann Arbor (before 1880 Scio)
1880 Sylvan (1843 Sylvan)
1880 Lodi (1865 Lodi)
(before 1873 Ann Arbor)
(1880 Sylvan)
(bef. 1881 Ann Arbor)
(1887 Sylvan with mother)
(1887 Lodi)
1880 Lima (Minister; 1855 Lima)
1880 A.A., 1892 A.A. Dir. (bef. 1877)
1880 Ann Arbor (bef. 1859 A.A.)
1870, 1880 A.A., Scio (1847 Scio)
1880 Ypsilanti (1865 Bridgewater)
1880 Saline, marriages (bef. 1850 Saline)
1880 A.A., 1892 A.A. Dir. (bef. 1880)
1880 Ypsi. (1858 A.A.)
1880 Ann Arbor (before 1857 A.A.)
1880 Lodi (before 1870 Ann Arbor)
(before 1894 A.A. via Grand Rapids)
1880 Bridgw., Man. (bef. 1887 Freed.)
1860 Freedom (1849 Freedom)
Village
Province
Kirchentellinsfurt
Württemberg
Schlaidorf
Württemberg
Backnang
Württemberg
?
Prussia
?
Württemberg
Musberg
Württemberg
Oberschwandorf
Württemberg
Hochdorf
Württemberg
Oberschwandorf
Württemberg
Hochdorf
Württemberg
Walddorf
Württemberg
?
Prussia
?
Germany
?
Württemberg
?
Baden
?
Württemberg
?
Prussia
?
Prussia
Steinbach
Hesse Darmstadt
Kirchentellinsfurt
Württemberg
?
Germany
Hueffenhardt
Baden
?
Württemberg
Neuweiler
Württemberg
Kirchentellinsfurt
Württemberg
Lilienthal
Hanover
?
Germany
?
Württemberg
Bondorf
Württemberg
Berlin
Brandenburg
?
Switzerland
?
Prussia
Plattenhardt
Württemberg
?
Württemberg
Bromberg
Posen
?
Germany
Hailfingen
Württemberg
?
Württemberg
Meaning of the Name / Alternative or Original
Spellings and "Misspellings"
"the farmer from Walle or Wallen ", several village names
"military leader", old and popular Germanic name
short form of the first name Walter; "military leader" / Waltz
nickname for first name Wenceslaw / "Wansick"
"army defender"
"water", one who lives by the water / Waßer
"weaver"
"weaver"
"the farmer near the willow trees"
"wheelwright, cartwright, or wagon maker"
"the man living near the willow trees"
"from Weimar ", a place, or "from a swampy place" /"Wymer"
"from Weinberg ", frequent place name referring to a vineyard
"wheelwright, cartwright, or wagon maker"
/ Weinkaupf, Weinkauff
"wine merchant"
?
?
"white", referring to someone with white hair / Weiß
Surname
WEISSINGER
WEITBRECHT
WELKER
WELLHOFF
WELLER
WENGER
WENK
WENZEL
WERHEIM
WERNER
WESS
WESSEL
WEST
WESTPHAL
WETZEL
WIDENMANN
WIDMAYER
WIEDERHOFT
WIEDMANN
WIEDMAYER
WIESENMAIR
WILD
WILKE
WILSKE
WINTER
WIRTH
WISTHOFF
Emigrating
Patriarch
Edward
Jacob Friedrich
Johann Georg
Andreas
Johann Georg
Philipp Jacob
Johannes
Michael
Johann
Joseph
Ignatz
Hermann
Philip
Heinrich
Friedrich
Joseph
Heinrich
Joseph
Johann
Christian
August
Johann Martin
Nickolaus
Gustave
Johann Friedrich
Johannes
Jacob
Johann Georg
Immanuel
Karl
Emmanuel Gottlob
Jakob
Johann
August
Carl
Caspar
Johannes
Wilhelm
Evidence (Immigration Date)
1880 Freedom (before 1860 Freedom)
1870 A.A. (1870 via Tecumseh)
1870 Ann Arbor (1852 A.A.)
1880 Ann Arbor (1852 A.A.)
(before 1885 Saline)
Sharon Twp. Cem. (bef. 1857 Freed.)
1880 Sh., Sc. (bef. 1858 Freed.)
1880 Bridgewater (bef. 1872 Saline)
Bethl. Cem, Marr. (bef. 1886 Webster)
1880 Freedom (1867 Freedom)
1880 Freedom (before 1869 Freedom)
(before 1883 Ann Arbor)
1880 Manchester (bef. 1880 via WI)
Marr. 1872, 1883 (1852 Bridgew.)
(before 1880 Scio)
1880 Sharon (before 1864 Sharon)
Northf. Rec. (bef. 1873 Northf.)
1880 A.A., Marr. 1865, (bef. 1860 Syl.)
1880 Bridgewater (1855 Bridgw.)
1880 A.A., Sup. (before 1857 A.A.)
1880 Northfield (bef. 1870 Northf.)
1880 Lima, Shar. Cem., (1852 Lima)
1880 Manchester (bef. 1880 Man.)
1892 Dir., 1895 Atl. Pittsf. (bef. 1885 )
1880 A.A. (1870 Saline)
1880 Bridgw. (1874 Bridgewater)
(1875 Manchester)
1880 Lodi (1853 Freedom)
(1880's Manchester)
1880 Salem, Nrthf.cem. (bef. 1872 AA)
1880 Lodi, A.A. (1831 Ann Arbor)
(1833 Scio)
(1880 Lodi)
Northfield Ch. Records (bef. 1893)
1880 Superior (bef. 1870 Superior)
1880 Sharon (before 1860 Freedom)
St. Thomas Cem. (1847 Bridgewater)
1880 Scio (bef. 1879 Scio)
Village
Province
?
Herrenalb
Remmingsheim
Mindersbach
Altensteig
Stammheim
Stammheim
Alfdorf
?
Oberwihl
?
?
?
Guelstein
Bondorf
?
?
?
Windecken
Wilhelmsdorf
?
?
?
?
Gnadenthal
Gnadenthal
Gnadenthal
Kuppingen
Wilhelmsdorf
Remmingsheim
Oberaichen
Leinfelden
Echterdingen
?
?
Braunhausen
Hottenbach
?
Hesse Kassel
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Baden
Baden
West Prussia
Hesse Darmstadt
Württemberg
Württemberg
Prussia
Prussia
Hesse Kassel
Hesse Kassel
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Baden
Posen?
Bessarabia
Bessarabia
Bessarabia
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Saxony
Brunswick
Hesse Kassel
Pfalz
Prussia
Meaning of the Name / Alternative or Original
Spellings and "Misspellings"
"from Weissingen ", a village in Bavaria / Weißinger
form of Wigberht , f. n. means "shining in battle"/ "Weibreich"
"cloth maker"
possibly "from Wellhof" the village by the spring / Wellhaf
"wool pot", probably meaning a wool dealer / Wöllhaff
either "pilgrim" or "from the woods"
"from Weng or Wenger " a place (grassy slope) or village
"to waver, or sway", meaning a fickle person
"winnower", meaning the owner of a fanning mill
probably "from Werheim " a village or place name
"army defender" / = Wörner?
probably "from Wessen ", a village or place name
form of Werner, (above), or "from Wessel " / Weßel, "Vessel"
"west", person living west of town / "Wesh"
"from Westphalia ", a province in western Germany
short form of Werner , the "army defender" / = Witzel?
"the man living near the willow trees" / Weidmann?
"the farmer near the willow trees"
possibly "chief (head) adversary" / Wiederhöft
"living near the willow trees" / Wiedman, Widerman?
Weidmann, Widmann, Widman
"the farmer near the willow trees" Weidmayer
"wise farmer" / = "Wiesmyer"?
"wild", means "without morals" or, also "foreigner" / Wildt
short form of Wilhelm , a popular first name
short form of Wilhelm , a popular first name
"winter", one who is a vendor operating in winter / =Winters?
"innkeeper, tavern owner"
?
Surname
WOERNER
WOLF
WOLFE
WOLPERT
WUERTH
WUERTHNER
WULFERT
WUNDER
WURSTER
Y
YAUDES
YOUNGHANS
Z
ZACHMANN
ZAHN
ZEEB
ZIEFLE
ZIEGLER
ZIMMERMANN
ZINCKE
ZUERN
ZWICKEL
ZWINCK
Emigrating
Patriarch
Evidence (Immigration Date)
Johann
Johannes
Christian
Jacob
Simon
Christian
(Ludwig*)Frederica
Johann
Johann
Karl
Friedrich
Adam
Michael
Jacob
Georg Friedrich
Forest Hill Cem., A.A.
1880 Saline, Bridgw. (1849 Bridgw.)
1880 Manchester (before 1861 Man.)
1880 Sharon, Shar.Cem. (bef. 1866)
1880 Ann Arbor (1879 A.A.)
1880 Lodi (1872 Lodi)
(1872 Ann Arbor)
Birth rec. (1871 Adrian, then Man.)
1880 Sylv., Salem Gr. Cem. (bef. 1879)
1880 Chelsea, 1892 Chelsea (bef. 1877)
1880 Ann Arbor (1854 A.A.)
1880 Freedom (1855 Freed.)
1880 Scio (1855 Ann Arbor)
1880 Sylvan (before 1880 Lima)
1880 A.A. (1887 Northfield)
Christian
Karl
(1854 Bridgw.; later to Battle Cr. MI)
1880 Manchester (1870 via PA)
Xavier
Johann Georg
Johann Friedrich
Johann Michael
Johann Jakob
Georg
Veit
Johann Georg
Johann C.
Andreas
Georg
Emil
Carl Christian
Adam Ferdinand
Johann Georg
Birth Rec. (1861 Ann Arbor)
1880 Lodi (1839 Lodi)
1880 Scio (1846 Scio)
1880 Freed.(betw. 1850 & 1862 Freed.)
(bef. 1862 Freedom)
1880 Northf., Nor. Rec. (1853 A.A.)
1880 Scio (1861 Scio)
(before 1877 Ann Arbor)
1880 Manchester (1854 Man.)
1880 Ann Arbor (bef. 1880 A.A.)
1880 Saline (bef. 1859 Saline )
1880 Sylvan (before 1874 Sylvan)
(1881 Ann Arbor)
Marr. Rec. (before 1877 Ann Arbor)
1880 Lodi, Northf. (1852 Freedom)
Meaning of the Name / Alternative or Original
Spellings and "Misspellings"
Village
Province
?
Poppenweiler
?
Wannweil
Altensteig
Allmandle
Allmandle
Schwenningen
?
?
Hornberg
Agenbach
Hornberg
Fuenfbronn
Simmersfeld
Hanover
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Hanover
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
"army defender" / "Warner"
"wolf", a person with the personality of a wolf (fierce, grim)
"wolf", a person with the personality of a wolf (fierce, grim)
from the first name, means "brave as a wolf" / Wollpert
Bittenfeld
?
Württemberg
Prussia
? / Jaudes, Jaudis
"Young Hans", son named Hans / Junghans, "Youngham"
?
Oberaichen
Oberaichen
Oberaichen
Oberaichen
Wannweil
Kirchentellinsfurt
Kaelberbronn
Bissingen?
Muhlheim?
?
?
Gemmrigheim
Babstadt
Echterdingen
Baden?
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg
Bavaria (Pfalz?)
Hanover
Württemberg
Baden
Württemberg
refers to Zacharius, the prophet of the Old Testament
"tooth", one with a prominent tooth or tooth gap / Zaan, Zan
"inn keeper, tavern owner" / Würth
(*Died in Germany, wife brought family to Ann Arbor)
"inn keeper, tavern owner" / Würthner, "Wurthmann"
short for Wülferling ,1st name,means a young wolf/"Wulfart"
"magician"
"butcher" or "sausage maker"
"toe" or "claw", means someone who is very tough
possibly "tassel of a hood", one who wears a distinctive hood
"brick maker"
"carpenter"
either "sharp, hooked nose"or"cornet player"/"Zink,Gincke"
"angry", refers to a generally angry person
one who lives on a triangular piece of land
"twinkle", meaning someone with a twinkle in their eye