Many are on the list but at least 3 or 4 are pretty uncommon here. An All Pennsylvania German Unit", "Bartholomew von Heer and the Marechausse Corps", Herbert M. Bahner and Mark A. Schwalm, "Johann Nicholas Bahner From Reichenbach, Hessen To Pillow, Pennsylvania", History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5; prepared in compliance with acts of the legislature, A Civil War History of the 47th Regiment of Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers, "Biography SIMCOE, JOHN GRAVES Volume V (18011820) Dictionary of Canadian Biography", "Kitchener-Waterloo Ontario History To Confederation", "The Walter Bean Grand River Trail Waterloo County: The Beginning", "BUILDING COMMUNITY ON THE FRONTIER: the Mennonite contribution to shaping the Waterloo settlement to 1861", "GERMAN JEWS' TIES WITH PA. 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Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. the Pennsylvania Dutch) were refugees from the Palatinate. I just did a quick google search on seible mennonite and found clear evidence that the Seible family has Mennonite connections. Berczy arrived with approximately one hundred and ninety German families from Pennsylvania and settled here. They came to America from Switzerland, Germany, and the eastern parts of France or wherever the German language was spoken before 1800. For information about southern Iowa Amish contact: Iowa Mennonite Museum and Archives Several varied groups of multiracial people have sometimes been referred to as or identified as . Write me whether you did get it and don't forget to write back. Is that not dumb? [1] Dutch history [ edit] [113], Muhlenberg was sent by the Lutheran bishops in Germany, and he always insisted on strict conformity to Lutheran dogma. They became farmers and used intensive German farming techniques that proved highly productive. Aaldenberg It is given to people who came from 'Aaldenberg,' a place of uncertain location. Pennsylvania Research: Four Centuries of History and Genealogy. John Troyer of the Kokomo, Indiana community, had possibly the largest family ever among Amish, with 31 children (29 of his own by two wives, plus two step-children), though apparently not all survived to adulthood. It is amazing that some Pennsylvania Dutch are ashamed in this way. Dutch last names are everywhere - from the city of Amsterdam to surrounding Holland and the country called The Netherlands. I have a Neff family book. [7], The word Dutch in Pennsylvania Dutch is not a mistranslation but rather a derivation of the Pennsylvania Dutch endonym Deitsch, which means "Pennsylvania Dutch" or "German". I have been to Holmes Ohio and love it there. Ive been doing a lot of genealogy research lately and so far every Amish Shetler Ive met has been a relative! Some of Thomass siblings names were: Mary, Phebe, Elisabeth, John and Lewis. Fischer (Alsatian, German origin) meaning "fisher". Instead, they relied on patronymics. Could u please tell me a little about my last name MAST. , . [39], During the War of the Grand Alliance (168897), French troops pillaged the Rhenish Palatinate, forcing many Palatines to flee. It is not known how many of these were Amish or Mennonite.. The differences between the two approaches led to permanent impasse between Lutherans and Moravians, especially after a December 1742 meeting in Philadelphia. [30], An early group, mainly from the Roxborough-Germantown area of Pennsylvania, emigrated to then colonial Nova Scotia in 1766 and founded the Township of Monckton, site of present-day Moncton, New Brunswick. I think there are some store owned by Riegsecker in Shipshewanna. We always joke that there are only 10the last names here in Holmes county! Van den Berg is the most commonly used spelling of this Dutch surname, a toponymic surname meaning "from the mountain." 05. Discover your DNA story and unlock the secrets of your ancestry and genealogy with our DNA kits for ancestry and the world's most comprehensive DNA database. Those all sound familiar as well as Lambright and Stutzman. The Fancy Dutch population generally supported the Patriot cause in the American Revolution; the nonviolent Plain Dutch minority did not fight in the war. I dont doubt its rare among the Amishits not too common around here, either. The prejudice is now mostly a fossil of the past, the subject of consciously clichd jokes rather than true spite or discord ("laughing with rather than laughing at"), now that assimilation is widespread. It must be working now, as I could get right to the comment. Watching the TV drama A Discovery of Witches, season two, has given me a new perspective on a little-researched English ancestor living in London in 1590. Due to this historical bond there are several mixed-faith cemeteries in Lehigh County, including Allentown's Fairview Cemetery, where German-Americans of both the Jewish and Protestant faiths are buried. I had someone tell me one time that she knew a Amish family with that name, Kanagy= Gngi , . [14], Waves of colonial Palatines from the Rhenish Palatinate initially settled in the Carolinas, Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York. Settlement started in 1800 by Joseph Schoerg and Samuel Betzner, Jr. (brothers-in-law), Mennonites, from Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Many German cultural practices continue in Pennsylvania to this day, and German remains the largest ancestry claimed by Pennsylvanians in the census. And you are right this name is most prominent in the Lancaster County diaspora and is also found in northern Indiana (Eash) and a bit in Kansas (and probably here and there elsewhere). Patti in VA. Patti I have never seen that name belonging to any current Amish or in any historical context. 9. If you have a popular Dutch last name, you might find it on this list. ? , . It began 8 miles below Fredericksburg and extended to within 5 miles of Falmouth. Source Family Life, Yesterdays and Years: New Names Among the Amish Part 3. 7. For a sidebar in my Amish business book I tallied up the names in Daviess Co, and found that 6 surnames accounted for nearly 90% of the families there. A conservative Mennonite will socially shun stronger than a liberal Amish family might. And I just checked and looks like about 70% of the Adams County people share just 4 surnames (Schwartz, Wickey, Hilty and Eicher). Of the other names, I am not sure that Ive seen any present-day Amish with those surnames. ago. If you disregard converts to the Amish, one of the least common Amish names has to be Riegsecker. VAN DEN BERG (van de Berg, van der Berg) 58,562 people in 2007; 37,727 in 1947. Does the Davis name have any Anabaptist history? Family Education is part of the Sandbox Learning family of educational reference sites for parents, teachers, and students. Emigrating from southern Germany (Palatinate, Bavaria, Saxony, etc.) I know several Amish Miller women who marry Millers. Mennonite and Amish Immigrants to Pennsylvania By the late 1700s, other denominations were also represented in smaller numbers. Yes, but Pennsylvania borders on New York and New York was originally New Amsterdam; thus it was not uncommon for the "Pennsylvania Dutch" to intermarry with actual Dutch people. First Trimester To-Do List: Take Care of Yourself. Learn more. [29][30], The Pennsylvania Dutch live primarily in the Delaware Valley and in the Pennsylvania Dutch Country, a large area that includes South Central Pennsylvania, in the area stretching in an arc from Bethlehem and Allentown in the Lehigh Valley westward through Reading, Lebanon, and Lancaster to York and Chambersburg. Dickinson, "Poor Palatines and the Parties", p. 472. Another way of spelling it was Oesch, though I dont think any Amish bear that version of the name today. My mother told me she was a very strong but gentle woman. They also maintained their Germanic architecture when they founded new towns in Pennsylvania. There are some Swareys in the New Order settlement in Salem/Rosebud, Indiana, also. There were a number of Anabaptists of this name in different parts of Switzerland. Miller is most common in the Midwest; a few Millers may be found in Lancaster County, however. Further, I can say that the Confederates never received such a beating as they did this time. Hendriks, Hendriksen, Hendrix - Henry's son Heuvel, van den - From the hill, mound Hoebee, Hoebeek, Van Hoebeek, - Common last name Hoek, van de - (corner, sandbar=cape) from the corner; Hoek van Holland as landscape term Hoff, van het - (servant) from the court Kleij, van der - (Kley, Cleij, Cley) Clay By early 1778, negotiations for the exchange of prisoners between Washington and the British had begun in earnest. Membership. Ive seen there are a lot of Brights in Pennsylvania. Most frequently seen in northern Indiana. [110], In Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Dutch Christians and Pennsylvania German Jews have often maintained a special relationship due to their common German language and cultural heritage. I have a sister married to an Eicher which is Amish also there is Bricker, Hershberger, my wife was a Coblentz, theres Detweiler, Smoker/Shmucker/Schmucker, Mullet, my one grandmother was a Bowman from Holmes county OH, the other was a Raber also from there. [65] Because the provost corps completed many of the same functions as the modern U.S. Military Police Corps, it is considered a predecessor of the current United States Military Police Regiment. I know in Crawford County, PA there are many with the last names of Miller, Byler, Yoder, and Swartzentruber. Sandbox Learning is part of Sandbox & Co., a digital learning company. May the Lord be with you always. Do me a favor and if you notice anything similar happening when posting comments in the near future, let me know here or drop an email to . Variations in names were very common-sometimes members of the same family even spelled their surname in different ways. They descend from Germans who settled Pennsylvania during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, primarily from the Palatinate, but also other German-speaking areas, such as Baden-Wrttemberg, Hesse, Saxony, and Rhineland in Germany as well as the Netherlands, Switzerland, and France's Alsace-Lorraine region. The River Brethren are a branch off the Mennonites, and had many Mennonites and Amish join them in their early days. Due to shared German heritage and abundance of land, many Hessian soldiers stayed and settled in the Pennsylvania Dutch Country after the war's end. Thank you! Nearly all of the regiments from Pennsylvania that fought in the American Civil War had German-speaking or Pennsylvania Dutch-speaking members on their rosters. More than half of their number was sold into indentured servitude. 28. Ive known plenty of Millers, Schwartzes, Schlabachs, Kuhns and Hiltys. But Seible is not a prominent name among the old order Mennonites. Detwiler=Dtwyler Pochmann, Henry A. and Arthur R. Schult. They're actually descendants of 17th- and 18th-century German-speaking immigrants in William Penn's colony. I have checked some geneology my mother had done and cant find any Amish names in that report she gave us. 'Aaldenberg' means 'old mountain.' 2. Were going to start up Ancestry.com so maybe well learn the rest of the story? The war began in 1688 as Louis XIV laid claim to the electorate of the Palatinate.