Family Surnames

Surnames and locations of branches of my family tree that are featured on this blog or that I’m currently researching: (Click on my great-grandparent’s names to see their family trees, and click on the individual surnames to find blog posts relating to that family.)

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Surnames from my great-grandfather Charles Drake:

• Drake
  • Kane County and DeKalb County, Illinois (1840s – present day)
  • Allegheny County, New York (1830 – 1850s)
  • Windsor and Windham County, Vermont (1760 – 1830)
  • Taunton, Massachusetts (? – 1760)

• Johnson
  • DeKalb County, Illinois (after 1865)
  • Skatelof, Socken, Sweden (prior to 1865)
    • Note: Prior to their immigration to the US, the family used the Swedish surname system, using the father’s first name and adding -sson or -dottr for the children’s surnames.

• Fish
  • Kane County and DeKalb County, Illinois (1845 – 1890)
  • Ashtabula County, Ohio (1820s – 1840s)
  • Connecticut (prior to 1820s)

• Lyman
  • Norwich, Windsor County, Vermont (abt 1790 – abt 1850)
  • Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut (abt 1700 – abt 1790)
  • Connecticut (abt 1600 – abt 1700)
  • Essex, England (prior to abt 1600)

• Call (also spelled Caul)
  • Ashtabula County, Ohio (1820s – 1840s)
  • Windsor County, Vermont (1760s – 1820s)
  • Massachusetts (1650s – 1760s)
  • Kent, England (prior to 1650s)

 

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Surnames from my great-grandmother Emma Medine:

• Medine
  • DeKalb County, Illinois (1880s and after)
  • Holstein, Germany (1870s – 1880s)
  • Kronoberg County, Sweden (prior to 1880s)
    • Note: Prior to their immigration to the US, the family used the Swedish surname system, using the father’s first name and adding -sson or -dottr for the children’s surnames. Medine was used after arrival in Illinois.

• Schroeder
  • Schönberg, Holstein, Germany (prior to 1880s)

 

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Surnames from my great-grandfather Glenn Kaiser:

• Kaiser (also spelled Kayser or Keiser)
  • DeKalb County, Illinois (after ~1890)
  • Whiteside County, Illinois (~1865 – ~1890)
  • Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (~1851 – 1920s)
  • Eisenberg, Pfaltz, Bayern, Germany (before 1850)

• Holbrook
  • Bureau County, Illinois (abt 1835 – 1870s)
  • Illinois (1820s – 1830s)
  • Kentucky (prior to abt 1825)

• Tompkins
  • Champaign County, Illinois (abt 1822 – 1830s)
  • Carter County, Tennessee (abt 1798 – 1822)
  • Wilkes County, North Carolina (1770s – abt 1798)
  • Newark, Essex County, New Jersey (abt 1666 – 1770s)
  • Connecticut (prior to 1660s)

 

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Surnames from my great-grandmother Mildred Lawrence:

• Lawrence
  • DeKalb County, Illinois (after 1860s)
  • England (prior to 1850)

• Church
  • DeKalb County, Illinois (after abt 1875)
  • England (prior to about 1875)

• Tadd
  • DeKalb County, Illinois (after abt 1870)
  • Lacock, Wiltshire, England (prior to abt 1870)

 

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Surnames from my great-grandfather George Weil:

• Weil (also spelled Weihl)
  • Kingston, Ulster County, New York (1927 – 1948)
  • Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (1880s – 1950s)
  • Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany (prior to 1880)

• Metz
  • Maulbach, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany (prior to 1880)
  • Nieder-Ofleiden, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany

 

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Surnames from my great-grandmother Pauline Gardner:

• Gardner
  • Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri (abt 1880 – 1960s)
  • Benton County, Missouri (abt 1856 – abt 1920s)
  • Niedermeilingen, Langenschwalbach, Nassau, Germany (prior to 1856)

• Tietjen
  • Benton County, Missouri (after abt 1857)
  • Hannover, Germany (prior to 1857)

• Hagenah
  • Hannover, Germany (prior to 1857)

 

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Surnames from my great-grandfather Erwin Wischmeyer:

• Wischmeyer
  • Chicago, Illinois (after about 1898)
  • Rabber, Hannover, Germany (and surrounding region) (prior to 1900)

• Pieter
  • Marion County, Missouri (after abt 1867)
  • Hannover, Germany (prior to 1867)

• Stockhaus
  • Hannover, Germany (prior to 1867)

 

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Surnames from my great-grandmother Dorothy Mueller:

• Jordan
  • Decatur, Macon County, Illinois (abt 1895 – 1970s)
  • East Prussia, Germany (prior to 1895)

• Mueller
  • Chicago, Illinois (after 1856)
  • Mecklenberg, Germany (prior to 1856)

• Nahrstaedt
  • Chicago, Illinois (after 1891)
  • Sandau, Sachsen, Hannover, Germany (~1875 – 1891)
  • Mecklenberg, Germany (prior to 1880)

• Kaefermann
  • Chicago, Illinois (after 1891)
  • Hannover, Germany (prior to 1891)

 

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Family trees last updated July 2018.