today is Thursday, August 7, 2008

Surnames

Here are some more surnames I am researching and places they came from. It's amazing how all these people had to come together at the right time to make up our family today.

Armitage - Horsham, PA, then to Dearborn County IN

Balsly - Bolligen, Canton Berne, Switzerland, then to Connelsville PA, then to Schaefferstown, Dauphin PA, then to Boone KY, then to Cincinnati Ohio

Becker - Maybe Deutschland Berg am Rhein

Boerse -State Of Baden-Wurttembery, District Of Rems-Murr Kreis In
Hennwieler, Prussia.  Also Know As The Region Called Hunsrúck.

Brausch - Britten, Merzig, Rheinland, Prussia, then to Campbell County, Ohio

Dornette - Hanover, Germany

Dovey - Canada, then to Towanda New York, then to Dayton Ohio, then to Cincinnati Ohio.

Fey - Oldenburg, Prussia, then to Cincinnati, Ohio

Glass - Ohio, the to Adison Twp., Shelby County, Indiana, then to Ohio

Greiser - Switzerland and wife from Baden, Germany, then to Cincinnati, Ohio

Hathaway - Freetown, Bristol, MA, then to Wilton Me, then to Logan Twp. Dearborn Co., Indiana

Heberger - Deutschland Berg am Rhein

Helfrich - From Billed Hungary

Hollinger - Deutschland Berg am Rhein

Hopton - Philadelphia, PA

Jarman - Gwynedd Twp, Montgomery, Pennsylvania

Kenderdine - Germantown, Philadelphia, PA

Kopstein - Lisov, Bohemia, then to Haverstraw, Rockland, New York, then to Chicago, Illinois, then only James Steven Kopstein / Capal came to Dayton, KY

Klapkova / Klapk -  Lisov Bohemia

Lambert - Adison Twp., Shelby County, Indiana, then to Whitwater Twp., Ohio

Lichtfuss / Lichtfus / Lichtfuss - From Billed Hungary

Lucas - Suffolk, England, then to Prince George Co., MD, then to Berkley
Virginia, then to Parkersburg West Virginia, then to Xenia Ohio, then to
Cincinnati Ohio

Morgan - Wales, PA, Logan Twp., then to Dearborn Co. Indiana, then to Whitwater Twp., Ohio

Oberwitte - Germany, then to Cincinnati Ohio

Ohlhauser - Baden, then to New Richmond Ohio, then to Cincinnati, Ohio

Scherzer - Bavaria, Germany

Schmaltz / Schmalz - Deutschland Berg am Rhein, then to Cincinnati Ohio

Schmidt / Schmit / Schmitt - Britten, Merzig, Rheinland, Prussia, then to

Schneider - From Billed Hungary, then to Cincinnati Ohio, Alexandria, KY

Schwab - Maybe Deutschland Berg am Rhein

Schwarz - Britten, Merzig, Rheinland, Prussia

Wright - Ohio

These surnames belong to all of my grandparents and husband’s grandparents.  I am researching other related names too.