Deutschamerikanische Wanderungsforschung
List of Surnames
If you are researching families in Westphalia Township, Clinton County, Michigan, I am happy to provide information from the following publication. Please contact Mike Voisin.
Scheben, Joseph, Untersuchungen zur Methode und Technik der deutschamerikanischen Wanderungsforschung (Bonn: Ludwig Röhrscheid Verlag, 1939).
This book, in German, discusses many of the early emigrants from the Eifel region in Germany to Westphalia Township, Clinton County, Michigan between 1840 and 1860. The families discussed include:
- Joseph Bauer from Acht
- Theodor Bergrath & Anna Maria Heinrichs from Hönningen
(Hoenningen/Honningen) - Lorenz Bertram & Maria Katharina Bohr from Welcherath
- Johann Büchel from Pomster
(Buechel/Buchel) - Christian Esch from Wimbach
- Engelbert Esch & Anna Christina Baltes from Wimbach
- Quirin Freund & Anna Maria Müller from Arft
(Mueller/Miller) - Anton Fuchs & Anna Bohr from Langenfeld
(Fox) - Johann Fuchs, Sr. & Anna Maria Schüller from Langenfeld
(Fox) (Schueller/Schuller/Shuller) - Anton Ginsterblum & Maria Kath. Pung from Acht
- Peter Groß & Maria Fuchs from Langscheid
(Gross) (Fox) - Michael Groß & Katharina Schäfer
(Gross) (Schaefer/Schafer/Shafer) - Johann Jakob Spitzlei & Anna Maria Klöckner from Arft
(Kloeckner/Klockner) - Johann Joseph Schäfer & Katharina Müller from Arft
(Mueller/Miller) - Anton Klöckner & Katharina Grones from Landratsamt
(Kloeckner/Klockner) - Johann Lehmann & Anna Katharina Büchel from Wiesemscheid
- Mathias Minwegen & Anna Maria Bohr from Langenfeld
- Mathias Müller & Veronika Schwab from Denn
(Mueller/Miller) - Johann Müller & Maria Thelen from Acht
(Mueller/Miller) - Johann Page & Maria Vidua from Niederwelschenbach
- Johann Peter Pohl & Maria Katharina Hellenthal from Antweiler
- Johann Peter Maur & Luzia Schmitt from Acht
- Nikolaus Pohl & Anna Katharina Mauer from Müsch
(Muesch) - Johann Pung & Elisabeth Fuchs from Acht
- Paul Pung & Elisabeth Jünger
(Juenger/Junger/Yunger) - Heinrich Radermacher & Maria Gertrud Esch from Wimbach
- Michael Schäfer & Anna Schüller from Langenfeld
(Schaefer/Schafer/Shafer) (Schueller/Schuller/Shuller) - Johann Schäfer & Maria Katharina Müller from Arft
(Schaefer/Schafer/Shafer) (Mueller/Miller) - Johann Schmitt & Anna Bohr from Langenfeld
- Michel Schmitt & Anna Maria Fuchshoven from Langscheid
- Jakob Schwab & Kreucher from Denn
- Peter Simons & Anna Maria Berzen from Pützfeld
- Johann Thelen & Elisabeth Müller from Herresbach
(Mueller/Miller) - Michael Thelen & Maria Katharina Schumacher from Niederwelschenbach
- Mathias Thelen & Anna Maria Fuchs from Virneburg
- Adam Vidua & Maria Katharina Müller from Langenfeld
(Mueller/Miller) - Peter Vidua & Anna Müller from Acht
(Mueller/Miller) - Peter Wirth & Maria Bohr from Langenfeld
- Konrad Zimmer & Apollonia Esch from Wimbach
Scheben also transcribed letters written by these early immigrants:
- Johann Fuchs from Langenfeld
- Peter Nürnberg
- Mathias Simon from Staffel
- John B. Spitzley
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Revised: October 11, 2024
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