[116] The cooking of Pennsylvania German Christians and Pennsylvania German Jews often overlaps, particularly vegetarian dishes that do not contain non-kosher ingredients such as pork or that mix meat and dairy together. A number of individuals bore the name Koenig or Knig in Europe. Just in case you or anyone reading this arent quite sure how to do so, depending on your browser here are 2-step instructions on how to do that for Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari: http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-clear-your-browser-cache/, I cleared the browser, but cant read the rest of your comment because I cant get to it. It is a relatively common name, but it would be interesting indeed if this were that same person and moreso if the family DID have Amish roots. Many are on the list but at least 3 or 4 are pretty uncommon here. Some-Ad8685 7 mo. 9. During the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, the Palatinate's lands on . (WV, PA and Ohio). Nicholas Stoltzfus (1719-1774) is believed to be the common ancestor of all those with this name among Amish and Mennonites today. You will also find below several categories of Dutch names along with their meanings. Millersburg, Ohio 44610 Among the least common we find Lee, Bawell, Gascho, Neuenschwander, Jantzi, Ropp, Brandenberger, and Albrecht. [1] You're just American. Me Generation Two 2. Just curious. They are also culturally related to the New York Dutch. 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). They came to America from Switzerland, Germany, and the eastern parts of France or wherever the German language was spoken before 1800. Eerdmans Publishing, 2007, p. 606. [5], The Pennsylvania Dutch maintained numerous religious affiliations; the greatest number are Lutheran or German Reformed with a lesser number of Anabaptists, including Mennonites, Amish, and Brethren. This is especially . I know in Crawford County, PA there are many with the last names of Miller, Byler, Yoder, and Swartzentruber. , , . 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. Maybe in the upper part of the state, but def not the Susquehanna Valley/Lancaster, etc. Muhlenberg's view of church unity was in direct opposition to Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf's Moravian Church approach, with its goal of uniting various Pennsylvania German religious groups under a less rigid "Congregation of God in the Spirit". On another note Im getting some homemade Amish jam next week. , . Here is a conversation of two businessmen describing Germantown, the capital of Pennsylvania Dutch urban culture in 1854: The Chairman: "How important is Germantown? I had an Aunt and Uncle that lived in Pennsylvania but dont know where as when we visited I was only about 7 or 8. A Swiss origin name. Hochstetler would be in the group of common Amish names and could have been included in this selection of 10. Perhaps I will be able to find something in an old bible. . Why should Pennsylvania, founded by the English, become a colony of aliens, who will shortly be so numerous as to Germanize us instead of us Anglifying them, and will never adopt our language or customs, any more than they can acquire our complexion. 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. I know Amish who moved from Geauga County to Ky. and they say that Byler and Detweiler are also common names in the Geauga settlement. I know that Pa. Dutch is Amish connected. Scott, Shetler would definitely make a list of Amish names. Thank you. The issue has plagued the Anabaptist movement since its beginning. The Pennsylvania Dutch (Pennsylvania Dutch: Pennsilfaanisch Deitsch), also known as Pennsylvania Germans, are an ethnic group native to Pennsylvania and other American states. [78] British soldiers were offered fifty to eight hundred acres, depending on rank. Most Pennsylvania dutch are actually German or Swiss. Copyright 2023 by Kris Hocker | Powered by WordPress, Genealogy: A New Perspective from A Discovery of Witches, Using Online Land Office Records at the PA Archives, Some Thoughts on the Parentage of Jefferson Force (1833-1910), How to Use the Online Land Records at the PA State Archives, York County, Pennsylvania, Orphans Court Records, 1749-1840, Making a Deed Map from Old Metes and Bounds, Online Pennsylvania Deeds at FamilySearch, All Blue-Eyed People Share Common Ancestor. They moved from Leacock Twp, Lancaster, PA, to Fulton County PA, to Huntington County, PA, to Adams County IN. Muddy Creek Library is not too far from there and they have a huge database of the Old Order Mennonites. Graber- Another name common among Swiss Amish, but also seen in non-Swiss communities. Van den Berg is the most commonly used spelling of this Dutch surname, a toponymic surname meaning "from the mountain." 05. The war began in 1688 as Louis XIV laid claim to the electorate of the Palatinate. Is this an amish name and what is Pennsylvania dutch. Noah this is ten of *the* most common, not *the* ten most common. Christian Swarey was born 1789 in Germany and died 1864 in Pennslyvania. Pastorius and citizens of Germantown criticized the racial lines of slavery. Go to Membership. Their Anglo-American neighbors described them as very industrious, very businessminded, and a very rich community.[81]. ", Mr Hasten: "It is a very rich community and is the finest district around Philadelphia. Variations in names were very common-sometimes members of the same family even spelled their surname in different ways. I took an ancestry test a year ago and it states that I have genetic community links to the Amish areas in Ohio,Illinois, Indiana or South Iowa. The name is derived from a place, Rgsegg, which is a hill shaped like a back. Lifestyles of Early Pennsylvania German Immigrants - A Pennsylvania Dutch Genealogy Lifestyles of Early Pennsylvania German Immigrants Part I: Hearth and Home Kris Hocker on 7 Aug 2016 Names, dates, and places, as difficult as they can sometimes be to find, only tell a small fraction of the story of our German immigrant ancestors. Kris Hocker. Troyer= Dreyer Kline youll see in Holmes County, Ohio and likely elsewhere. I know there are others, theyre just not coming to mind right now. Indeed, New Englanders were the rivals of the Pennsylvania Dutch.[81]. We are the sons and daughters of the Pennsylvania Dutch. [96][97] This resulted in communities of Pennsylvania Dutch speakers emigrating to Canada, many to the area called the German Company Tract, a subset of land within the Haldimand Tract, in the Township of Waterloo, which later became Waterloo County, Ontario. He lived in North Western Pennsylvania and until he married there does not seem to be much information on his life. [68] The jgers in particular were carefully recruited and well paid, well clothed, and free from manual labor. The thunder and flashing of the cannons could be heard for 25 miles. The U.S. Congress authorized the offer of land of up to fifty acres (roughly twenty hectares) to individual Hessian soldiers who switched sides. These settlers originally came from German-speaking areas of Europe and spoke . Pennsylvania Volunteers, Pennsylvania Dutch companies sometimes mixed with English companies. The devastation of the Thirty Years' War (16181648) and subsequent wars between the Holy Roman Empire and France triggered massive Palatine emigration from the Rhine area. [102][98][103], From 1800 to the 1830s, some Mennonites in Upstate New York and Pennsylvania moved north to Canada, primarily to the area that would become Cambridge, Kitchener/Waterloo and St. Jacobs/Elmira in Waterloo County, Ontario, plus the Listowel area adjacent to the northwest. His father, Daniel spoke dutch. [93], During World War II, A platoon of Pennsylvania Dutch soldiers on patrol in Germany was once spared from being machine-gunned by Nazi soldiers who listened to them approaching. Marrying someone outside the faith would have been an example of something that would have caused her to be shunned. Pennsylvania is a state located in the northern part of the United States. , . There were also accounts of Black families providing childcare assistance for their Dutch neighbors. Theres a local opthamologist by the name of Albrecht. Her name was Margaret Elizabeth Sible. 8. Esh= schi Mildred E. Wieder (1912-2002) Generation Four (GG) 8. [1][2][3], The ancestors of the Pennsylvania Dutch spoke Palatine German and other south German dialects; the intermixing of Palatine, English, and other German dialects formed the Pennsylvania Dutch language as it is spoken today. The extensive Steeves clan descends from this group. William H. Hocker Jr. (1918-2008) 5. [116], A number of Pennsylvanian German Jews migrated to the Shenandoah Valley, traveling along the same route of migration as other Pennsylvania Dutch people.[118]. 2. [63], Pennsylvania Dutch were recruited for the American Provost corps under Captain Bartholomew von Heer,[64][Note 1] a Prussian who had served in a similar unit in Europe[65] before immigrating to Reading, Pennsylvania prior to the war. Fischer (Alsatian, German origin) meaning "fisher". The differences between the two approaches led to permanent impasse between Lutherans and Moravians, especially after a December 1742 meeting in Philadelphia. Hmmmm my estranged father in law is from Indiana and we really dont knot much about that side of the family. [25][24] After the 1871 unification of the first German Empire, the term "Dutchlander" came to refer to the nationality of people from the Pennsylvania Dutch Country. Erik, when I click on recent comments, the comment I click on disappears and I cannot read it or respond to it. The Nazi propaganda effort failed spectacularly among the Pennsylvania Dutch, as the Pennsylvania Dutch maintained a distinct culture and history completely separate from the German-American identity. Its amazing how many people I grew up knowing and/or know now who have traditional Amish surnames, but who arent Amish, and if their families ever were, itd be a long time ago now. An All Pennsylvania German Unit", "Bartholomew von Heer and the Marechausse Corps", Herbert M. Bahner and Mark A. 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Barkman, Kuhns, Nisley, Hershberger, Weaver, Fehr, Wengerd, Shetler, Petersheim, Hilty, Kline, Burkholder, Kempf, Erb, Coblentz, Eicher, Mullet, Kurtz, Kaufman, Bowman, Yutzy, Chupp, Stutzman, Glick, Wagler, Frey, Detweiler, Kanagy, Garber, Helmuth, Kempf, Kuypfer . The Pennsylvania Dutch came to refer to themselves as Deitsche, and called immigrants of German-speaking countries and territories in Europe Deitschlenner, (literally "Dutchlanders", compare German: Deutschlnder), which translates to "European Germans", whom they saw as a distinct group. Nicholas Stoltzfus (1719-1774) is believed to be the common ancestor of all those with this name among Amish and Mennonites today. Others later moved to other locations in the general area, including a hamlet they founded, German Mills, Ontario, named for its grist mill; that community is now called Thornhill, Ontario, in the township that is now part of York Region. I dont doubt its rare among the Amishits not too common around here, either. . Jonas. [47], In colonial Pennsylvania, Palatines lived between Iroquois settlements and the two peoples "communicated, drank, worked, worshipped and traded together, negotiated over land use and borders, and conducted their diplomacy separate from the colonial governments". If the warrant date is 1733 or later, follow these instructions. Some people say that the Pennsylvania Dutch are not smart, because they aren't so knavish and tricky as some of the Yankees. Samuel R. Zeiser, "Moravians and Lutherans: Getting beyond the Zinzendorf-Muhlenberg Impasse", Learn how and when to remove this template message, 79th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment, "Pennsylvania's Crazy Quilt of German Religious Groups", "Chapter Two The History Of The German Immigration To America The Brobst Chronicles", "American Community Survey 3-Year Estimates", "PA Amish Lifestyle How the community of Amish in PA live today", "Historic Germantown Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia", "Germantown Mennonite Settlement (Pennsylvania, USA) GAMEO", "German Settlement in Pennsylvania: An Overview", "Von Heer's Provost Corps Marechausee: The Army's Military Police. [24][25], These European Germans immigrated to Pennsylvania Dutch cities, where many came to prominence in matters of the church, newspapers and urban business. [31] Some Pennsylvania Dutch live in the historically Pennsylvania Dutch-speaking areas of Maryland, North Carolina, and Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. 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. It includes an every name index in the print version. Check with the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, at the link I put above. Thats a name I would associate with that branch of people. It generally refers to racial, ethnic or cultural roots. Margarets fathers name was Thomas, and her mothers name was Tilliah (Tillie). It also contains a large amount of entries from the Midwest, every U.S. state, and several foreign countries. This compilation is a usefulresource for the family genealogist with ancestors who lived in Dauphin or the surrounding counties in the very early 1800s. I know several Amish Miller women who marry Millers. [49], Many Black people of the Pennsylvania Dutch Country spoke Pennsylvania Dutch. He required the Dutch to use a common family name instead of the original system they were using. Today, the Pennsylvania Dutch language is mostly spoken by Old Order Mennonites. To add on to Marcuss comment, it was apparently originally spelled Schware, and one source I have says that it is believed that Christians grandson, also named Christian (b. A person cannot be shunned by the church if they were never a member. Im looking for a solution, thanks for your patience, and thanks for letting me know about this Mark. Wondered if we were neighborhood friends at one time. In Kentucky there is a Davis Amish Furniture. This index was created on cards and was held in the Genealogy/Local History spaces of the State Library. [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. and Switzerland, they settled primarily in the southeastern section of Pennsylvania, where they practiced any of several slightly different forms of Anabaptist faith . David Luthy writes that the Esh/Esch/Eash surname is supposed to have come from two sources: 1-Esche, which is German for ash tree, and 2-a town named Aeschi in Canton Bern in Switzerland. Thank you for your reply. 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. Ive also noticed that there are Lambrights and Albrechts among the Amish. The Pennsylvania Dutch were not really people of Dutch descent or lineage at all. When Napoleon acquired the Netherlands, this changed. The applicant must provide proof of bloodline descent (birth, marriage, death and relationship) for each generation to the first family ancestor. Lagrange, Indiana 46761. [44], The majority originated in what is today southwestern Germany, i.e., Rhineland-Palatinate[43] and Baden-Wrttemberg; other prominent groups were Alsatians, Dutch, French Huguenots (French Protestants), Moravians from Bohemia and Moravia and Swiss Germans.