Hi All,
After 25 years of searching, I believe the birthplace of my Great Grandfather
Ludwig Theodor MESSERSCHMIDT has been found, with help from the wonderful people at the Salt Lake City Genealogy Library. Yes, I went to SLC for 6 days of research. On the 5th day, obtained the info I had gone for.
Ludwig b: 7/5/1859
c: 1/1861 Bielefeld, Hanover, Preussia, Germany
Emigrated: 1880 Hamburg to Phila. possibly via NY
m: ~1885 Philadelphia, PA
d: 1/23/1941 Folsum, PA
Parents: Heinrich Dietrich MESSERSCHMIDT
Charlotte Maria ENGLE
Occ.: Apprentices as a Royal Hairdresser in Germany
Barber in the US
Spouse: Louisa KOENIG
Children: one son: Eugene Louis b: 9/13/1887
In the US, Ludwig used his middle name of Theodore.
In my research, came up with many new surnames in my family:
BUSCHMANN, DEWEIS, FRAUENHOF,LENHARDT, MESSEN,
as well as variations of KOENIG: CONINX, AND KONIGK
Please note our surname list below. It's arranged by country of believed
origin, and a listing of those who emigrated to the US, by State.
Happy Hunting.
Rose in the Smokies, NC
Friesian (Holland) Surnames: from 1560:
AGEMA - AUKES - BAKKER - BEERNS - BOERSMA / BROERSMA - BORKES - De BOER -
DEDDINGA - DIRCKS - DIRCKSDR - DOMNA - HARKES - HENDRICKS - JANS - JARIGS - JELLEDR - JOPS - KATSMA - KUIPERS - LAANSMA - PYTERS - POSTHUMUS / POSTHUMA / POSTMA - TAECKES - TIAERDTS - YPES /IJPES - YPMA - VAN DER ZEE
German Surnames:
ASH / ESCH / ASCH / ASHE ?- BAUER - BLARER - BUSCHMANN - CONINX - DEWIES - ENGLES -
FRAUENHOF - GERMANN / GERMAN / JERMAN -HILTSCHER / HILLCHER (possibly
Austrian) -HOFFER - KEER / KEHR / KIER / KEAR - KEPLER / KEPPELER /
KEPLAR - KOCH / COOK / COX - KOENIG / KONIG / KONIGK - LENHARDT - MESSEN - MESSERSCHMIDT (TT)
- MOSER/ MOESNER / VON MOSER - MUELLER / MULLER / MILLER (2 lines) - OEHRLEIN - OHM
/ OEHMS - OSTIEN / OST / OSTGEN / AUSTIN - Von ROESSLERIN - ROESSLER /
ROSLER - SCHMIDT - STEIN / STONE - (THOMAS found in Alsace) - Von
REUBEN - Von RIEBENSAHL - WILLS (?) - YOUNG / JUNG
Austrian Surnames:
HILTSCHER / HILLCHER
French (Alsace) Surnames: 1810
PIQUOT / PICOT / PIGGOT - REGNIER - THOMAS
Irish/English Surnames:
ASH ? - GALLAGHER - WILLS
Welsh (possibility)
WILLS
Those who immigrated into the States:
Philadelphia area , PA Surnames: from mid -1700's to 1942
ASH - BAUER - GALLAGHER - KEER - KEPLER - KOENIG -MESSERSCHMIDT -
MUELLER / MILLER (2 lines) - PIQUOT/PICOT/PICOU - STONE/STEIN - WILLS -
YOUNG/JUNG
New Jersey (Paterson, Passaic, Garfield) Surnames from 1890's
BAKKER -HILTSCHER - KUIPERS - OEHRLEIN - POSTHUMUS - (secondary line: HAMERSMA)
Michigan:
LAANSMA (THere's also a large contingent of POSTHUMUSs there, but don't
know
if related)
Other names associated with the GALLAGHER/ASH line above:
HANSEN - LINDSAY - MOODY