If You Have One of These Surnames, Your Bloodline Reaches Back to Medieval Germany
The 15 oldest German surnames, that you might carry: we trace each German last name back to its documented origin, in real tax rolls, church books, and guild registers reaching back to the year 1197. Millions of Americans carry a German surname without knowing it, hidden behind a perfectly English spelling. In this episode: the name that began as an embarrassing spelling mistake and became the richest family in history, a family that has carried the same name for 800 documented years, and the medieval German name that ended up running one of America's great cities. Every name in this episode has a documented first record. No legends, no family myths. Only ink. Sources below. TELL US IN THE COMMENTS: Where in the world are you listening from, and which surname should we decode in a future episode? It doesn't have to be your own. We pick names straight from the comments. THE COUNTDOWN, IN ORDER Number 15: Fug... Number 14: Bra... Number 13: Zim... Number 12: Wag... Number 11: Hof... Number 10: Schu... Number 9: Web... Number 8: Bau... Number 7: Vog... Number 6: Mey... Number 5: Wol... Number 4: Mul... Number 3: Schm... Number 2: Hol... Number 1: Ove... SOURCES AND FURTHER READING: Official website of the Fugger family: history since 1367, the tax register entry Official website of the Fuggerei, Augsburg: founded 1521, annual rent 0.88 euros Wikipedia: Fugger family Wikipedia: Fuggerei Wikipedia: Holzschuher von Harrlach, first record 1228 Geschichtsquellen des deutschen Mittelalters: Handlungsbuch der Holzschuher, 1304 to 1307 Wikipedia: Overstolzen, the Cologne patricians, first attested 1197 Wikipedia: Overstolzenhaus, Cologne Deutsche Biographie: Overstolz Wikipedia: Henry Overstolz, Mayor of St. Louis, 1876 to 1881 U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey: ancestry data Some images shown are historical reconstructions and illustrative archive material. #GermanSurnames #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
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