Schilling History

 

 

 

Origins of the first Settlers at Schilling

Surname

Origin in Germany

Essig

Winterber, Westfalen, Germany

Grammlich

Levingsheiss, Germany

Luft

Wallernhausen, Hessen, Germany

Metz

Mecklenberg, Germany

Roh

Nidda-Schotten, Hessen, Germany

Salfeld

Giessen, Hessen, Germany

Schellhorn

Danzig, Germany

Schmidt

Danzig, Germany

Sinner

Rinderbugen, Hessen, Germany

Stengel

Oldenburg, Germany


It is not known, with certainty, the origin of the other families who settled in Schilling, but it is probable that the following families came from the Budingen area in Hessen:
Geier, Jakobi, Junker, Kaufmann, Kehm, Knab, Kohler, Krumm, Mahr, Maul, Neun, Reiss, Schaffer, Schilling, Schmidt, Stier, Specht, Volker, Wagner, Winter.

Extractions from a German marriage register and church book are shown below for several people who became Schilling settlers.

German extraction

Aus dem Copulations Register von Bundingen: Carl Gottlieb Conrad Saalfeld, des Herrn Prazeptoris in Giessen Sohn mit Elisabeth Schirart aus Offenbach, copuliert am 1. 4. 1776. Nach Schilling 1766.

Translation: From the marriage register of Budingen: Carl Gottlieb Conrad Saalfeld, son of the teacher in Giessen, married Elisabeth Schirart from Offenbach, on April 1, 1766. This couple went to Schilling in 1766.

German extraction

Aus dem Register der evangelischen Kirche in Ranstadt-Hessen: Johann Michael, Christian Sinners Sohn, getauft 25 April (1717). Nach Schilling 1764. Eine Schwester von diesem Michael, eine Christina Sinner (geb. 1712), auswanderte im Jahre 1742 nach Ungarn.

Translation: From the Randstadt church books we find this entry from the year 1717:
Johann Michael, Christian Sinner's son, baptized April 25. He went to Schilling in 1764. His sister Christina (born 1712) went to Hungary in 1742).

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