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Origins
of the first Settlers at Schilling
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Surname
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Origin in Germany
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Essig |
Winterber, Westfalen, Germany |
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Grammlich |
Levingsheiss, Germany |
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Luft |
Wallernhausen, Hessen, Germany |
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Metz |
Mecklenberg, Germany |
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Roh |
Nidda-Schotten, Hessen, Germany |
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Salfeld |
Giessen, Hessen, Germany |
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Schellhorn |
Danzig, Germany |
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Schmidt |
Danzig, Germany |
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Sinner |
Rinderbugen, Hessen, Germany |
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Stengel |
Oldenburg, Germany
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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.
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.
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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