Areas and Surnames Covered by Edward Brandt's Pedigree Charts

I have accumulated an enormous amount of genealogical information about our grandchildren's ancestors and plan to post this information here as soon as the material has been checked. Some of the lines have already been posted; in that case, the heading is clickable and takes you to the corresponding lineage chart.

Included is a huge amount of information about four heritage groups:

(1) my Mennonite ancestors from the Vistula-Nogat delta area in what is now north central Poland and was the province of West Prussia before World War I, as well as in eastern Ukraine, known as New Russia or South Russia during the nineteenth century

(2) my mother-in-law's ancestors from Galicia (the Austrian Partition of Poland in 1815-1919), as well as their pre-1780s ancestors, mostly from what is now the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, but with a few traced to various other areas

(3) our grandchildren's ancestors from the Swiss canton of Zurich

(4) our grandchildren's ancestors who migrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony, with some in Nantucket, in the 1600s and their pre-colonial ancestors, many from southwestern England (including families of Norman and Celtic origin), with a few from central and eastern England, as well as Wales

A significantly smaller amount of information will be posted on:

(5) my father-in-law's German-speaking ancestors from Volhynia, now northwestern Ukraine, and primarily from Russian or Congress Poland before that

(6) a scattering of other German ancestors of our grandchildren

(7) as yet minimal information about our grandchildren's other ancestors from Northern Ireland (at least partly Scotch-Irish) and ancestors who lived mostly in or near New York City and northern New Jersey, mostly of English origin, but including one line of Dutch from what was originally the New Netherlands

In each case, known maiden names are listed. Includes names and areas being researched, including some where ancestry or origin is uncertain.

Unless you have good reason to believe that some ancestral lines include a common ancestor, please wait until the lineage charts are posted on the website before requesting information.

Most of these were 16th century Frisian, Flemish or Dutch religious refugees from what was then the Spanish Netherlands, but some were either German refugees or Germans previously resident in West Prussia who later joined the Mennonite church. A few apparently emigrated from the independent Netherlands later when religious freedom was no longer an issue.

A lot of information, which enables you to obtain a pedigree chart, can be obtained from a CD-ROM named GRANDMA, available from the California Mennonite Historical Society, 4824 E. Butler Ave., Fresno, CA 93727-5097. This is a massive ongoing project, with cumulative new versions of GRANDMA prepared every year or two.

The Manitoba Hennonite Historical Society also has a great deal of data which is helpful for genealogical research, but not sufficient in itself to develop a pedigree chart, on its website at http://www.mmhs.org

IN UKRAINE

All of these migrated to the Molotschna colonies, mostly in 1803-05, with a few in 1818-23. Some stayed in Chortitza en route or moved there later. Almost all of them moved to the Borosenko colonies in 1865-69, a few after a brief stay in the small Markuslandt colony.

Barkmann (Barckmann, Bergmann, Bargmann), Berg (Berchen, Barg, Barch, Barchen), Bergen (Bärgen, von Bergen, van Bergen) (2 lines, but only 1 in Ukraine), Brandt, Braun (Bruhn), Doerksen (Dirksen, Dircksen, Duerksen), Dück (Dueck, Dyck, Dick) (4 lines, but only 3 in Ukraine), Eidse (Eds, Edse, sometimes changed to Eitzen, derived from von Eitzen, which was an entirely different family), Enns (Ens, Ensz, Enz) (2 lines, but only 1 in Ukraine), Epp, Fast (5 lines, only 1 in Ukraine), Friesen (van Riesen, von Riesen) (10 lines, but only 7 in Ukraine), Fröse (Froese), Heidebrecht (Heydebrecht, Heudebrecht) (2 lines), Isaak (Isaac), Pötger (Pötker, Poetker, Petker), Regehr (Regier, Reger), Reimer (3 lines), Rempel, Schierling, Siemens, Spenst, Unger, Warkentin (Warckentin, Parchentin), Wiebe (7 lines, but only 3 in Ukraine)

IN WEST PRUSSIA, PREVIOUSLY POLISH ROYAL PRUSSIA

All of the above, plus Albrecht, Claassen (Classen, Klassen) (3 lines), Gilles, Jantzen (Janzen), Kliewer, Penner (2 lines), Sprungk, Wiens

Note: There was only one Issel (but a separate Isel), 1 Kandel (Kandl), 1 Menges and 1 Jakobi (and possibly 1 Schantz) family recorded as migrating to Galicia. This also appears to be true of the Breyvogel family (listed as Brauvogel or Preytegl in some records). In you have such ancestors, you are welcome to proceed to an immediate exchange of information. If you have ancestors descended from the Endel-Beron couple from Alsace (erroneously attributed to Saarland in key early classics), you are also welcome to do so. The hard-to-trace Altheims in Galicia are probably all closely related.

IN GALICIA

Adam, Altheim (Althenn), Berron (Beron, Bären, Berren), Bessler (Bössler), Breivogel (Breyvogel, erroneously Preytegl in 1 record), Endel (Entel, Endl, Entl), Hexel (Hechsel), Issel, Jakobi (Jacobi), Kandel (Kandl), Matheis, Menges, Müller, Noll, Ott, Reitenbach (Reidenbach), Sauerbrunn (de Pouhon), Schanz (Schantz), Schlosser, Schott, Schweitzer, Stumpf, Windisch, Wögler

IN RHINELAND-PALATINATE

Adam, Altheim (Althenn), Bechtel (Bechtoldt), Bessler (Bössler), Beyer, Bouveniste (Bouvenitz), Breivogel (Breyvogel), Buschbaum, Carius, Christian (2 lines), Dick, Diel (Diehl), de Dison, Doursij (Dursij, Dursi, Dourzi, Dorci, Dorsi, Dourcy), Dümmler, Ebert, Frantz, Gold, Göllner, Hamman (Haman), Hembfor, Hexel (Hechsel), Hoffmann, Issel, Jakobi (Jacobi), Kandel (Kandl), Kipp, Knickel, Lauff, Marx (2 lines, at least 1 previously Remacle), Massan, Matheis, Maulbach, Maurer, Mayore, Menges, Noll, Ott, Pira (Pyra, Piera, Pierra, Pyreaux), Plittersdorf (Blittersdorf), Rauschenberger (Russenberger), Reitenbach (Reidenbach), Sänger (Senger), Sauerbrunn (de Pouhon), Schanz (Schantz), Schlosser, Schmidt (2 lines, including 1 also written Schmitt), Schneider, Schott, Schuster, Schweitzer (2 lines), Simon, Stauff (Staff), Stein, Steinmetz, Stumpf, Tirot, Vesper, Vetter, Vogt, Wallsenger, Weck, Windisch, Wögler, Ziegler

IN ALSACE

Berron (Beron, Bären, Berren), Birber, Endel (Entel, Endl, Entl), Lorentz, Röser

All of the following either migrated to the northeastern half of Rhineland-Palatinate or were the ancestors of such migrants, except for the couple which lived briefly in the Russian Empire before emigrating to Canada

IN NORTHRHINE-WESTPHALIA

Maulbach

IN HESSE

Altheim (Althenn), Bouveniste (Bouvenitz), de Dison, Häuser, Noll, Sänger (Senger), Stattmüller

IN BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG

Rauschenberger (Russenberger), Vogel

IN BAVARIA

Bessler (Bössler), Grueber

IN SAXONY-ANHALT

Pira (Pyra, Piera, Pierra, Pyreaux), Tirot

IN SWITZERLAND

Bächtoldt, Rauschenberger (Russenberger), Vogel

IN BELGIUM (WALLOON REFUGEES) (most not traced to specific locality)

de Dison, Doursij (Dursij, Dursi, Dourzi, Dorci, Dorsi, Dourcy), Marx (2 lines, at least 1 previously Remacle), Massan, Mayore, Sauerbrunn (de Pouhon), Simon, Tirot

IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE (ODESSA, UKRAINE, AREA)

Ott, Schweitzer

3. SWISS SURNAMES (EXCLUDING THE PRE-GALICIAN LINE)

Bethel (Baettel), Farner (Fahrner) (2 lines), Frei (Fry), Ita (Itta) (3 lines), Joss, Kappeler (Cappeler), Keller (3 lines), Mahler, Maurer, Meyer, Müller, Riedtmüller, Rütiman (2 lines), Schmid, Schneiter, Ulrich, Verer, Vier (New York City; probably Swiss), Willhelm (Willem), Wirth (Wyrth, Wirtt) (5 lines, including emigrant to New York City), Wolffer

4. MASSACHUSETTS BAY, NANTUCKET AND PRE-COLONIAL SURNAMES

IN MASSACHUSETTS

Coffin (Coffyn), Fitch (Fitts, Fitz), Gardner (2 lines), Grafton (2 lines), Gray, Greene (Green), Hale, Hancock, Houchin (Honchine, Houtchin, Howchen, Howechenes), Lane, Larkin, Low, Moore, Newell, Nichols (Nicholls), Pierce, Pitt, Prentice, Stevens, Thember (Thumber, Thimber), Tuck, Walker, Wyeth (Withe), Wyman

LIVED IN OTHER STATES ALSO:

IN SOUTHWESTERN ENGLAND

IN OTHER PARTS OF ENGLAND

IN WALES

Reynolds

IN VOLHYNIA

Godzinska (Grodzinska), Müller, Schmidtke, Stelzer

IN CENTRAL POLAND

All of the above, plus Braun, Fiess (Fiese, Fietsch, Fietz, Fitz, Vietz), Kramer, Rijstock (Ristock), Sieczka, Zitschke (Ziske), Weinkauf

IN POSEN (POZNANIA)

Braun, Rijstock, Weinkauf

IN PRUSSIA

Schmidtke

6. OTHER GERMAN SURNAMES (MIGRATED TO NEW YORK CITY)

7. OTHER ENGLISH AND DUTCH SURNAMES IN THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES (NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, PENNSYLVANIA)

FROM NORTHERN IRELAND (BELFAST AREA)

Marshall, McDowell

NEW NETHERLANDS DUTCH

Hoaglund

PRESUMABLY ENGLISH COLONIAL

Anderson, Emery, Hobby, Smith