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This page and the Families page complement each other. This page will focus on known variations of surnames as families adapted to living in an English society. Some of the German ones shown on this page were compiled by Rev. Offman from the records of Brick Church. Remember that all surnames went through spelling variations in previous centuries, so it is wise to explore all phonetic spellings and similar surnames for possible connections. This does not mean that all people bearing these surnames had the same origin. Surnames such as Brown, Cook, Moore, & Smith were used by both English and German families. Some surnames are translations, such as Schwarz/Black and Zimmerman/Carpenter. Remember also that surnames of Germanic language origin can be found in various locations in Europe.
Albrecht (German) –> Albright
Anthone (German) –> Anthony
Appelt (German) –> Apple
Barro (German) –> Burrow
Bauer (German)–> Bower
Bauman (German) –> Bowman
Bohnn (German) & Bun (German) –> Boon, Boone
Brauer (German) –> Brower
Braun (German) –> Brown
Cachelreas, Cackelrize, Kachelriess, Kachelris (German) –> Cocklereece
Calk (German)–> Keck
Denald (German) –> Devault
Drollinger, Drollingerin, Drollingern, Trollerden (German) –> Trollinger
Eisle, Eisel, Eisslesin, Eisslin, Eissle, Ieslin (German) –> Iseley
Emig (German) –> Amick
Engel (German) –> Engle, Ingle, Ingold
Faust(German) –> Foust
Filiby(German) –> Phillippie, Phillipe, Phillips
Gerhart (German) –> Garrett
Gobel (German) –> Coble
Goertner (German) –> Cartner, Cortner
Goringer (German) –> Gerringer
Greff/Groff (German) –> Goff, Graves [?]
Grueber (German) –> Grover
Hoffeines, Hoafheintz, Hoffeinnen, Hoffeinsen, Hufenes (German) –> Huffines
Huyet (German)–> Hiatt, Hyatt
Kash (German) –> Costen
Keim (German) –> Kime
Kemerer, Kembren, Kemmerer, Kimri (German) –> Kimrey
Klapp (German) –> Clapp
Koch (German) –> Cook
Kopp, Kaub (German) –> Cobb, Copp
Lau (German) –> Low, Lowe
Lienberger (German) –> Lineberger, Lineberry
Lohmanin, Lohmann (German) –> Lohman, Lowman
Ludwig (German) –> Lewis
Mehson(German) –> Mason
Nies, Nease (German) –> Neese
Notz (German) –> Knotts
Schaeffer (German) –> Shepherd, Shaver
Schatterlis (German) –> Shatterly
Scherb (German) –> Sharpe
Schmidt(German) –> Smith
Schumacher, Schewmaker, Schumacherin, Shuhmach (German) –> Shoemaker
Schwarz (German) –> Black
Schwenk, Schwenck (German)–> Swing
Shaffner (German)–> Shoffner
Somer (German) –> Summer, Summers
Stahle (German) –> Staley
Sthar (German) –> Starr
Sutz (German)–> Soots, Suits
Vogelmann (German) –> Fogleman
Wagener, Wagenman, Wagenerin (German) –> Waggoner, Wagoner, Wagonman
Weirick (German) –> Wyrick
Weitzel, Weitzelin, Weitzelsin, Whitzel, Wethsel, Reitzel (German)–> Whitesell, Whitsell
Zimmerman (German) –> Carpenter
