The first reading for today will be taken from the letter “ R ” of the Gemmingen Index for the Eighteenth Century. The order of presentation is the order of their first appearance.
Rügert, Reissner/Reistner/Reystner, Roth, Rindberger, Rusthardt/Rusthard/Rusthart, Renz, Rindinger, Reussner/Reustner/Reusner, Reÿsig/Rysig/Rasig/Resig/Rastig, Ruber/Rüber/Reber, Rust, Reuss, Rindel (The time is now about 1743.), Rindl, Ringer, Rästler, Riesch, Rümmelin/Rummele/Rümmele, Rössle, Rudi, Rummart, Reinart, Rastl(in), Reiner (1777), Rempmeier/Rampmeier, Rothmund, Rieber, Rupp, Rotter, Riefle, and Rand.
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| Rügert |
Reissner/Reistner/
Reystner |
Roth |
| Rindberger |
Rusthardt/Rusthard/
Rusthart |
Renz |
| Rindinger |
Reussner/Reustner/
Reusner |
Reÿsig/Rysig/Rasig/
Resig/Rastig |
| Ruber/Rüber/Reber | Rust | Reuss |
|
Rindel (The time is now
about 1743.) |
Rindl | Ringer |
| Rästler | Riesch |
Rümmelin/Rummele/
Rümmele |
| Rössle | Rudi) | Rummart |
| Reinart | Rastl(in) | Reiner (1777) |
| Rempmeier/Rampmeier | Rothmund | Rieber |
| Rupp | Rotter | Riefle |
| Rand |
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Of these names, Reiner is familiar to us because of the appearance in the Germanna community. The Reiners that we know came from Schwaigern, which is only about three miles from Gemmingen, so it would not be unusual for the Reiner name to appear in Gemmingen.
Some problem was encountered by the failure of the writers to cross their “ t ”s. Thus, I was reading Roth as Rolh . Roth looks better than Rolh . The writers seldom put the dot for an “ i ” over the lower part of the “ i ”. In a name like Reiner , where the lower case letters mostly consist of up and down strokes, the initial reading is apt to be wrong, especially if the dot is not correctly located.
The second reading for the day is from the Gemmingen Index Register for the Eighteen Century beginning with the letter “ S ”.
Schmid/Schmidt, Sam, Stösser/Stosser (a very popular name), Schonitzer, Steigand, Spengler, Strickler, Seiller, Stehlin/Stahlin/Stöhlin, Sauter/Saulter/Sauller/Sautter, Schenkhel, Schnäbelen, Strauss, Strand, Stephan, Sharedenfer, Schewelden, Saufele/Saufelin/Saufelen, Seus/Sais, Seelmann, Sailer, Seüss, Schäuffeler/Säufele(r), Steyer, Schultheiss, Schwartz, Schmidbauer, Senger, Schmallentan(in)/Schmällmann/Schmallmann, Schach (or Schoch), Steiner/Steinert, Stein, Schiller, Seger, Schastert, Schneider, Schatz, Schaber, Schenerg(?), Scheffert/Schaffert/Schafert/Seiffert/Seÿfert/Schufert, Stwiffler, Sachsenmeier/Sachsenmayer/Sachsenmajer, Schmidberg, Stadlbauer/Stadelbauer, Schlosstemft, Spar, Steller/Staller, Saidburg, Schwaiger, Schnallenwein, Steuenwald, Stimann, Stuffert, Sämann, Schweitzer, Steg, Scheuing, Schleiss, Senstert, Schäfer/Schäfe, Stuhling, Schaunig, Stegmeier, Stis, Stichling, Schuster, Sterg/Serg/Seng, Sammer, Stenger, Said, Steir ( not Stein), Sinn, Steininger, Schmutz, Schuler, Steinberg, Stadhaufer.
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| Schmid/Schmidt | Sam | Stösser/Stosser (a very popular name) |
| Schonitzer | Steigand | Spengler |
| Strickler | Seiller |
Stehlin/Stahlin/
Stöhlin |
|
Sauter/Saulter/
Sauller/Sautter |
Schenkhel | Schnäbelen |
| Strauss | Strand | Stephan |
| Sharedenfer | Schewelden |
Saufele/Saufelin/
Saufelen |
| Seus/Sais | Seelmann | Sailer |
| Seüss | Schäuffeler/Säufele(r) | Steyer |
| Schultheiss | Schwartz | Schmidbauer |
| Senger |
Schmallentan(in)/
Schmällmann/Schmallmann |
Schach (or Schoch) |
| Steiner/Steinert | Stein | Schiller |
| Seger | Schastert | Schneider |
| Schatz | Schaber | Schenerg(?) |
|
Scheffert/Schaffert/
Schafert/Seiffert/ Seÿfert/Schufert |
Stwiffler |
Sachsenmeier/Sachsenmayer/
Sachsenmajer |
| Schmidberg | Stadlbauer/Stadelbauer | Schlosstemft |
| Spar | Steller/Staller | Saidburg |
| Schwaiger/b> | Schnallenwein< | Steuenwald |
| Stimann | Stuffert | Sämann |
| Schweitzer | Steg | Scheuing |
| Schleiss | Senstert | Schäfer/Schäfe |
| Stuhling | Schaunig | Stegmeier |
| Stis | Stichling | Schuster |
| Sterg/Serg/Seng | Sammer | Stenger |
| Said | Steir ( not Stein) | Sinn |
| Steininger | Schmutz | Schuler |
| Steinberg | Stadhaufer |
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Any questions about what country that Gemmingen is in? There are many names here that we know from our general knowledge, but that does not say that they came from Gemmingen. Germanna names in the list above include Sauter and Schmid. (10 Oct 04)
We gratefully acknowledge the work of John Blankenbaker who published over 2,500 Germanna History Notes via the Germanna-L@rootsweb.com email list from 1997 to 2008. We are equally thankful to George Durman (Sgt. George) for hosting the list and republishing the notes via rootsweb.com.