Surname Saturday (On Sunday): Bacon

So, I've been sick all weekend and am finally feeling better again to write-- so this blog post is a day late-- better late than never, I suppose! :) 

My 10th Great Grand uncle was Moses Mildenhall (1666-1738). He came to America with my 10th great grandfather- John Mendenhall (1659-1743) and other siblings, but Moses didn't like the land or people in America- felt like America was barbaric and too rugged for him, so after a year, he went back to England. There, he met and married Elizabeth Bacon (1673-1737) and they had 9 children.

Today's Surname: 

BACON

When I discovered that Moses had married a woman with the surname Bacon, I actually laughed because I had never heard of this name before-(except for the delicious breakfast side dish of course!)-- never as a name!  The only other thing I know about Elizabeth Bacon was that her father was John Bacon. 

So, how popular is the name Bacon in the U.S.??

Ancestry.com:


The name Bacon is English and French with Germanic origin. It comes from the name Bac(c)o, Bahho- which means "to fight". The Normans form was Bacus. 

~U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s for Bacon: 598 results

Name                                                      Birth Year                    Arrival Year                  Arrival Place

Daniel Bacon                                                                                                                    Massachusetts 
Elijah Bacon                                                                                                                      America
Geo Bacon                                           abt 1592                       1635                             America
Daniel Bacon                                       abt 1605                       1635                             Virginia 
Edward Bacon                                     abt 1610                       1635                            Barbados 

~All U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 results for Bacon: 348 results

Name                                        Birth Date                  Place                   District and Date of Action

Alfred W. Bacon                    05 Jun 1888               Russia                  Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa, 06 Feb 1919

Beatrice Bacon                                                                                      California

Edwin John Bacon                                                                                California

Elizabeth Bacon                                                                                    California

Frederick Thomas Bacon                                                                    New York




Findagrave.com:


Surprisingly, there was a HUGE amount of "Bacon"s in the Find a grave index... 24,603 records! So, just for fun, I typed in Elizabeth Bacon, in respect towards my 10th great grand aunt who never came to America...

For Elizabeth Bacon, there are 306 results! The results were in Missouri, Connecticut, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and many more!

It makes me wonder if any of Elizabeth's family- siblings or nieces/nephews with the surname Bacon came to America.

Surname Saturday (On Sunday)- Barkeling

 Well, this post is a little late- a day- because I've been sick and haven't felt like being on the computer. Thankfully, I'm feeling better for a little bit, so it seemed like a good time to do some research! :) 

     

   My 6th great grand aunt was Susanna Jeckering (1724-1795)- born and raised in Germany. She married Bernhard Barkeling (1731-1785). He was born and raised in Germany as well. His parents were Gerhard Barkleling & Anna Feldhaus. What's interesting about Susanna and Bernhard is that their 7 children took her name- Jeckering.

Barkleling

  

  The Surname Barkleling was very difficult to research. I typed the name into Google and got nothing- which is so strange. 

 I did look into one source that I love using- Genealogy.net- using one of the local history books from Emsburen- the name Barkeling came up. I'm wondering if this whole time, if I've had the name misspelled- you can view the names:  Here. 

 With this spelling typed into Google, I was able to receive some results, but still not that popular of a name. I did find one website: www.locatemyname.com/germany/Barkeling  -- Mainly popular in Germany and Sweden. I wasn't able to find the meaning of the name or origin, but I'm sure it is from Germany. 

 I typed in the name Barkeling into Findagrave.com--- there was only two results: 

  1. Barkeling, Frank (1863-1888)- Ohio

  2. Barkeling, Johann Heinrich (1809-1871)- Ohio

 I was also able to find a Gustat Barkeling (age 25-29) on 192.com- I guess this is a people search website- living in London, England. 

Surname Saturday- Pennel

My 10th great grand uncle was Benjamin Mendenhall (1662-1740). He married Hannah Pennel (1673-1721). Hannah was born in Balderton, Cheshire, England and her family immigrated to America.

Pennel

Ancestry.com:

~All U.K., outward passenger lists, 1890-1960

  - 2,442 Results with spelling variations, here are a few: 

Name                       Departure            Destination

Rosalie Pennel            Wales                  Canada

Robt C. Pennel           England               USA

Hilda Pennel              Wales                  Canada

Harry Chas Pennel      England               Australia 

~RMS Titanic, Deaths at Sea, 1912 

  - 1 Results for Pennel: 

F Pennel

The Surname Database: 

Spelling Variations: 

Penell, Pennell, Peniall, Penniall, Penniell, and Pernell. 

Pennel is an English Surname but it many cases, it has French origin.

Findagrave.com:

There were 455 results for Pennel, only this spelling- varying from Kansas, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, Ohio, North Carolina, Maryland. 

Surname Saturday- On Monday- Mollering

So, the Holidays have caused me to fall a bit behind on my blog posts, but today, I am determined to get all caught up! :) So, we'll start with Surname Saturday, which was supposed to be on Saturday, 1/3:

Surname Saturday: Mollering


My 6th Great Grand Uncle- Bernhard Jeckering (b 1719) married Anna Mollering (1725-1809)- both were born and died in Germany. I also have 3 other Mollering's in my family tree as well as 12 other people with the spelling of Moellering.


There is one website I love using when researching Germany Ancestry- Genealogy.net- they have a great database that you can search by the area name or by the surname! I used this website a lot when researching the name Jeckering, so I thought it'd be useful for researching Mollering- There are about 75 or so names listed on the website with this last name: click HERE to see the list.


I searched Mollering family name on Google, MyHeritage.com came up with the name as being 100% Germany- which was expected.


Mollering in the United States:

Ancestry.com: All New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957: There are 85 Results- but here are a few:

Name                          Arrival Date        Birth           Departure              Nationality             Ship Name


Louise Mollering        31 Oct 1845        1819           Bremen, Germany                               Caroline

Caroline Mollering     31 Oct 1845         1821          Bremen, Germany                               Caroline

Charles Mollering      31 Oct 1845         1822          Bremen, Germany                                Caroline

Frederike Mollering   10 Jun 1844          1826          Bremen, Germany                                Emma

Margarete Mollering  30 Aug 1906         1831          Bremen                     German               Main  



Findagrave.com:

There are only 18 Results for the name Mollering-- varying from Iowa, Missouri, Canada, California, Ohio and Nebraska      

Mollering, Pvt Albert E.- 1897-1976- Humboldt Co., Iowa
Mollering, Anna- d. 1926- St. Louis Co., Missouri
Mollering, Augusta- d. 1958- Alberta, Canada
Mollering, Charlote- 1853-1883- St. Louis Co., Missouri
Mollering, Frank L.- 1859-1926- Lawrence Co., Missouri
Mollering, Geraldine M.- 1926-1994- San Diego Co., California

Surname Saturday: Spiers

1.      My 10th great grand aunt was Joane Mildenhall (1661-1731). While most of her siblings migrated to America, she stayed back in England where she married John Spiers Jr. (1661-1703). They had 3 children. I don't know much about the Spiers family, except that they were (obviously) from England. 

Spiers

The Internet Surname Database: 

The name Spier comes from the Medieval English "espein" which means watchman. William le Spiour is the first recorded "Spier"- in 1302- of Yorkshire. 

House of Names: 

Spelling Variations: Speir, Spier, Spears, Spiers, Speer, Speres, Spire, Spires, Speyer, Speier and many more.

Forebears.com: 

Spiers Surname Meaning and Statistics: 

31,036th Most common name in the world.

Approx. 9,497 people bear this name.

Most prevalent in: England

Highest density: Scotland 

Find a Grave: 

I only searched the name with my spelling: it came up with 2,121 total results for the surname Spiers.

Surname Saturday: Klefing

Today's Surname: Klefing

My 6th great grand aunt- Euphemia Jeckering (1711-1764) married Johann Klefing (1706-1750). They both were born, rasied and died in Germany. 

While researching this name, I'm interested to find if this name made it to the United States!!

Ancestry.com:

New York Passenger Lists: There were 3 names on this list- the name spelling varied: 

Name              Arrival Date        Birth Year      Departure        Ethnicity

Johanna Klefing  14 Oct 1935      1908           Bremen, Ger.      German

Julio Klefeng      03 Jan 1884      1863           Hamburg, Ger.    German

Heini Kelfeng     25 Jul 1891       1868           Hamburg, Ger.     German

Find a Grave:

I researched both the spellings that were on Ancestry.com:

Klefing: No Results

Klefeng: No Results

I thought there would at least be a couple!!!

I wasn't able to find much with this surname, unfortunately...

Surname Saturday: Martin

My 10th great grand-aunt was Margery Mildenhall (1655-1742). She married Thomas Martin (1650-1714) in England and they moved to America with their 4 daughters along with some of Margery's siblings.

Thomas was born in Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, England, so obviously his name originates in England (as far as I can trace back). 

Martin

The surname Martin is VERY popular in the United States. 

Wikipedia: (what this site states about the Martin surname in England):

"Before the Normans arrived in England in the 11th century, Martin was almost nonexistent in England, except for in Cornwall where the Celtic derived Martyn was common. When the Normans arrived, the noblemen, knights and traders from the continent, that settled there brought the first name "Martin" with them, which was however a rare given name in France at the time. When the Normans married into Anglo-Saxon families, usually they would adopt the nickname or the village name, because most nobility were men. Also, French names would be Anglicized and Anglo-Saxon names would be made more French-like, but only in spelling. The surname "Martin" became common in Kent and Sussex, and also in Ireland and Scotland due to the Norman invasion of Ireland. "

House of Names.com:

Derived from the Latin Name: Martinus, which is a derivative of Mars, who was the Roman god of fertility and war.

Spelling Variations:

Matin, Mattin, Martyn

www.fhsofmartin.org.uk (Martin Family History):

French: Martineau

Italian: Martinelli, Martinetti

English: Martin

Ancestry.com: 

English, Scottish, Irish, French, Dutch, German, Czech, Slovak, Spanish, Italian 

Findagrave.com:

When you type in Martin as a surname into the search engine, it comes up with: Too Many Results- 82,422-- obviously A LOT of Martins! 

Surname Saturday- Kime

Last week, I wrote about the surname Hyman. My 2nd great grandfather- James W. Hyman (1854-1926) married Mary Kime (1859-1917). Her parents were William Martin Kime (1819-1871) & Cynthia Ann Bell (1834-1901). Mary's great-grandfather- Johannes "John" Keim (1754-1815) was born in Germany.

Kime/Keim

Ancestry.com:

U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index:

Keim: There are 996 results with this surname spelling: here are a few: 

Name                           Birth Year          Arrival Year/       Place

Anthony Keim                                                                 Indiana

Johannes Keim                                       1697                  Pennsylvania

Anna Margaretha Keim   abt 1701            1733                  Pennsylvania

Anne Catherine Keim                              1724; 1731         Louisiana

Michael Keim                                         1728                 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

I did the same list but changed the spelling to Kime: there were 996 results, but only about 25 with this spelling:

Findagrave.com:

Keim: There are 4,138 results for this spelling

Kime:  There are 2,182 results for this spelling

House of Names: 

Keim: Ancestors of the surname Keim emigrated to England following the Norman Conquest in 1066. They lived in Lincolnshire. Spelling variations: Kimes, Kymes, Kyme, Kime and others.

Surname Saturday: Hyman

Today's Name: Hyman

My great-grandmother was Myrtle May Hyman (1884-1953). Her parents were James W. Hyman (1854-1926) & Mary Kime (1859-1917).

Her grandfather- Daniel Andrew Hyman (1810-1860) was born in Germany and came to America.

HYMAN

Ancestry.com

Hyman Name Meaning:
Jewish (American): Americanized variant of Heiman.
English: Variant of Hayman- Americanized spelling of Heimann.

Historical Documents with Hyman:

68,799 Birth, Marriage and Deaths
10,799 Military Records
15,212 Immigration Records
79,157 Census and Voter Lists
81,910 Member Trees

(All U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s):
There are 3,618 results for Hyman and it looks like a good amount of them are spelled the same way! Here are a few:

Name                           Birth Year            Arrival Year and Place

Jacob Hyman                                                                    America
Moses Hyman                                                                  America
Robinson Hyman                                                              Indiana
Margaret                                                  1739                 America
Wm. (William) Hyman                             1762                 Boston, Massachusetts
Henry Hyman                abt 1782               1812                New York, New York



Find a Grave:

There are 4,979 Results- in a wide range of states-- Which is actually very surprising to me!

Surname Saturday- Bostick

Mary Bostick was my 2nd great grandmother. She was born in Aug 1849 in Indiana. I don't know much about this Bostick line, only that her parents were Miles Bostick (b. 1812) and Margaret Francerider (1827-1906)- I don't know anything past that. 

Bostick

Ancestry.com:

(U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index):
There are 144 results with spelling variations- 21 with the same spelling. 

(All U.S. Naturalization Records Indexes): 
There are 48 Bosticks, also with spelling variations.


House of names: 

 Bostick seems to be English-  dates back from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It comes from a family who lived in Cheshire- derived from the township of Bostock- a parish of Davenham. 

Spelling Variations: Bostock, Bowstock, Boast, Bostake, Bostick and more. 


The Internet Surname Database states other spelling variations: Bastock, Bistick, and Bostock. 
The first recorded was "Botestoch" in the famous Domesday Book of 1086. 



Wikipedia: 

Bostick is a surname that refers to: 
~Adam Bostick, American baseball player
~Devon Bostick, Canadian actor
~Sion Record Bostick, veteran of the Texas Revolution
~Thomas P. Bostick, current Chief of Engineers for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
~Winston H. Bostick, American physicist 


Find a Grave:

Surprisingly, there are 3,989 results for the name Bostick in the Findagrave.com search engine. 

Surname Saturday- Sarles

Today's Surname: Sarles

Elizabeth Sarles (1818-1889) was my 3rd great grandmother. She was born in New York, but her father Ansel Sarles Sr (1782-1851) came to America from England and her mother Margaret (1782-1851) came from Netherlands. Elizabeth married a Hendricks.

Ancestry.com: 

(All U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s): 

There are 408 results, but only 5 with the same spelling as Sarles: 

Name                                                  Arrival Year                     Arrival Place

Mary Ellen Sarles                                                                     New York, New York

Steph Sarles                                  1674                                  Virginia

E. Sarles                                           1850                                  San Francisco, California

E. R. Sarles                                      1850                                 San Francisco, California

Mrs. ?? Sarles                                   1851                                 San Francisco, California

Findagrave.com:

There are 866 total matches for the surname Sarles- many in New York.

House of Names:

The surname Sarles came to England during the 11th century wave of migration set off by the Norman Conquest of 1066- as of many names. The Sarles family lived in Cornwall. The name is in reference to Serlo- the famiy's place of residence prior to 1066.

Spelling variations:

Searle, Searles, Searl, Sarl, Sarrell, Serrell, and others.

Surname Saturday: McGuire

Today's Surname: McGuire

My 4th great grandmother was Nancy Hendricks ('nee McGuire) (1780-1823). This is her lineage: 
Parents: Archibald McGuire (b. 1747) & Jane McCormick (b. 1751)
Grandfather: Francis McGuire (1720-1785)

I haven't been able to find out where they came from, but I'm sure McGuire is Irish.

McGuire:

Ancestry.com: (U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index):
There are 4,752 names of McGuire, but here are a few: 
Name                        Birth Year          Arrival Year and Place

Bernard McGuire                                                             Texas
Cornedy McGuire                                                             Scott Co., Indiana
Delia McGuire                                                                  New York
Edward McGuire                                                             New York

Irish Immigrants: New York Port Arrival Records, 1846-1851:
There are 2,336 results, but here are a few: 
Name                 Age   Gender    Native Country          Ship/Date

Margt McGuire 70      F            Ireland                        Empire State 1851
P. McGuire        66      M           Great Britain              2036/ 1847
Roger McGuire  64      M           Great Britain              Pacific/ 1846
Grace McGuire  64      F            Great Britain              2036/1847
Alice McGuire   60      F            Ireland                        Marmion/ 1847



Findagrave.com:

There are 32,929 records for McGuire and 97 results for Nancy McGuire.

Google Results for "Surname: McGuire":

The name means "son of Odhar" Some historical background indicates the name Mag Uidhir, Maguire or McGuire stems from teh Magi of Eire who were the priests of ancient Ireland. The name is most often associated with County Fermanagh. 

House of Names (.com):

Spelling Variations: Maguire, MacGuire, Guire, Guirey, Guiry and others.

Surname Saturday (On Sunday): Seaver

 My maternal grandmother was Helen Ruth Mendenhall (nee Seaver) (1923-1981). 

 Here is Helen's Lineage: 

 Parents: Otto Watson Seaver (1901-1972) and Ruby Mae Henderson (1901-1990)

 G-parents: Frank Buchanon Seaver (1856-1936) and Harriett Olive Watson (1856-1915)

 GGP: Greenberry M. Seaver (1823-1905) and Mary Douglas (1827-1862)

 3xGGP: Jacob Seaver (1773-1854) and Esther Croberger (1780-1854)

 4xGGP: Henry Seaver (1743-1810) and Elizabeth Myers (1747-1777)

Helen's 4x great grandfather - Henry Seaver came to America from Hannover, Germany.

Seaver

 Ancestry.com

 (All U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index): 
There are 766 results, but here are a few: 

 Name                     Birth Year          Arrival Year and Place

 Louis S. Seaver                                                         South Dakota
 Robert Seaver                                 1633-1634        Massachusetts 
 Robert Seaver                                 1633-1634        New England
 Hugh Seaver                                    1637                 Virginia 
 Joseph Seaver                                 1851                  Pennsylvania


 House of names: 

 Spelling Variations: Sever, Sevior, Sevyer, Seeviour, Sivier, Siver, Sivyer, Saviour, Seyvior, Sceviour, Scievor and many more.


 Randy from Genea-Musings did a blog post about the surname as well: 
 Seaver Surname- Origin, Meaning, Famous People, Localities

Surname Saturday- Messier

My 6th great grandmother was Sarah Messier (1702-1782). Her grandfather- Pieter Jansen Mesier (1640-?) came to America from Holland, Netherlands. I was surprised because this name sounds French to me. 

Messier

Ancestry.com:

~All U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index:

There are 23 names with the last name Messier; here are a few:

Name                              Birth            Arrival year and place

Marie-Anne Messier                                                      Canada

Jacque Messier                                    1606-1706          Quebec

Jacques Messier               1797             1827                  New York

Aug D. Messier                                    1886                  Illinois

Richard J. Messier                                1900                  Colorado

Joseph Messier                                      1910                  Montana

Findagrave.com:

There are 1,182 results for Messier as a surname.

Houseofnames.com:

The name Messier can be traced to the Old French word Messier- which means harvester. It reached England during the great wave of migration following the Norman Conquest of 1066. It means someone who is employed in reaping or harvesting. 

Spelling Variations: 

Messer, Mesher, Messor, Mersser, Masar, Messier, Meisser, Measure and more.