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Early Origins of the Kothe family

The surname Kothe was first found in Prussia, where the name emerged in medieval times as one of the notable families of the region. From the 13th century the surname was identified with the great social and economic evolution which made this territory a landmark contributor to the development of the nation.

Early History of the Kothe family

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Kothe Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Köthe, Koeth, Kothe, Koth, Koethe, Köth, Dael, Kothmann and many more.

Early Notables of the Kothe family

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United States Kothe migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Kothe Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • John A Kothe, who arrived in Ohio in 1827 1
  • Casper Kothe, who landed in America in 1832 1
  • Wilhelm Kothe, who landed in Galveston, Tex in 1846 aboard the ship "Elisa & Char." 1
  • Mrs. Johanna Kothe, German who arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1846 aboard the ship "Elisa & Char."

Contemporary Notables of the name Kothe (post 1700) +

  • William Kothe, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1896 (alternate), 1900 (alternate), 1904 2
  • Gustav C. Kothe (b. 1836), American politician, U.S. Consular Agent in Cassel, 1890-93, 1894-1911. German ancestry
  • Gottfried Maria Hugo Köthe (1905-1989), Austrian mathematician


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  2. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, November 24) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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