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Where did the German Michael family come from? What is the German Michael family crest and coat of arms? When did the Michael family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Michael family history?
The name Michael was born in the beautiful region of Bohemia, which is now part of Czechoslavakia. German surnames developed at a time when most of Bohemia, and most of the German provinces, were states of the Holy Roman Empire. At first people used only a single name, but as the population grew and people began to travel, they began to find it necessary to take on an additional name to distinguish themselves. Fairly general principles guided the development of hereditary surnames in Bohemia. The surname Michael derived from the given name Michael, which derives in turn from the Hebrew Mika'el. It is composed of "mi" meaning "who," "ke," meaning "like," and "El," a shortened form of "Eloin," meaning "God," with the whole meaning of "who is like God," or "God-like." The popularity of the name Michael resulted from the devotion to the various Judeo-Christian holy figures bearing this name.
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Please remember that this page is only a small extract of our complete history that includes: - Ancient origin of the name (usually pre-1100)
- Known spelling variations
- Early movement of the family name during the Middle Ages
- Noteworthy bearers from the 1500-1600s
- First settlers to North America
- Notable contemporary bearers of the name
- A description and/or full color picture of the Coat of Arms, Crest, and Motto (where available)
Spelling variations of this family name include: Michael, Micheel, Michel, Meikle, Michler, Michaelis (Prussia), Michahelles (North Rhine) and many more.First found in Bohemia, where the name emerged in mediaeval 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.
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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name Michael. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Michael Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- Henry Michael, who landed in Virginia in 1661
- Archibald Michael, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1682
- Anne Michael, who landed in Virginia in 1696
Michael Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Johann Heinrich Michael, who landed in New York, NY in 1709
- Henrich Michael, who arrived in New York in 1709-1710
- Hans Henrich Michael, who landed in New York, NY in 1710
- Niclaus Michael, who landed in New York, NY in 1710-1714
- Callman Michael, who landed in New York, NY in 1716
Michael Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Mary Michael, aged 23, arrived in America in 1822
- Salvi Michael, who landed in Mississippi in 1825
- Gerh Michael, who arrived in America in 1836
- John Michael, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pa in 1840
- Jacob Michael, who arrived in Mobile County, Ala in 1840
Michael Settlers in the United States in the 20th Century
- Athanasius Michael, who landed in Alabama in 1913
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- First Lieutenant Edward S Michael, awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1944
- Second Lieutenant Harry J Michael, awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1945
- George Michael (b. 1963), English musician, singer-songwriter and record producer
- Malcolm Roberto "Mal" Michael (b. 1977), former Australian rules footballer
- Heimann Joseph Michael (1792-1846), Hebrew bibliographer
- Chrysis Michael (b. 1977), Cypriot football midfielder
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- The Michael, Moad, Mohn, Family History of Caldwell Co. Mo. by Evelyne K. Michael.
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- Kapff, Rudolf. Schwäbische Geschlechtsnamen. Stuttgart: Verlag Silberburg, 1927. Print.
- Gritzner, M. Handbuch der heraldischen Terminologie in zwölf Zungen. Nürnberg: 1890. Print.
- Bahlow, Hans (Edda Gentry trns). Dictionary of German Names . Madison, Wisconsin: Max Kade Institute, 2002. Print. (ISBN 0-924119-35-7).
- Schenk, Trudy. Wuerttemberg Emigration Index Volume I-VIII. Salt Lake City: Ancestry Inc., 1986. Print.
- Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard and David Faris. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 7th Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0806313676).
- Strassburger, Ralph B. German Pioneers The Original Lists of Arrivals in the Port of Philadelphia 3 Volumes. Baltimore: Picton Press, 1992. Print. (ISBN 978-0929539980).
- Browning, Charles H. Americans of Royal Descent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
- Hanks, Patricia and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print. (ISBN 0-19-211592-8).
- Bahlow, Hans. Deutschlands geographische Namenwelt Etymologisches Lexikon der Fluss- und Ortsnamen alteuropaischer Herkunft. Frankfurt: Suhrkamp, 1985. Print.
- Rietstap, Johannes Baptist. Armorial Général. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. Print.
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