Seid History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Germany

Early Origins of the Seid family

The surname Seid was first found in Switzerland, where the name has been traced to Swiss origins before the family's emigration to Germany in 1315, gaining a significant reputation for its contribution to the emerging mediaeval society. It later became more prominent as many branches of the same house acquired distant estates and branches, most notably in Brandenburg and Silesia, consistently elevating their social status by their great contributions to society.

Early History of the Seid family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Seid research. Another 269 words (19 lines of text) covering the years 1315, 1533, 1544, 1699, 1729 and 1821 are included under the topic Early Seid History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Seid Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Seidel, Seidell, Seidler, Seider, Seidl, Seiden, Seide, Seydl, Seydel, Seidelmann, Seidelman, Seidemann, Seideman, Seid, Seidt, Seidmann and many more.

Early Notables of the Seid family

Notables of the time with the surname Seid were

the descendent of Georg Christoph Seidl, Georg Christoph Gottlieb von Seidl, who was a Prussian privy councillor and chamber-director at Glogau...
His brother, Carl von Seidl, a major in the Prussian army, was known for the book he wrote on Frederick the Great...

Seid migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Seid Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Christe Seid, aged 23, who arrived in New York in 1854 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Seid (post 1700) +

Khiter Seid (b. 1985), French football player
Alan Rechuldak Seid (b. 1957), Palauan businessman and politician
Joseph Brahim Seid (1927-1980), Chadian writer and politician
Seyed Sattar Seid (b. 1987), Iranian cross-country skier

Citations +

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)