| ![Show Contents]() Weyer History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
The surname Weyer has a few possible origins. The name may be toponymic, from a place name near which the original bearer lived or held land. Place names which could have inspired the surname Weyer could be Weier, Weiher, Wieren, and Weyer in Germany or Wierum in Holland. Or the surname could be locative, from a geographical feature near where the bearer resided. In either case, the name would be derived from the Middle German word "weiher" meaning "a pond or still water" or from the old German water-word "wir." The surname Weyer may also be patronymic, from the first name of the father of the initial bearer. In this case, the surname Weyer would come from the personal name Wigheri, stemming from "weihen" meaning "holy." Early Origins of the Weyer familyThe surname Weyer was first found in Westphalia, where the name emerged in mediaeval times as one of the notable families in the western region. From the 13th century onwards the surname was identified with the great social and economic evolution which made this territory a landmark contributor to the development of the nation. Haintz Weyer from Heudorf was recorded in Riedlingen in 1434, and Magdalena zum Weiher, widow of Erasmus zum Wiger, in Freiburg in 1572. A shoemaker named Martin Weyermann was mentioned in documents of 1644. Early History of the Weyer familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Weyer research. Another 76 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1580, 1596, 1610, 1620, 1621, 1623, 1640, 1666, 1670, 1690 and 1842 are included under the topic Early Weyer History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Weyer Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Weyer, Weyher, Wier, Weyhe, Weyier, van der Weyer, van den Weyer, Weye, Weyers, Wyers, Wyer, Wiermann and many more. Early Notables of the Weyer familyNotables of the period with the name Weyer were - Gabriel Weyer (ca.1580-1640), Hans Weyher the Elder (d.1621), Hans Wehyer the Younger (1596-1666), Hermann Weier (ca.1610), Jakob Weyer (1623-1670), and Johann Matthaus Weyer (1620-1690). J. Weijerman...
Weyer RankingIn the United States, the name Weyer is the 13,376th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1
 Weyer migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Weyer Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Henrig Weyer, who arrived in New York in 1709 2
- Philip Weyer, who landed in New York in 1709 2
- Niccolas Weyer, who arrived in New York in 1715 2
- Phillis Weyer, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1729 2
- Susanna Weyer, who landed in Virginia in 1732 2
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Weyer Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Christine Weyer, who arrived in America in 1843 2
- Arnold W Weyer, who landed in America in 1845 2
- Peter Heinrich Weyer, aged 23, who arrived in New York, NY in 1849 2
- Martin Weyer, who arrived in New York, NY in 1850 2
- Hendrik Jan Weyer, aged 23, who landed in New York, NY in 1852 2
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The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 3Weyer Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century- Archibald Weyer, who settled in Barbados in 1634
- Mr. Archibald Weyer, (b. 1616), aged 18, British settler travelling from Gravesend, UK aboard the ship "Hopewell" arriving in Barbados on 17th February 1634 2
| Contemporary Notables of the name Weyer (post 1700) | + |
- Lee Howard "Big Lee" Weyer (1936-1988), American Major League Baseball umpire who worked in the National League from 1961 until his death
- Sebastian Weyer, German Rubik's cube speedsolver who specializes in 4x4x4 solving
- François Edouard Weyer (b. 1946), birth name of Francis Goya, a Belgian classical guitarist and producer who has recorded fifty albums
- Jean-Sylvain Van de Weyer (1802-1874), Belgian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Belgium (1845-1846)
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Bismarck - Franz Weyer (1914-1941), German Bootsmaat who served aboard the German Battleship Bismarck during World War II when it was sunk heading to France; he died in the sinking 4
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- 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)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
- Bismarck & Tirpitz Class - Crew List Bismarck. (Retrieved 2018, February 06). Retrieved from https://www.bismarck-class.dk/bismarck/crew/bismarck_crew.html#crew_details
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