Eppstein History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Germany
Israel

Early Origins of the Eppstein family

The surname Eppstein was first found in Hesse-Nassau, now Wiesbaden, until 1866 a sovereign duchy, is now part of Prussia, where the name emerged in mediaeval times as one of the notable families of the region. From the 13th century the surname Eppstein 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 Eppstein family

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Eppstein Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Eppstein, Epstein, Erpstein, Ippstein and others.

Early Notables of the Eppstein family

Notable figures of the time with the name Eppstein were

the Eppstein family of Nassau

Eppstein migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Eppstein Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Feilot Eppstein, aged 22, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1850 1
Lina Eppstein, who arrived in New York in 1864
Heinr Eppstein, who landed in America in 1866 1
Hugo Eppstein, who settled in Chicago in 1883
Jakob Eppstein, who arrived in North America in 1886 1
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Contemporary Notables of the name Eppstein (post 1700) +

Victor Eppstein, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1940
Joseph A. Eppstein, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1868
David Eppstein, English-born, American computer scientist at the Computer Science Department, Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, University of California, Irvine

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)