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Where did the German Faber family come from? What is the German Faber family crest and coat of arms? When did the Faber family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Faber family history?
Bavaria, Germany is the ancestral home of the Faber family. The Germans began using hereditary surnames in the 12th century. Faber is an occupational name, which was derived from the kind of work done by the original bearer. It is a name for a craftsman or artisan. The name Faber is derived from the Latin word "faber," which means "ingenious" or "skillful" and refers to a master craftsman.
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One can encounter great variation in the spelling of surnames: in early times, spelling in general, and thus the spelling of names was not yet standardized; and later, spellings would change with branching and movement of families. Variations of the name Faber include Faber, Fabert, Fabers, Faeber, Fabricius (Latin) and others.First found in Bavaria, 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 web page shows only a small excerpt of our Faber research. Another 231 words(16 lines of text) covering the years 1552, 1652, 1715, 1745, 1757, and 1760 are included under the topic Early Faber History in all our PDF Extended History products.
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Another 34 words(2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Faber Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.
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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name Faber. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
Between the mid-17th and mid-20th centuries, German settlers arrived in North America by the thousands. Persecution based on religion and poverty were great motivators in this large-scale migration. So too was the opportunity for tenant farmers to own their own land. Ample land and opportunity awaited the settlers who went to such states as Pennsylvania, Texas, New York, Illinois, and California, as well as Ontario and the prairie provinces of Canada. Research into the origins of individual families in North America revealed records of the immigration of a number of people bearing the name Faber or a variant listed above:
Faber Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- Joseph Faber came to New England in 1635
- Joseph Faber, aged 26, landed in New England in 1635
- George Faber, who landed in Boston, Mass in 1639
Faber Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Tanaquill Faber, who landed in Virginia in 1709
- Hans Faber, who came to Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1712
- Michael Faber, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1733
- Sarah Faber, aged 33, arrived in Pennsylvania in 1733
- Frantz Nicklaus Faber, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1749
Faber Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Jak Fried Faber, who arrived in America in 1807
- Christain H Faber, who arrived in Charleston, SC in 1807
- Mathew Frederick Charles Faber, who landed in Charleston, SC in 1808
- Mathew C Faber, who arrived in Charleston, SC in 1811
- Philip Angus Faber, who landed in Charleston, SC in 1812
Faber Settlers in the United States in the 20th Century
- Corneluis Faber, who arrived in New York, NY in 1900
- Cornelius Faber, who landed in Colorado in 1907
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- Red Faber (1888-1976), American pitcher in Major League Baseball
- Urban Clarence "Red" Faber (1888-1976), American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1914 until 1933
- Johann Lothar von Faber (1817-1896), who took over the industrial dynasty from his father, and was ennobled for his efforts on behalf of German industry, the Faber company is still renowned to this day
- Geoffrey Cust Faber (1889-1961), British academic, publisher and poet
- Sandra M Faber (b. 1944), professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of California
- Frederick William Faber (1814-1863), English hymn writer
- John Faber (1684-1756), English mezzotint
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- Zoder, Rudolf. Familiennamen in Ostfalen. Hildesheim: Geog Olms Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1968. Print.
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