Show ContentsFrankenfield History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The name Frankenfield is a proud symbol of ancient Jewish culture. Before the late Middle Ages, people were known only by a single name. However, as the population increased and travelers set out on their journeys, it became necessary for people to adopt a second name to identify themselves.Two of the most common types of Jewish family names are patronymic surnames, which are derived from the father's given name, and metronymic surnames, which are derived from the mother's given name.


United States Frankenfield migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Frankenfield Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Eie Frankenfield, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1765 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Frankenfield (post 1700) +

  • Lieutenant Chester Frankenfield, American meteorologist on the U.S. Navy Bellingshausen Sea Expedition, eponym of the Frankenfield Glacier, Antarctica


  1. 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)


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