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Where did the German Jahn family come from? What is the German Jahn family crest and coat of arms? When did the Jahn family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Jahn family history?
The German surname Jahn is derived from the popular first name "Johann," and simply means "son of Johann."
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Please remember that this page is only a small extract of our complete history that includes: - Ancient origin of the name (usually pre-1100)
- Known spelling variations
- Early movement of the family name during the Middle Ages
- Noteworthy bearers from the 1500-1600s
- First settlers to North America
- Notable contemporary bearers of the name
- A description and/or full color picture of the Coat of Arms, Crest, and Motto (where available)
Spelling variations of this family name include: Janke, Jahnke, Jancke, Jahncke, Jahn, Jahnicke, Janisch, Jahnich and many more.First found in Plauen, in the eastern part of Saxony, where Johannes Jahn, the first recorded bearer of the name, was living in 1475.
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Our PDF Extended History includes the early history!
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Jahn research. Another 180 words(13 lines of text) covering the years 1475, 1591, 1609, 1641, 1663, 1724, 1763, 1778, and 1852 are included under the topic Early Jahn History 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 Jahn. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Jahn Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Johannes Jahn, who landed in Philadelphia, Pa in 1749
- Joachim Jahn, who arrived in America in 1777
Jahn Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Dorothea Jahn, aged 32, landed in America in 1843
- Friedrich Jahn, aged 9, arrived in New Orleans, La in 1845
- Hermann Jahn, who landed in Texas in 1845
- Anna Dorothea Geiss Jahn, who landed in Brazil in 1845
- Joseph Jahn, aged 31, arrived in Brazil in 1845
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- Helmut Jahn (b. 1940), German-American architect
- Joseph Michael Jahn (b. 1943), American author and critic
- Jeff Jahn (b. 1970), American curator, art critic, artist, historian, blogger and composer
- Arthur Charles Jahn (1895-1948), American outfielder in Major League Baseball
- Ryan David Jahn, American novelist and screenwriter
- Helmut Jahn (b. 1940), architect born in Nuremberg, Germany who immigrated to America and began to work at C. F. Murphy Associates in Chicago, a company that later became Murphy/Jahn
- Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (1778-1852), German gymnastics educator and nationalist
- Gunter Jahn (1910-1992), German U-boat commander
- Otto Jahn (1813-1869), German archaeologist, philologist, and writer on art and music
- Johann Jahn (1750-1816), German Orientalist
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- Hildenbrand, A.M. Wappenfibel. Handbuch der Heraldik. Neustadt an der Aisch: 1970. Print.
- Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Galveston Texas 1896-1951. National Archives Washington DC. Print.
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- Gottschald, Max. Deutsche Namenkunde unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung. München: J.F. Lehmanns Verlag, 1932. Print.
- Siebmacher, J.J. Siebmachers Wappenbuch. München, Battenberg: 1975. Print.
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The Jahn Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Jahn Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.
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