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Where did the German Kaufman family come from? What is the German Kaufman family crest and coat of arms? When did the Kaufman family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Kaufman family history?
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- Known spelling variations
- Early movement of the family name during the Middle Ages
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- First settlers to North America
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Spelling variations of this family name include: Kaufmann, Kaufman, Kauffmann, Kauffman, Kofmann and many more.First found in Hanover, where the name could be considered to have made a great contribution to the feudal society which became the backbone of modern Europe. The name became prominent in local affairs and branched into many houses. They played important roles in the local and national conflicts at a time when groups sought power and status in an ever changing territorial profile.
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Our PDF Extended History includes the early history!
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Kaufman research. Another 348 words(25 lines of text) covering the years 1444, 1469, 1530, 1753, 1773, 1795, and 1805 are included under the topic Early Kaufman 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 Kaufman. 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:
Kaufman Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Peter Kaufman, who arrived in America in 1749
Kaufman Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Alina Kaufman, aged 54, who arrived at Ellis Island, in 1894
Kaufman Settlers in the United States in the 20th Century
- Abram Kaufman, aged 10, who arrived at Ellis Island from Bucarest, Roumania, in 1906
- Ada Kaufman, aged 17, who arrived at Ellis Island from Berlin, Germany, in 1907
- Alexander Kaufman, aged 19, who arrived at Ellis Island from Aleksander, Russia, in 1908
- Abrahm Kaufman, aged 6, who arrived at Ellis Island from Witebsk, Russia, in 1910
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- George S Kaufman (1889-1961), American Pulitzer Prize (1937) winning playwright
- Andrew Geoffrey "Andy" Kaufman (1949-1984), American comedian and actor who began his career by starting his act with an outrageously bad performance and would then launch into an Elvis Presley impersonation so good that Elvis Presley himself described it as his favorite
- Philip Kaufman (b. 1936), multiple award-winning American film director, writer, and producer perhaps best known for the movie "The Right Stuff", which won four Academy Awards, five other awards, and an additional eleven nominations. He also directed the cult classic "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"
- Andy Kaufman (1949-1984), American comedian and actor
- Irving Robert Kaufman (1910-1992), United States Federal judge and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
- First Sergeant Benjamin Kaufman (1894-1981), American Army soldier awarded the Medal of Honor and the Croix de Guerre
- Boris Kaufman (1906-1980), Polish cinematographer, won an Academy Award for his first Hollywood feature film 'On the Waterfront' in 1954
- Gerald Bernard Kaufman (b. 1930), member of the British parliament
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- Tarneller, Josef. Zur Namenkunde Tirolen Familiennamen. Bozen: Buchhandlung, 1923. Print.
- Browning, Charles H. Americans of Royal Descent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
- Kneschke, Dr. Ernest Heinrich. Neues allgemeines Deutsches Adels-Lexicon 9 Volumes New General German Aristocracy Lexicon. Leipzig: Friedrich Voigt, 1859. Print.
- Crozier, William Armstrong Edition. Crozier's General Armory A Registry of American Families Entitled to Coat Armor. New York: Fox, Duffield, 1904. Print.
- Filby, P. William and Mary K Meyer. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index in Four Volumes. Detroit: Gale Research, 1985. Print. (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8).
- Hildenbrand, A.M. Wappenfibel. Handbuch der Heraldik. Neustadt an der Aisch: 1970. Print.
- Best, Hugh. Debrett's Texas Peerage. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983. Print. (ISBN 069811244X).
- Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Galveston Texas 1896-1951. National Archives Washington DC. Print.
- Robb H. Amanda and Andrew Chesler. Encyclopedia of American Family Names. New York: Haper Collins, 1995. Print. (ISBN 0-06-270075-8).
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The Kaufman Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Kaufman 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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