Ammerman History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Germany

The surname Ammerman is toponymic, that is, it is derived from the name of the place where the original bearer once lived or held land. This type of name was often assigned to the bearer after he had moved from the place into new region. In this case, the place name would have been derived from the old German word "immer" which implied a stretch of water. Many places take their name from this root word, such as Immer in Lower Saxony, Immersberg in Baden-Würtemberg, and Immerseiben in Bavaria.

Early Origins of the Ammerman family

The surname Ammerman was first found in Switzerland and Bavaria, where Ammerman emerged in medieval times as one of the notable families of these regions. Among early mentions of the name is Michael Immer, who was a Lutheran parish priest in Bayreuth from 1536 to 1545.

Early History of the Ammerman family

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Ammerman Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Immer, Immers, Immerman, Immermann, Immler and others.

Early Notables of the Ammerman family

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Ammerman Ranking

In the United States, the name Ammerman is the 9,872^nd most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Ammerman migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Ammerman Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Dirck Janse Ammerman, who landed in New Jersey in 1650 2
Dirck Janssen Ammerman, who arrived in New York in 1650 2

Ammerman migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Ammerman Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

Isaac Ammerman, who landed in Canada in 1830

Contemporary Notables of the name Ammerman (post 1700) +

Robert Wesley Ammerman (1841-1907), American soldier who received the Medal of Honor for valor
Celia Elizabeth Ammerman (b. 1983), American fashion model
Nancy Tatom Ammerman (b. 1950), American professor of sociology of religion
Joseph Scofield Ammerman (1924-1993), Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives

Historic Events for the Ammerman family +

Pan Am Flight 103 (Lockerbie)

Thomas Joseph Ammerman (1952-1988), American Marketing Manager from Old Tappan, New Jersey, America, who flew aboard the Pan Am Flight 103 from Frankfurt to Detroit, known as the Lockerbie bombing in 1988 and died 3

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
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)
Pan Am Flight 103's victims: A list of those killed 25 years ago | syracuse.com. (Retrieved 2014, April 9) . Retrieved from http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2013/12/pan_am_flight_103s_victims_a_list_of_those_killed_25_years_ago.html