Apfelbaum History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Germany

The name Apfelbaum is derived from the German word "apfelbaum" which means "apple tree."

Early Origins of the Apfelbaum family

The surname Apfelbaum was first found in the duchy of Brunswick, where ancestors of today’s bearers of the name Apfelbaum, were part of the Feudal System that later became the backbone of early European society. One of the earliest records of this name is a document in which reference is made to the name, "curia dicta zume appelbume," in the year 1310.

Early History of the Apfelbaum family

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Apfelbaum Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Applebaum, Appelbaum, Appelbohm, Appelbom, Apfelbaum and many more.

Early Notables of the Apfelbaum family

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Apfelbaum migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Apfelbaum Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Peter Apfelbaum who went to Philadelphia in 1736

Apfelbaum Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Gottl. Apfelbaum, who landed in New York, N.Y. in 1854 at the age of 25
A. N. Apfelbaum, who settled in Mississippi in 1876
A N Apfelbaum, who arrived in Mississippi in 1876 1

Historic Events for the Apfelbaum family +

Pan Am Flight 103 (Lockerbie)

Martin Lewis Apfelbaum (1929-1988), American Stamp Dealer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, America, who flew aboard the Pan Am Flight 103 from Frankfurt to Detroit, known as the Lockerbie bombing in 1988 and died 2

Citations +

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