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Early Origins of the Freudenberg family

The surname Freudenberg was first found in Baden, where the name was anciently associated with the tribal conflicts of the area. Frauendorf is a municipality in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in southern Brandenburg, Germany. And in the Bavarian region of Upper Franconia, Frauendorf is a borough of Bad Staffelstein that dates back to 1070.

Early History of the Freudenberg family

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Freudenberg Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Frauenberg, Frauendorf, Frauenstein, Fraunberg, Fraunhofen, Freudenberg and many more.

Early Notables of the Freudenberg family

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United States Freudenberg migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Freudenberg Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Andreas Freudenberg, who arrived in America in 1796 1
  • Andreas Freudenberg, who settled in America in 1764-1798
Freudenberg Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Adolph Freudenberg, who arrived in New York, NY in 1851
  • Aloine Freudenberg, who arrived in New York in 1859
  • Frederick Freudenberg, who landed in St Clair County, Illinois in 1859 1
  • William Freudenberg, who arrived in St Clair County, Illinois in 1876 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Freudenberg (post 1700) +

  • Karl Johann Freudenberg ForMemRS (1886-1983), German chemist, grandson of Carl Johann Freudenberg
  • Carl Johann Freudenberg, German founder of The Freudenberg Group, a family-owned diversified group of companies in 1849
  • Norman Graham Freudenberg AM (b. 1934), Australian author and political speechwriter


  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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