| ![Show Contents]() Grafe History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 Germany The distinguished surname Grafe was first found in Switzerland. Early Origins of the Grafe familyThe surname Grafe was first found in Switzerland, where the family contributed to the development of the region. They became prominent in local affairs and branched into many houses which played important roles in savage tribal and national conflicts, each group seeking power and status in an ever changing territorial profile. Early History of the Grafe familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Grafe research. Another 122 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1485, 1527, 1599, 1611, 1664, 1671, 1678, 1719, 1769, 1807, 1815, 1826, 1841 and 1869 are included under the topic Early Grafe History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Grafe Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Graf, Grafe,Graef, Graff, Graffen, Graffin, Grafen, Grafin, Grav, Graaf and many more. Early Notables of the Grafe familyNotables of the time with the surname Grafe were Urs Graf (1485-1527), Swiss engraver and goldsmith, influenced by Albrecht Duerer; Cornelis de Graeff (1599-1664), Mayor of Amsterdam; Free Imperial Knight Andries de Graeff (1611-1678), Mayor of Amsterdam; Cornelis de Graeff (1671-1719), Dutch Canon of St. Pieter at...
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 Grafe migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Grafe Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- John E F Grafe, aged 27, who arrived in Missouri in 1847 1
- August Grafe, who landed in New York, NY in 1852 1
- Wilhelm Grafe, who landed in America in 1879 1
| Contemporary Notables of the name Grafe (post 1700) | + |
- Judy Grafe, American actress, known for The Adventures of Pete & Pete (1992), *batteries not included (1987) and Frankenhooker (1990)
- Heinrich Gräfe (1802-1868), German educator from Buttstadt, Saxe-Weimar
| Historic Events for the Grafe family | + |
Bismarck - Karl Grafe (1916-1941), German Bootsmaat who served aboard the German Battleship Bismarck during World War II when it was sunk heading to France; he died in the sinking 2
- 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)
- Bismarck & Tirpitz Class - Crew List Bismarck. (Retrieved 2018, February 06). Retrieved from https://www.bismarck-class.dk/bismarck/crew/bismarck_crew.html#crew_details
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Grafe migration to the United States 
