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![Show Contents]() Guenter History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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The colorful history of Saxony provides a glimpse at the oldest origins of the Guenter family. In the medieval era, the German lands were inhabited by a variety of Barbarian tribes. The ancient dukedom of Saxony derived its name from the Germanic tribe name the Saxons who inhabited the territory after the fall of the Roman Empire. Early Origins of the Guenter familyThe surname Guenter was first found in Saxony, where the name emerged in mediaeval times as one of the notable families of the region. From the 13th century the surname was identified with the great social and economic evolution which made this territory a landmark contributor to the development of the nation. Early History of the Guenter familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Guenter research. Another 81 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1589, 1653, 1695, 1714, 1723 and 1818 are included under the topic Early Guenter History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Guenter Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Gunther, Gunter, Guenther, Guenter, Gunte, Guenthe, Gunthe, Guente and many more. Early Notables of the Guenter familyProminent bearers of the family name Guenter at this time were Anthony Günther, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1653-1714), a German prince of the House of Ascania. Johann Guenther...
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 Guenter migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Guenter Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Gaspar Guenter, who arrived in Virginia in 1700 1
- Anna AppoIonia Guenter, who landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1751 1
Guenter Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Andrew Guenter, who arrived in Ohio in 1889 1
| Contemporary Notables of the name Guenter (post 1700) | + |
- Guenter Ammon (b. 1918), German psychiatrist, teacher, and psychoanalyst
- Guenter Knop (b. 1954), German photographer
- Guenter Wendt (1925-2010), German-born American NASA spacecraft engineer
- Guenter Bruno Fuchs (1928-1977), German who despite his training as an artist, became a prominent satirical poet
- Guenter Eich (1907-1972), lyrical poet, and member of the famous post-war writers' group "Gruppe 47"
- Guenter Diehl (b. 1916), former German Ambassador to India (1970-77) and Japan (1977-81)
- Guenter Vogelsang (b. 1920), prominent German business executive
- Guenter Seidel, American equestrian rider
- Guenter Sieber (b. 1930), who began as a forestry worker in Ilmenau and ended as the East German Ambassador to Poland (1973-80)
- Guenter Schuster (b. 1918), German scientist who became Director-General of Research, Science, and Education in 1973 and Special Advisor to the Senate of Berlin in 1984
- 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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Guenter migration to the United States 
