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Early Origins of the Jenis family

The surname Jenis was first found in Basel, where this distinguished family was anciently seated, and where Johannes Jennin became a knight in 1290.

Early History of the Jenis family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Jenis research. Another 53 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1565 and 1650 are included under the topic Early Jenis History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Jenis Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Jenman, Jenneman, Jennemann, Jennin, Jenin, Jenne, Jhenne, Jenni (Switzerland) and many more.

Early Notables of the Jenis family

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Migration of the Jenis family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: A. Jenman, who arrived in Virginia in 1657; Jacob Jenman, who arrived in Virginia in 1662; Lukas Jenni, who settled in America in 1770; Kaspar Jenni, who settled in Iowa in 1875.


Contemporary Notables of the name Jenis (post 1700) +

  • Dorothy Jenis, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1980 1


  1. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, December 8) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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