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![Show Contents]() Kant History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Kant familyThe surname Kant was first found in Pomerania, where the family contributed greatly to the development of an emerging nation and would later play a large role in the political conflicts of the area. The family branched into many houses, many of which acquired estates and manors throughout the surrounding regions, where they played significant roles in the social and political affairs. Individual bearers of the name first mentioned in ancient chronicles include Arnold Cantor of Rostock in 1298, and Andreas Kanther of Stuttgart in 1498. The literal meaning of the name is the ecclesiastic position of cantor. Early History of the Kant familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Kant research. Another 117 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1724, 1727 and 1804 are included under the topic Early Kant History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Kant Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Kanter, Canter, Kante, Cante, Kant, Cant, Kahnt, Kantt, Cantt, Kanther, Kanters, Cantor (Latin), Kantor, Kanthor, Canthor, Kanthen and many more. Early Notables of the Kant familyProminent bearers of the name Kant at this time were - Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), who was one of the greatest Philosophers the world has known...
 Kant migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Kant Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Jan Kant, aged 33, who arrived in New York in 1642 1
Kant Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- David Kant, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1805 1
- Christine Kant, aged 31, who landed in America in 1843 1
- Emilie Kant, aged 22, who landed in New York in 1864 1
Kant Settlers in United States in the 20th Century- Mr. John Kant, (b. 1862), aged 39, Cornish miner from Redruth, Cornwall, UK travelling aboard the ship "Umbria" arriving at Ellis Island, New York, New York on 6th October 1901 en route to Montana, USA 2
- Frederick Kant, who settled in Philadelphia in 1905
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Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Kant Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century- Mr. Peter Kant who was a Seaman taking passenger to Grosse Isle Quarantine Station in Quebec but died at Grosse Isle on 11th September 1847 in the typhus epidemic 3
| Contemporary Notables of the name Kant (post 1700) | + |
- Edward Jacob Kant (b. 1939), American civil engineer
- Hermann Kant (1926-2016), German writer, awarded the Heinrich Mann Prize in 1967
- 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)
- Cornwall Online Parish Clerks. (Retrieved 3rd May 2018). Retrieved from http://www.opc-cornwall.org/Resc/pdfs/emigration_ellis_island_1892_on.pdf
- Charbonneau, André, and Doris Drolet-Dubé. A Register of Deceased Persons at Sea and on Grosse Île in 1847. The Minister of Canadian Heritage, 1997. ISBN: 0-660-198/1-1997E (p. 62)
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