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Early Origins of the Seide family

The surname Seide was first found in Switzerland, where the name has been traced to Swiss origins before the family's emigration to Germany in 1315, gaining a significant reputation for its contribution to the emerging mediaeval society. It later became more prominent as many branches of the same house acquired distant estates and branches, most notably in Brandenburg and Silesia, consistently elevating their social status by their great contributions to society.

Early History of the Seide family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Seide research. Another 269 words (19 lines of text) covering the years 1315, 1533, 1544, 1699, 1729 and 1821 are included under the topic Early Seide History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Seide Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Seidel, Seidell, Seidler, Seider, Seidl, Seiden, Seide, Seydl, Seydel, Seidelmann, Seidelman, Seidemann, Seideman, Seid, Seidt, Seidmann and many more.

Early Notables of the Seide family

Notables of the time with the surname Seide were the descendent of Georg Christoph Seidl, Georg Christoph Gottlieb von Seidl, who was a Prussian privy councillor...
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Migration of the Seide family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Johann Nicolaus Seidel, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1740. Nathaniel Seidel came in 1742; Johann Valentin Seidel in 1752; while August Seidel came to Texas with his wife Friedricke Heiden in 1846 and Gottlieb Seidell came to Philadelphia in 1848. Johann Jacob Seidemann came in 1736.


Contemporary Notables of the name Seide (post 1700) +

  • Henry W. Seide, American politician, Member of South Dakota State Senate, 1937-40 1
  • Fanny Grace Seide, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1944 1


  1. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, December 9) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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