Wieman History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England
Germany

The Anglo-Saxon name Wieman comes from the Anglo-Saxon personal name Wigmund, meaning man of war. 1

Early Origins of the Wieman family

The surname Wieman was first found in Sussex but "Wymond and Wymund occurred as surnames in Oxfordshire, Bucks, Gloucestershire, and Norfolk during the 13th century." 2

Early History of the Wieman family

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Wieman Spelling Variations

Before the last few hundred years, the English language had no fast system of spelling rules. For that reason, spelling variations are commonly found in early Anglo-Saxon surnames. Over the years, many variations of the name Wieman were recorded, including Wyman, Wyeman and others.

Early Notables of the Wieman family

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Wieman migration to the United States +

To escape oppression and starvation at that time, many English families left for the "open frontiers" of the New World with all its perceived opportunities. In droves people migrated to the many British colonies, those in North America in particular, paying high rates for passages in cramped, unsafe ships. Although many of the settlers did not make the long passage alive, those who did see the shores of North America perceived great opportunities before them. Many of the families that came from England went on to make essential contributions to the emerging nations of Canada and the United States. Research into various historical records revealed some of first members of the Wieman family emigrate to North America:

Wieman Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Henry Wieman, aged 23, who arrived in St Louis, Missouri in 1838 3
Hieroneymous George Anton Wieman, aged 32, who landed in Mobile, Ala in 1852 3

Contemporary Notables of the name Wieman (post 1700) +

Carl Edwin Wieman (b. 1951), American physicist awarded a share of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics
Julius L. Wieman, American politician, Member of New York State Assembly from Kings County 18th District, 1894-95; Member of New York State Senate 9th District, 1896-98 4
F. W. Wieman, American Republican politician, Chair of Lincoln County Republican Party, 1949 4

Citations +

Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
Guppy, Henry Brougham, Homes of Family Names in Great Britain. 1890. Print.
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)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 10) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html