Althof History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
The distinguished German surname Althof is of
Westphalian origin. The name comes from the name of a farm in
Westphalia, and is made up of two elements: "alt," meaning "old," and "hoff," meaning "yard."
Early Origins of the Althof family
The surname Althof was first found in the region of
Westphalia. The earliest known bearer of the name Althof was Henricus Althoff, who was a priest in the
Westphalian town of Bislich in 1536; however, the variation Oldehof was recorded in the Pomeranian town of Rostock as early as 1260.
Early History of the Althof family
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Early Notables of the Althof family (pre 1700)
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Migration of the Althof family to the New World and Oceana
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Althof Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
- Johan Nicklas Althof, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1752 [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
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)
Althof Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
- Fr Althof, who arrived in North America in 1832 [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
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) - William Althof, who landed in St Clair County, Illinois in 1882 [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
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)
Contemporary Notables of the name Althof (post 1700)
- William H. Althof, American Democrat politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1904 [2]CITATION[CLOSE]
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 4) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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- ^ 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 4) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html