Show ContentsBissing History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Early Origins of the Bissing family

The surname Bissing was first found in Saxony, where this distinguished family held a family seat since ancient times.

Early History of the Bissing family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bissing research. Another 85 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1633, 1647, 1747, 1771, 1773 and 1883 are included under the topic Early Bissing History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Bissing Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Bissing, Bissin, Bising and others.

Early Notables of the Bissing family

  • Carl Gottfried and Johhann Heinrich von Bissing, who acquired nobility status in the year 1747


Bissing migration to the United States +



Bissing Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Alois Bissing, aged 15, who landed in New York in 1875 1
  • Justus Bissing, who landed in Baltimore, Maryland in 1875 1
  • Katharina Margaretha Guenther Bissing, who landed in Baltimore, Maryland in 1875 1
  • Margarette Bissing, aged 44, who arrived in New York in 1875 1
  • Peter Bissing, who landed in New York in 1875 1
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Bissing Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Eduard, Friedrich, Jacob, Katharina, Konstantin, Leo, Margaretha, Pauline and Wilhilmina Bissing, who, who arrived in New York in 1923

Contemporary Notables of the name Bissing (post 1700) +

  • Moritz Ferdinand Freiherr von Bissing (1844-1917), Prussian General and Baron, Military Governor of occupied Belgium (1915-1917)


  1. 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)


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