Erbes History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Germany

Etymology of Erbes

What does the name Erbes mean?

The German surname Erbes comes from the medieval personal name Erbe, meaning "descendant," or "heir."

Early Origins of the Erbes family

The surname Erbes was first found in the Rhineland, where this family was a prominent contributor to the development of the district from ancient times. The earliest record is of "ich Erbo, Erben sun" or "Erbo, son of Erbo," who was a knight in Colmar in 1282. Colman or Kolman, located in Alsace, was a free city of the Holy Roman Empire in 1226. They held a family seat at Strasbourg, where records show Erbo Schonterlin in 1260, and Erbo Mendewin in 1353. Further to the south, there is a record of Joh. Erbe in 1320, in Konstanz, a city on the Swiss border.

Early History of the Erbes family

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Erbes Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Erb, Erbe, von Erb, von Erbe, Erbs, Erby, Erbie and others.

Early Notables of the Erbes family

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Erbes migration to the United States +

Erbes Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Frederic Erbes, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1792 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Erbes (post 1700) +

Cristian Damián Erbes (b. 1990), Argentine footballer

Sources +

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)