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Early Origins of the Gollnitz family

The surname Gollnitz was first found in Catalonia, in northeastern Spain.

Early History of the Gollnitz family

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Gollnitz Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Guell, Güell, Guel, Guele, Guelle, Guelen, Gual, Gualdo, Guales, Quell and many more.

Early Notables of the Gollnitz family

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Gollnitz migration to the United States +



Gollnitz Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Johan Christian Gollnitz, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1752 1

Bismarck
  • Paul Göllnitz (1919-1941), German Musikobergefreiter who served aboard the German Battleship Bismarck during World War II when it was sunk heading to France; he died in the sinking 2


  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)
  2. Bismarck & Tirpitz Class - Crew List Bismarck. (Retrieved 2018, February 06). Retrieved from https://www.bismarck-class.dk/bismarck/crew/bismarck_crew.html#crew_details


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