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Early Origins of the Gotthard family

The surname Gotthard was first found in Thuringia, where the name emerged in mediaeval times as one of the notable families of the region. From the 13th century the surname was identified with the great social and economic evolution which made this territory a landmark contributor to the development of the nation.

Early History of the Gotthard family

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Gotthard Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Goethe, Goeth, Gothe, Gotthe, Gotha, Goethel and others.

Early Notables of the Gotthard family

Notable members of the surname Gotthard in this period were Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), "Germany's Shakespeare" and her greatest author. He was elevated to the nobility at the request of...
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United States Gotthard migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Gotthard Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Mr. Gustav Gotthard, German who arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1845 aboard the ship "Joh. Derhardt"
  • Mr. Ernest Gotthard, aged 19, German who arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1845 aboard the ship "Joh. Derhardt"
  • Theodor Gotthard, who landed in America in 1852 1
  • Julius Karl Gotthard, who arrived in North America in 1854 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Gotthard (post 1700) +

  • Karl Gotthard Lamprecht (1856-1915), German historian
  • Bertil Gotthard Ohlin (1899-1979), Swedish economist and politician
  • Fabian Gotthard Ohlin (1778-1852), Russian explorer
  • Gotthard Lamprecht (1856-1915), German historian
  • Gotthard Graubner (1930-2013), German painter from Erlbach, Germany
  • Gotthard Deutsch (1859-1921), Austrian scholar of Jewish history
  • Gotthard Frantz (1888-1973), highly decorated Generalleutnant in the German Luftwaffe during World War II


  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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