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Grabau Early Origins

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The surname Grabau was first found in Mecklenburg, where the name Grabow contributed greatly to the development of an emerging nation, and would later play a large role in the tribal and national conflicts of the area. Over time, the Grabow family name branched into other houses, where their influence continued to be felt because of the important role they played in the local social and political affairs.

Grabau Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Grabow, Grabowe, Grabower, Grabowen, Grabowski, Grebow and many more.

Grabau Early History

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Grabau research. Another 163 words (12 lines of text) covering the years 1797, 1816, and 1840 are included under the topic Early Grabau History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Grabau Early Notables (pre 1700)

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The Great Migration

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Grabau Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Johann Andreas August Grabau, who arrived in America in 1839 ^[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)
Claus H. Grabau, aged 45, who emigrated to the United States, in 1894

Grabau Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Ludwik Grabau, aged 20, who emigrated to the United States from Czeruickow, Austria, in 1913
Robert Grabau, aged 7, who landed in America from Lockstedter Lager, Germany, in 1923
Wilhelm Grabau, aged 44, who settled in America from Berlin, Germany, in 1923
Wilhelmine Grabau, aged 42, who landed in America from Lockstedter Lager, Germany, in 1923
Gertrud Grabau, aged 14, who landed in America from Lockstedter Lager, Germany, in 1923
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Contemporary Notables of the name Grabau (post 1700)

Amadeus William Grabau (1870-1946), German-born, American paleontologist and geologist, eponym of the Dorsum Grabau, a lunar wrinkle ridge

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Citations

^ 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)

Other References

Fogleman, Aaron Spencer. Hopeful Journeys German Immigration, Settlement, and Political Culture in Colonial America 1717-1775. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986. Print. (ISBN 978-0812215489).
Oswald, G. Lexicon der Heraldik. Leipzig: 1984. Print.
Garland, Mary and Henry Garland Editions. Oxford Companion To German Literature 3rd Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997. Print. (ISBN 0198158963).
Neubecker, Ottfried. Wappen-Bilder-Lexikon der bürgerlichen Geschlechter Deutschlands, Oesterreichs und der Schweiz. Battenberg, München: 1985. Print.
Rietstap, Johannes Baptist. Armorial Général. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. Print.
Haverkamp, Alfred. Medieval Germany 1056-1273 2nd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print.
Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard and David Faris. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 7th Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0806313676).
Steed, Henry Wickham . The Hapsburg Monarchy. London: Constable and Company, 1919. Print.
Bolton, Charles Knowles. Bolton's American Armory. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1964. Print.
Strassburger, Ralph B. Pennsylvania German Pioneers The Original Lists of Arrivals in the Port of Philadelphia 3 Volumes. Baltimore: Picton Press, 1992. Print. (ISBN 978-0929539980).
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The Grabau Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Grabau Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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