| ![Show Contents]() Hafele History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 Germany The Hafele surname comes from the Middle High German words "hafner," or "hafen," meaning "pot," or "dish." As such, Hafele was originally an occupational name for a potter. Early Origins of the Hafele familyThe surname Hafele was first found in Austria and southern Bavaria, where the family made a considerable contribution to the feudal society which became the backbone of early modern Europe. The family became prominent in local affairs and branched into many houses. These played important roles in local political conflicts, in which each group sought power and status in an ever changing territorial profile. Chronicles first mention Hugo Hafinare of Constance in the year 1158, Uli Hafner (Haefeli) of the Aargau region in 1490, and Hueglin Haffner of Kirchheim in 1406. Chronicles also mention an ancient branch of the family whose members were knights of the Kingdom of Styria from 1310 to 1478. Early History of the Hafele familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Hafele research. Another 231 words (16 lines of text) covering the years 1629, 1630, 1631, 1640, 1702, 1735, 1741, 1759, 1764, 1776, 1782, 1833 and 1861 are included under the topic Early Hafele History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Hafele Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Haffner, Hafner, Haafner, Hafener, Haffener, Haeffner, Heffner, Haefner, Hefner, Haefeli (Swiss) and many more. Early Notables of the Hafele familyDuring this period prominent bearers of the name Hafele were Enrico Haffner (1640-1702), an Italian painter of quadratura during the Baroque period, his father was from Switzerland. Phillip Hafner (1735-1764), was an Austrian lawyer who later became a dramatist. His numerous plays introduced good-humored farce to Viennese comedy and their influence was felt well into the next century. Otto Titan von Hefner, the son of Georg von Hefner, became famous as an authority on heraldry and related studies. In...
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 Hafele migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Hafele Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Richarda Hafele, who arrived in Venezuela in 1842 1
Hafele Settlers in United States in the 20th Century- Magdalena Hafele, aged 27, who settled in America from Mulhausen, in 1904
- Georg Hafele, aged 29, who immigrated to the United States from Salzburg, Austria, in 1907
- Charles Hafele, aged 44, who settled in America, in 1907
- Christine Hafele, aged 26, who immigrated to the United States from Heflinger, Germany, in 1907
- Emilie Hafele, aged 4, who landed in America from Heflinger, Germany, in 1907
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| Contemporary Notables of the name Hafele (post 1700) | + |
- Joseph Carl Hafele (1933-2014), American physicist best known for the Hafele-Keating experiment, a test of Einstein's theory of relativity
- Anna Häfele (b. 1989), German ski jumper
- Mathias Hafele (b. 1983), Austrian ski jumper
- 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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Hafele migration to the United States 
