| ![Show Contents]() Karsch History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Etymology of KarschWhat does the name Karsch mean? The name Karsch is derived from the Yiddish words "kirsch," meaning "cherry," and "baum," meaning "tree." This name is more likely to have been ornamental in its origins, rather than actually a name given to someone who lived near a cherry tree. The surname Karsch is also a veiled form of the Jewish name "Gershon" or "Gershom." Karsch Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Kirstein, Kirsten, Kirchstein, Kirchen, Kirschheim, Kirschdorf, Kirschenberg, Kirschenzweig, Kirschenblatt, Kirschenbaum, Kirchhoff, Kirsh, Kersch, Kerschman, Karsch, Kirshonovitz, Kirsbaum, Kirschbaum, Kirshenboim and many more.
| Karsch migration to the United States | + |
Karsch Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Emil Karsch, aged 28, who landed in North America in 1869 1
- Katherina Karsch, aged 22, who arrived in America in 1892 1
| Contemporary Notables of the name Karsch (post 1700) | + |
- Tom Karsch, American former Executive Vice President and General Manager for Turner Classic Movies and Turner South
- Douglas Allen Karsch III, American talk radio show host
- Johannes Waldemar Karsch (1881-1939), German Esperantist and a state auditor
- Ferdinand Karsch -Haack (1853-1936), German arachnologist, entomologist and anthropologist
- Anna Louisa Karsch (1722-1791), German autodidact and poet
- 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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