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![Show Contents]() Langen History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
The family name emerged in the old duchy of Saxony, which existed from the 9th to the 12th centuries. A common form of surname found in Lower Saxony are those that are derived from nicknames. Nickname surnames were derived from an eke-name, or added name. They usually reflected the physical characteristics or attributes of the first person that used the name. The name Langen is derived from the Old German word "lang," which means "long," and it was a nickname for a very tall person. Early Origins of the Langen familyThe surname Langen was first found in Lueneburg, in the Dukedom of Brunswick, where this family contributed to the local society. The family became an integral part of that turbulent region as they emerged to form alliances with other families within the feudal system. Early History of the Langen familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Langen research. Another 178 words (13 lines of text) covering the years 1184, 1291, 1350, 1519, 1567, 1711, 1733, 1764, 1824, 1828, 1835, 1848, 1875 and 1930 are included under the topic Early Langen History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Langen Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Lange, Langer, Lang, Langen and others. Early Notables of the Langen familyNotables of the time included Samuel Gotthold Lange (1711-81), who was a poet and translator. The knight Karl Heinrich von Lang (1764-1835) was a German historian and private secretary to the Prussian statesman...
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 Langen migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Langen Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- William Langen, who sailed to Pennsylvania in 1777
- William Langen, aged 20, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1777 1
Langen Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Maria Langen, who landed in America in 1837 1
- Franziska Langen, who arrived in Texas in 1846 1
- Bern Jos Heinr Langen, who landed in America in 1850 1
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- Odin Elsford Stanley Langen (1913-1976), American Republican politician, Member of Minnesota State House of Representatives 67th District, 1951-58; U.S. Representative from Minnesota, 1959-71 2
- Albert Langen, German publisher who founded the highly influential satirical journal "Simplicissmus" in 1869
- 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)
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, December 1) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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