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Early Origins of the Prussman family

The surname Prussman was first found in Prussia, where the name emerged in medieval times as one of the notable families of the region Saxony. The name Preuss came from an ancient Baltic tribe of the name Prüsen, a tribe displaced by the German tribes in the 13th century. 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 Prussman family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Prussman research. Another 108 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1605, 1620, 1666, 1696, 1698, 1737, 1757 and 1771 are included under the topic Early Prussman History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Prussman Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Preuss, Pruys, Preussner, Preussler, Preissler, Prutz, Preis, Preiss, Preisser, Preissler, Preissman, Prusse, Prussman and many more.

Early Notables of the Prussman family

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Migration of the Prussman family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: August Preusch, who came to Philadelphia in 1738; Henrich Preus, a Hessian soldier who came to America for the American War of Independence, and was on record in Quebec in 1779.

Contemporary Notables of the name Prussman (post 1700)+

  • Private First Class Ernest W Prussman (d. 1944), American soldier awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1944
  • Eileen G. Prussman, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 2008 1
  1. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 9) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html

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