Schweder History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Schweder

What does the name Schweder mean?

The ancestral home of the Schweder family is Bavaria. Schweder is a local name for a person who lived in Swabia, a medieval dukedom that was in southwestern Germany. This is a regional name for a person who was form Swabia having derived from the Germanic word Schwaben, which means Swabian and is derived from the name of the Germanic tribe that inhabited this region. The Latin form of the tribal name is Suebi or Suevi.

Early Origins of the Schweder family

The surname Schweder was first found in Franconia and later Mecklenburg, where the name became prominent as many branches of the same house acquired distant estates, some in foreign countries such as Austria. They were always elevating their social status by intermarriage and by their great contributions to society. The name Schwab has been traced to Mecklenburg as early as 1298, when Ulrich Schwab, the first Count of Nemerow, lived. Chronicles also mention Christian Schwabel in Franconia in 1414.

Early History of the Schweder family

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Schweder Spelling Variations

Many cultural groups lived in the German states in medieval times. Each had its own dialect and traditions, and unique variations of popular names. Low German, which is similar to contemporary Dutch, was spoken in Westphalia. German names are characterized by additions such as regional suffixes and phrases that tell something about the origin or background of its original bearer. Further contributing to the variation in German names was the fact that there were no spelling rules in medieval times: scribes recorded names according to their sound. The recorded spelling variations of Schweder include Schwab, Schwabe, Schwabel, Schwebel, Swab and others.

Early Notables of the Schweder family

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Schweder migration to Australia +

Schweder Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. Frederick Schweder, English convict who was convicted in London, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Elphinstone" on 28th July 1842, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Schweder (post 1700) +

Robert Schweder, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, 1996; Presidential Elector for Wisconsin, 1996 2
Tore Schweder (1943-2024), Norwegian statistician and was a professor at the Department of Economics and at the Centre for Ecology and Evolutionary Synthesis at the University of Oslo

Sources +

Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 23rd March 2022). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/elphinstone
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 13) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html