The surname Schweppes can be classified as occupational, derived from the trade, office or profession of the first bearer of the name. In this case, Schweppes is based on "swepe," a long board nailed under the rafters of a roof, suggesting a carpenter or roofer. Or the surname Schweppes may derive from the Westphalian word "swippe," meaning "whip." In Bavaria, the name can take on the suffix "-l" creating names like Schwippl. The low German suffix "-ke" can also be added to the name, making Schwippke.
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Early Origins of the Schweppes family
The surname Schweppes was first found in lower Germany. where the name Schweppes can be traced back to the 17th Century. Catharina Elisabeth Schweppe, was christened in Versmold, Westphalia in 1693, and Adolph Heinrich Wilhelm Schweppe in Schoetmar, Westphalia in 1789. The name was also recorded in Quedlinberg, in the Saxony-Anhalt region, as Schwippe in 1601, Schwöppe in 1605, and Schwibbe in 1708.
Early History of the Schweppes family
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Schweppes Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Schweppe, Schwepe, Schwepenhauer, Schwippe, Schwippl, Schwibbe, Schwöppe and many more.
Early Notables of the Schweppes family
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Migration of the Schweppes family
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Carl Gottlieb Schwibbe and his children Zacharias H. Gottlieb and Carl Gottlieb Caspar, who immigrated in 1850; Sisters Karoline and Wilhelmine, who arrived in 1854.
