Sonnenburg History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Germany

Early Origins of the Sonnenburg family

The surname Sonnenburg was first found in Switzerland, where the name came from noble beginnings gained a significant reputation for its contribution to the emerging mediaeval society and its lands in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. It later became more prominent as many branches of the same house acquired distant estates and branches throughout Europe, always elevating their social status by their great contributions to society.

Early History of the Sonnenburg family

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Sonnenburg Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Sonnenberg, Sonnenburg, Sonneberg, Sonneburg, Sonnenbourg, Sonnberg, Sonnburg, Sonnberger and many more.

Early Notables of the Sonnenburg family

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Sonnenburg migration to the United States +

Sonnenburg Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Ludw Sonnenburg, who arrived in America in 1864 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Sonnenburg (post 1700) +

Willard M. Sonnenburg, American politician, Mayor of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, 1937, 1950 2

Sources +

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, November 25) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html