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![Show Contents]() Weyhe History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
- Origins Available:
 Germany
The surname Weyhe has a few possible origins. The name may be toponymic, from a place name near which the original bearer lived or held land. Place names which could have inspired the surname Weyhe could be Weier, Weiher, Wieren, and Weyer in Germany or Wierum in Holland. Or the surname could be locative, from a geographical feature near where the bearer resided. In either case, the name would be derived from the Middle German word "weiher" meaning "a pond or still water" or from the old German water-word "wir." The surname Weyhe may also be patronymic, from the first name of the father of the initial bearer. In this case, the surname Weyhe would come from the personal name Wigheri, stemming from "weihen" meaning "holy." Early Origins of the Weyhe familyThe surname Weyhe was first found in Westphalia, where the name emerged in mediaeval times as one of the notable families in the western region. From the 13th century onwards the surname was identified with the great social and economic evolution which made this territory a landmark contributor to the development of the nation. Haintz Weyer from Heudorf was recorded in Riedlingen in 1434, and Magdalena zum Weiher, widow of Erasmus zum Wiger, in Freiburg in 1572. A shoemaker named Martin Weyermann was mentioned in documents of 1644. Early History of the Weyhe familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Weyhe research. Another 76 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1580, 1596, 1610, 1620, 1621, 1623, 1640, 1666, 1670, 1690 and 1842 are included under the topic Early Weyhe History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Weyhe Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Weyer, Weyher, Wier, Weyhe, Weyier, van der Weyer, van den Weyer, Weye, Weyers, Wyers, Wyer, Wiermann and many more. Early Notables of the Weyhe familyNotables of the period with the name Weyhe were - Gabriel Weyer (ca.1580-1640), Hans Weyher the Elder (d.1621), Hans Wehyer the Younger (1596-1666), Hermann Weier (ca.1610), Jakob Weyer (1623-1670), and Johann Matthaus Weyer (1620-1690). J. Weijerman...
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Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Weyhe Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Friedrich Weyhe, who settled in North America in 1775
- Konrad Weyhe, who arrived in North America in 1775
- Conrad Weyhe, who landed in New York, NY in 1782 1
Weyhe Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Carl Heinr Weyhe, who settled in America in 1851
- Wiebke Weyhe, who arrived in Baltimore in 1882
- 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)
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Weyhe migration to the United States 
