Whetzel History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Whetzel family

The surname Whetzel was first found in Silesia and Bohemia, where the name could be considered to make a major contribution to the feudal society that shaped the early development of Europe. The name became prominent in local affairs and branched into many houses, playing important roles in the savage tribal and national conflicts, as each group strove for power and status in an unstable territorial profile. Chronicles first mention the Lord Weczel von Schellendorf from Liegnitz in Silesia around 1424, and Hans Weczold of Freiberg in Saxony near the border with Bohemia in 1447.

Early History of the Whetzel family

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Whetzel Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Wetzel, Wetzlaw (Silesia), Weczel (Silesia, Bohemia), Wetzold, Weczold, Wetzler, Wetzal, Wetzell, Wetzlar, Wetz and many more.

Early Notables of the Whetzel family

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Whetzel Ranking

In the United States, the name Whetzel is the 10,400^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Whetzel migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Whetzel Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Paul Whetzel, who landed in Somerset County, Pennsylvania in 1852 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Whetzel (post 1700) +

Harvey C. Whetzel, American Democratic Party politician, Mayor of East Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1932-33; Candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 7th District, 1948; Candidate for Michigan State Board of Agriculture, 1949 3
Esther M. Whetzel, American Democratic Party politician, Member of Michigan Democratic State Central Committee, 1949 3
Herbert Hice Whetzel (1877-1944), American mycologist and plant pathologist

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
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 2016, April 22) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html