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Early Origins of the Wrede family

The surname Wrede was first found in Prussia, where the name emerged in medieval times as one of the notable families of the region. From the 13th century the surname was identified with the great social and economic evolution which made this territory a landmark contributor to the development of the nation.

Early History of the Wrede family

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Wrede Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Wrede, Rede, Wreed, Wread, Wreade, Wreede and others.

Early Notables of the Wrede family

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United States Wrede migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Wrede Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Georg Wrede, who landed in America in 1777 [1]
  • Heinrich Wrede, who landed in America in 1780 [1]
  • Johann Wrede, who landed in Long Island in 1781 [1]
  • Carl Simon Wrede, who arrived in America in 1781 [1]
Wrede Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Carsten Wrede, who landed in North America in 1832-1849 [1]
  • Alb Wrede, who landed in North America in 1832-1849 [1]
  • Joh Wrede, who arrived in North America in 1832-1849 [1]
  • Friedrich Wilhelm V Wrede, who arrived in Texas in 1844 [1]
  • H Wrede, aged 30, who arrived in New York, NY in 1851 [1]

Contemporary Notables of the name Wrede (post 1700) +

  • Patricia Collins Wrede (b. 1953), American fantasy writer from Chicago, Illinois
  • Frederick von Wrede, American politician, U.S. Vice Consul in Elberfeld, 1884 [2]
  • Georg Friedrich Eduard William Wrede (1859-1906), German Lutheran theologian
  • Ludwig Wrede (1894-1965), Austrian bronze medalist figure skater


  1. 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)
  2. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 8) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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