Frankenthal History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Germany

Early Origins of the Frankenthal family

The surname Frankenthal was first found in the regions of the Rhineland and Westphalia, where bearers of the name were part of the Feudal System which became the backbone of early European society. Many bearers of this surname belonged to the knighthood in the Middle Rhine and Franconia regions.

Early History of the Frankenthal family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Frankenthal research. Another 136 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1300, 1361, 1370, 1456 and 1458 are included under the topic Early Frankenthal History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Frankenthal Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Frankenstein, Frankental, Frenkental, Frankenthal and many more.

Early Notables of the Frankenthal family

Notables with the name Frankenthal during this period were Johann von Frankenstein, a well known poet, who lived around the year 1300. Petrus von Frankenstein is mentioned in...
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Frankenthal migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Frankenthal Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Roschen Frankenthal immigrated to America in 1853 when he was 21
Jonas Frankenthal, who arrived in America in 1853 1
Jacob Frankenthal went to Mississippi in 1860

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)