Heymann History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Germany

Early Origins of the Heymann family

The surname Heymann 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.

Early History of the Heymann family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Heymann research. Another 81 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1516, 1669, 1729, 1754, 1800, 1812, 1836 and 1856 are included under the topic Early Heymann History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Heymann Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Heym, Heyman, Heymann, Heymans, Heymen, Heyme, Heymberg, Heyme, Heymenbergh, Heymenstein, Heymet, Heymiller, Heymueller, Heyms, Heyn and many more.

Early Notables of the Heymann family

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Heymann migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Heymann Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Joh Henrich Heymann, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1753 1
Johann Dan Heymann, who arrived in America in 1766 1

Heymann Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Meyer Heymann, who arrived in Virginia in 1824 1
Anschell Heymann, aged 52, who landed in Virginia in 1830 1
Gottfried Heymann, who arrived in Galveston, Tex in 1845 1
Mr. Hein. Aug. Heymann, aged 28, German who arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1845 aboard the ship "Herschel"
Mrs. Elisabeth Heymann, aged 40, German who arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1845 aboard the ship "Herschel"
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Heymann migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Heymann Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Mr. Johann Michael Heymann, (b. 1841), aged 31, Scandinavian farm labourer travelling from Hamburg aboard the ship "Palmerston" arriving in Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand on 12th December 1872 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Heymann (post 1700) +

Philip Benjamin Heymann (1932-2021), American lawyer, federal prosecutor, legal scholar, and law professor who headed the Criminal Division of the Justice Department as Assistant Attorney General (1993-1994)
David L. Heymann (b. 1946), American epidemiologist
David Heymann, American architect commissioned by President George W. Bush to design an environmentally friendly house for the Prairie Chapel Ranch near Crawford, Texas
Werner R. Heymann (1896-1961), German four-time Academy Award nominated conductor and composer
Klaus Heymann (b. 1936), German entrepreneur, founder and managing director of the Naxos record label
Ernst Heymann (1870-1946), German jurist
Carl "Karl" Heymann (1854-1922), German pianist, composer and piano teacher, founder of Carl Heymanns Verlag GmbH, a publishing house in Cologne, Germany
Aribert Heymann (1899-1946), German bronze medalist field hockey player at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Tomer Heymann (b. 1970), Israeli filmmaker

Citations +

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)
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 26th March 2019). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html