Anyone fluent in German Need help on a translation
earthwrks
Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 3853 Home Office in Flat Rock, Michigan Pics |
2008-01-08 150073
I'm trying to do some family ancestry research. I know that one of our family surnames is Kesslering or Kesselring. The recorded history goes back to the 10th century. The name Kesselring is based on the term "chezzel" or "kezzel" which I beleive is the name of the germanic tribe. The "ring" was added to the tribe name to indicate where they were from which looked like a sort of ringed encampment. I'm trying to relocate drawings I saw about 15 years ago of this fort that was perched high on a bluff where two rivers converged.
Anyone know of the germanic tribe or if I'm even spelling it right?
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Anyone fluent in German Need help on a translation
greg_g
Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1816 Western Kentucky Pics |
2008-01-09 150079
Well, I'm not fluent - but I do have Germanic ancestry, and I lived in Stuttgart-Vaihingen for several years. As such, I can't discourage pursuit of the tribal name angle. But remember that it's not unusual for tribes to carry names related to where they lived or what they did. Considering the root words KESSEL and RING, the combination could represent something as simple as a what the patriarch did for a living (boilers/pots) or where they lived (the road around Kessel)
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Anyone fluent in German Need help on a translation
earthwrks
Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 3853 Home Office in Flat Rock, Michigan Pics |
2008-01-09 150113
Greg I agree. I read the book entitled Kesselrings in America that was written in 1980. It is out of print. I'm hoping someone knows or can identify either the region the Chessels/Chezzel/Kessle or somtehing like that originate from (it may even be near Belguim). Or they can translate what that surname means. ....
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greg_g
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2008-01-09 150114
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Unless you can make some sense of this though, all I'm doing is making it harder instead of easier.
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