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Homrighausen

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Homrighausen is a family name that originated in the area of Berleburg in what is now the district of Siegen-Wittgenstein in Germany.

The village of Homrighausen was never more than a small hamlet north and slightly west of the town of Berleburg. Its first documented mention was in 1502 as Homerchusen.[1] However, the settlement is probably much older than that. Scholarly opinion is that place names ending in -hausen in Wittgenstein originated in the period 950-1150.[2] "-hausen" simply meant a settlement of houses, and it is believed that "Homrig" emerged from the words for a high hill--hohen Berg in German.

In 1606, Graf Georg relocated the peasant families living at Homrighausen to other villages to have full use of the land. An impressive forest house was erected there around 1770.[3] It is now part of the city of Bad Berleburg

The family name of Homrighausen is found in several nearby villages by the 16th century, but no one has been able to link these early branches back to a common ancestor. Besides the town of Berleburg itself, the Homrighausen name was and is common in the villages of Wunderthausen, Diedenshausen, Wemlighausen and Girkhausen, among others. At present, around 300 families by this name live in Germany, and more than half are in Siegen-Wittgenstein. A similar number live in the United States.

Homrighausens from Wittgenstein – as well as some a generation or two removed – came to America at various times beginning as early as 1748[4] Important points of settlement during the 19th century included Wheatland, Iowa, and Paola, Kansas. In the case of the earlier settlers, the name was often modified. "Hummerickhouse" is an example.

One prominent American with this name was the Rev. Dr. Elmer G. Homrighausen (1900–1982), a theologian and professor at the Princeton seminary.

Another American Homrighausen was the Rev. Dr. Edgar William Homrighausen (1924-2017). This theologian, parish pastor and President of the Southern District of Lutheran Church Missouri Synod from 1957-1969, led his District (Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and the Panhandle of Florida) through the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.

Genealogy

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More than 50 Homrighausens are known to have emigrated directly from Wunderthausen or Diedenshausen to the United States. There were certainly others.

Name To America Birth Death Settlement
Maria Catherine Homrighausen 1748 1721 Diedenshausen 1801 Pennsylvania
Elisabeth Gertraud Homrighausen 1748 1724 Diedenshausen Pennsylvania
Anna Gertraud Homrighausen 1748 1724 Diedenshausen Pennsylvania
Anna Maria Magdalena Homrighausen 1748 1728 Diedenshausen Pennsylvania
Johann Antoniy Homrighausen 1748 1722 Diedenshausen Pennsylvania
Johann Wilhelm Homrighausen 1796 1771 Diedenshausen Baltimore
Georg Wilhelm Homrighausen 1818 1782 Diedenshausen Baltimore
Katharina Wilhelmina Homrighausen 1818 1807 Diedenshausen Baltimore
Katharina Elisabeth Homrighausen 1818 1810 Diedenshausen Baltimore
Johann Georg Friedrich Homrighausen 1818 1813 Diedenshausen Baltimore
Anna Elisabeth Homrighausen 1818 1814 Diedenshausen Baltimore
Johannes Homrighausen 1818 1816 Diedenshausen Baltimore
Johann Daniel Homrighausen 1818 1817 Diedenshausen Baltimore
Johann Philipp Homrighausen
(Hummerickhouse in USA)
Abt. 1832 1785 Diedenshausen 1860 Ohio
Johannes Homrighausen 1866 1797 Wunderthausen 1870 Wheatland, Iowa
(Johann) Franz Homrighausen 1845 1814 Wunderthausen 1907 Wheatland, Iowa
Johannes Homrighausen 1839 1819 Wunderthausen 1898 Red Bud, Illinois
Johann Heinrich Homrighausen 1839 1822 Wunderthausen 1881 Red Bud, Illinois
Johann Heinrich Homrighausen 1864 1827 Wunderthausen 1893 Wheatland, Iowa
Johann Philipp Homrighausen 1871 1828 Diedenshausen 1904 Wheatland, Iowa
Katharine Wilhelmine Homrighausen 1871 1856 Diedenshausen 1941 Wheatland, Iowa
Johann Philipp Homrighausen, Jr. 1871 1860 Diedenshausen
Maria Katharina Homrighausen 1871 1867 Diedenshausen 1947 Wheatland, Iowa
Georg Heinrich Homrighausen 1871 1871 Diedenshausen 1959 Wheatland, Iowa
(Elisabeth) Amalia Homrighausen 1854 1828 Wunderthausen 1918 Paola, Kansas
(Georg) Ludwig Homrighausen 1882 1828 Wunderthausen 1914 Osawatomie, Kansas
(Johann) Philipp Homrighausen 1871 1828 Wunderthausen 1904 Wheatland, Iowa
(Johann) Georg Homrighausen 1866 1829 Wunderthausen
(Johann) Ludwig Homrighausen 1866 1832 Wunderthausen 1886 Wheatland, Iowa
Georg Ludwig Homrighausen 1854 1832 Wunderthausen 1894 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
(Johann) Georg Homrighausen 1854 1833 Wunderthausen 1910 Paola, Kansas; Willcox, Arizona
Maria Elisabeth Homrighausen 1857 1835 Wunderthausen 1871 Wheatland, Iowa
(Johann) Georg Homrighausen 1868 1835 Wunderthausen 1909?
Johannes Homrighausen 1857 1838 Wunderthausen 1878 Wheatland, Iowa
Maria Elisabeth Homrighausen 1865 1840 Wunderthausen 1926 Paola, Kansas
(Georg) Franz Homrighausen 1867 1840 Wunderthausen 1916 Missouri
Ludwig Heinrich Homrighausen 1866 1843 Wunderthausen 1913 Probably Missouri
Anna Elisabeth Homrighausen 1866 1846 Wunderthausen 1919 Jackson County, Missouri
Maria Catherine Homrighausen 1860 1846 Wunderthausen 1914 Miami County, Kansas
Johann Georg Homrighausen ?? 1848 Wunderthausen
Georg Ludwig Homrighausen 1866 1848 Wunderthausen
Maria Elisabeth Homrighausen Abt 1873 1850 Wunderthausen Prob. New Jersey
Catherine Homrighausen 1871 1853 Wunderthausen 1939 Osawatomie, Kansas
Heinrich Homrighausen 1885 1854 Wunderthausen 1926 Miami County, Kansas
(Katherine) Wilhelmine Homrighausen 1871 1856 Wunderthausen 1941 Wheatland, Iowa
Ludwig Heinrich Homrighausen 1881 1858 Wunderthausen 1932 Marsland, Nebraska
Dina Homrighausen 1885 1858 Wunderthausen 1914 Miami County, Kansas
Anna Elisabeth Homrighausen 1882 1862 Wunderthausen Prob. Miami County, Kansas
(Maria) Amalia Homrighausen 1879 1864 Wunderthausen 1932 Miami County, Kansas
(Johann) Friedrich Homrighausen 1883 1864 Wunderthausen Aft. 1930 Kansas
Johann Heinrich Homrighausen [George] ?? 1867 Wunderthausen Kansas
(Maria) Katherine Homrighausen 1871 1867 Wunderthausen 1947 Wheatland, Iowa
(Ludwig) Heinrich Homrighausen 1882 1869 Wunderthausen 1905 Osawatomie, Kansas
Heinrich Homrighausen 1886 1880 Wunderthausen Kansas
Dina Homrighausen 1886 1882 Wunderthausen Kansas
Georg Homrighausen 1886 1884 Wunderthausen Kansas

Principal Sources:

  • Wunderthausen: Mehr als 700 Jahre bewegter Geschichte. 2006, Wunderthausen
  • 800 Jahre Diedenshausen: Geschichte des Dorfes und seiner Familien Diedenshausen, 1997
  • [1]. Paul Riedesel.

Notes

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  1. ^ Wrede, Günther. Territorialgeschichte der Grafschaft Wittgenstein. Marburg, 1927
  2. ^ Möhn, Dieter. Wittgensteins Ortsnamen als Zeugnis seiner Geschichte, in Wittgenstein I. Balve, 1965.
  3. ^ Wrede
  4. ^ 800 Jahre Diedenshausen: Geschichte des Dorfes und seiner Familien. Diedenshausen, 1997.