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Iese Origin and Immigration
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Name History and Origin for Iese Naming patterns can help you learn more about your family’s cultural and ethnic background. You might find alternate name spellings which are helpful when searching for family records.
Iese Surname Distribution
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Origin: In Danmark this is the form for 'son of Matthias'. This kind of name-giving was also in use in Schleswig (Northern part of Germany, which was until 1866 integral part of Danmark). Somehow in the 17th or 18th century surname became mandatory, so in that time the male ancestor was called Matthias.
Surnames: Madison, Matthiassen, Matthiesen, Matthiessen
Submitted by: G?nter Matthiessen
Origin of Iese, Meaning of Iese
Origin: Looking for any information on the KIESEWETTER family that came to the Tanunda area of South Australia in the 1840s.
Surnames: KIESEWETTER
Submitted by: Dot Wells
Origin of Iese, Meaning of Iese
Origin: Langnau IE, Switzerland in late 1400's took the surname Gysi. This surname was based upon his occupation of being a whipper in those days a whipper was called a Gyseler. But Arst Gysi did not want this name because his brother had already taken it so he decided to be original and still base his name on his occupation but however change the spelling from gyseler to Gysi - Gysi was a whipper or chaser of wild dogs from the town as his brother and father were also, this name today in some places is spelt Geesey
Surnames: gysi,gyseler,geesey,giese,keesey
Submitted by: Andrew J Geesey
Origin of Iese, Meaning of Iese
Origin: Liesendahl is the mainden name of my mother and all the members of this can family can be traced back to the first person of this name. This name was given to a child in the beginning of the 17th century. Liesendahl is a very small town near Cologne in Gemany. The father of the child is named (Spitzer living in Liesendahl) but there are no records of the mother.
Surnames: Liesendahl
Submitted by: Peter Knueppel
Origin of Iese, Meaning of Iese
Origin: Wiesen means meadows, or fields.
Surnames: Wiesen
Submitted by: Bernd Wiesen
Origin of Iese, Meaning of Iese
Origin: The surname "Wiese" is derived from a characteristic which a farmer can have. Farmers have been spread over the country of Germany during the middle age centuries. This was the time when this surname arised. "Wiese" defines the characteristic of owning a large area of grass.
Surnames: Wiese
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Origin of Iese, Meaning of Iese
Origin: Briese is a place name of Slavic-German origin. For a detailed description on the geographic and linguistic background to how it originated, check out the article on the origin of the name in the "Histories" section at www.gang-gang.net/briesegenealogy
Surnames: Briese
Submitted by: David Briese
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