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Origin of Vog Total Records: 4  Origin of Vog, Meaning of Vog Origin: Two brothers, Jahn and Joseph Vogel settled in Caldwell County, Texas in the early 1850's. They were from Prussia. Surnames: Vogel, Vogle Submitted by: Judith Renker Origin of Vog, Meaning of Vog Origin: Family from Rheinbischofsheim, Grand Duchy of Baden (Germany) Surnames: Vogel Submitted by: Denise Parsons Origin of Vog, Meaning of Vog Origin: In George F. Jones book it says "TTER" means "Dweller on the ETT (river)" or "Dweller in a wattled enclosure." I have had cnfirmed by three people fom Schweiz, Austria and Baden-Wurttemberg, that Etter means this. 1.) The word Etter comes from the Alemans. It was the name of the Bounds, Fences of her Village. The villages of the Alemans was enclosed by "Palisades" witch was called etter. Daniel Etter Schweiz 2.) "Ethymologisches W?rterbuch der deutschen familiennamen" = "Ethymological dictionary of german familynames". according to this book there are 2 possibilities. A: the name based on the old fences (as we already have discussed) B: the name based on the old alemannic word of Etter which means Kinsman. Alexander Lutz Austria 3.) ETTER: either is 1) Middle High German "?ter" = village fence, boundary; or 2) MHG "etter" = cousin. ETTERLI(N): Affectionate form for Etter = cousin. Etterli(n) was widely spread in the alemannic region (the -i is typically Swiss). In 1407 there is a Heinzmann ETTERLIN, Vogt (bailiff, administrator) at Istein (L?rrach, near the Swiss border), and in 1441 Anton => ?TTERLI (!), also spelt ETTER- LIN, town scribe in Schaffhausen (Switzerland). Heinz Majer Baden-W?rttemberg Surnames: Etter, Vogel, Kremitzki, Howard, Parsons Submitted by: Robert Etter Origin of Vog, Meaning of Vog Origin: The name Vogt is derived from the Hegnishian word for cow which is "voghft". The Hegnishian people were a tribe that lived in the mountains of Germany. There are two reasons why the name Vogt is derived from the hegnishian "cow". One is that most of the Vogt family in the Hegnishan Tribe were obese and dubbed "cows" by their piers for not practicing the proper german food etiquite... another is that they were very high into the cattle raising industry and were said to raise the best meat in eastern europe. They lived there between about 1400 and 1672. They were castrated out of the mountains when the invading French army threatened their cattle production and some of the Vogt members were captured as French prisoners. The Vogt's that were left, which was the majority of them, headed down the mountain with the other Hegnishians and tried to raise their cattle there, all attempts prevailed. Surnames: Vogt, Tevis, McCalla Submitted by: Clay Vogt 2/17/2012 8:49 AM Page 1 of 1

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