My husband's grandmother Naomi's maiden name was Sempsrott. At some point she had given my husband a family tree that covered the years from 1829, when his great great grandfather Frederich Albert Sempsrott was born in Germany, through 1947 when the trail ended. After we retired to Florida in 1992, my husband came across the paperwork once more and we decided it was time to do something to document the family history. It seems that their mother, Anna, feared they would be drafted into military service and so she put them on a ship bound for the United States. Family legend reports that two brothers, Frederich Albert and Johann Heinrich were stowaways on a ship that left Berlin and they ended up in Cincinnati, Ohio. From Cincinnati the two brothers traveled to southern Illinois settling in Jasper County. At some point probably in the 1870s, Johann and his family moved to the Covington, Kentucky area while Frederich and his family remained to farm in Jasper County, Illinois.
This family is one of many which has variant spellings to challange the genealogist. Some of the variations have included Simperoot, Samscrott, Samesroth, Sempsrote, Sompcrott, Semprote and Samsrott. In Germany the name appears as Semsrott. Some have traced the name back to Asendorf, Germany in 1583. This is about the time Sweden invaded northern Germany. If this is true could the Semsrotts be descendants of the Sammen (Swedes)? Still working on this line as every spelling needs to be checked out.
Hi Donna,
ReplyDeleteI've read with interest your blog. I have two comments.
"were stowaways on a ship that left Berlin"
If you look at a map, then there is no connection between Berlin to the North Sea. The Kingdom of Hanover and the Kingdom of Prussia in 1842 were independent states. There were little traffic connections between the countries. Berlin can be a synonym for something else.
"This is about the time Sweden invaded northern Germany. If this is true could the Semsrotts be descendants of the Sammen (Swedes)?"
Sammen/Samen:This must be a internet-fairytale. The internet never forgets.
Sennipsrade/Semebrade/Sempeszrode/Semsrode: They are place names from different centuries
senehp = lat: Sinapis arvensis/Sinapis nigra = "mustard"
Rade/Rode means "forest clearance"/"cultivation"/
or an acker on the wild mustard grows.
Regards from Germany
Manfred
PS: Please excuse my English. I use the Google translator.
Danke Manfred für Ihre Kommentare. Als ich auf meinem Blog sagte, war die Geschichte über die Brüder als blinde Passagiere eines Schiffes aus Berlin genau, dass eine Familie Geschichte. In der Tat glaube ich, dass die tatsächlichen Frederich Reaktion auf den Ort der Geburt auf Volkszählung Formen Hannover war. Angeblich kam er im Jahre 1842 und heiratete in Cincinnati, Ohio vor 1850. Leider nichts vor 1850 wurde offiziell dokumentiert, obwohl ein deutscher Forscher hat den Namen wieder in Asendorf um 1620 zurückverfolgen.
DeleteDanke fürs Lesen und Kommentieren. Es tut mir leid für die verspätete Antwort auf Ihre Kommentare.
Grüße
Donna
PS: Ich habe google übersetzen zu