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Boehner Germany
Johann Georg Boehner came from "Ansbach" in 1752 with several other families and individuals from the same place.? It is not clear where "Ansbach" is located.? Was it one of the many villages in the Rhine River region with that name or a village in the Catholic Principality of Ansbach in modern-day Bavaria.? The Boehner family has spread throughout Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Massachusetts and Iowa.
Collicut (Collicutt) New England
The Collicut family settled in Chester township, Nova Scotia.? The Collicut and Collicutt family remains a Chester family today.? The Collicuts are a Planter era family having settled in Chester about 1762.? The Collicut family came from Massachusetts Bay Colony to Halifax about 1752.? There was a Collicut family in Dorchester, Massachusetts in the 1600s from which the Chester family be descended.
Deladeray
Louis Deladeray came to Nova Scotia in 1750 as a single man.? His origins are unknown, although it is suspected that he came from Alsace/Elsaß.? He married in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1752.? He and his wife Susannah Rösti went to Lunenburg, Nova Scotia in 1753.? All known descendants of Louis and Susannah Deladeray are through their daughter Johanna.? Among the descendants of the Deladeray family are the Hyson, Turner, and Saltzman families.
Emoneau (Emeneau, Emeno, Emino) Montbéliard
The Emoneau family came from the Payée de Montbéliard in 1752.? The family settled in Lunenburg in 1753 and received their 30-acre farm lot at First Peninsula.? The family homestead was the site of the brutal murder in 1791 when Frederic Emoneau, his wife and a grand-daughter were brutally murdered by brothers George Frederick and John Bouteillier.?? Today the most common spellings of the family surname are Emeno and Emino.

Dr. Paulsen published a brief history of the family in the New England Historic Genealogical Society's publication NEXUS.? The article includes a discussion of the murder and the subsequent trial.? Within the next two years, he intends to publish a more detailed discussion of the murder, the trial and the people involved.

Ewald (Awalt) Germany Palatinate
The Ewald / Awalt family of Nova Scotia is descended from Johann George Ewald who emigrated to Nova Scotia as single man in 1751 on the Murdoch.? He came to Nova Scotia with Johann Wendel and Maria Apollonia (Ewald) Wuest.? Maria Apollonia Wuest was Johann Georg Ewald's elder sister.? The Wuest and Ewald families resided in Osthofen, Kur-Pfalz (Electorate and Kingdom of the Palatinate).? ?The progenitor of the Osthofen Ewald family was Christian Ewald of Groß-Rohrheim, Landgrafschaft Hessen-Darmstadt.? He and his wife Anna Cathatina Binder lived at Osthofen.? In 1745 Maria Apollonia Ewald married Johann Wendel Wuest at Osthofen;? he was from Eschellbrücken, Landgrafscaft Hessen-Darmstadt.? The family of Johann Georg Ewald settled at Rose Bay, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia where he received his 30-acre farm lot in 1753-54. This genealogy of the Ewald and Wuest families is not complete.

Hiltz (Hüls) Germany
The Hiltz family of Nova Scotia came from Ortenberg, Grafschaft Stolberg-Roßla.? The Hiltz family was in Ortenberg for two generations before Johann Heinrich and Johann Daniel Hiltz emigrated to Nova Scotia in 1751 on the Murdoch.? Earlier generations of the Hiltz / Hüls family were in the nearby village of Wenings, Grafschaft Isenberg.? Daniel Hiltz was a single man when he emigrated with his married elder brother Heinrich.? Daniel Hiltz settled at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia in 1753 and in 1758 married Rebecca Magdalena Lantz from Frankfurt am Main, Reichsstadat Frankfurt.? Daniel and and Anna Gertraud (Kayser) Hiltz stayed in Halifax and eventually settled at Sackville, Nova Scotia.? Today descendants of Heinrich and Daniel Hiltz are found through out Canada and the United States.? This genealogy is not a complete accounting of their descendants.

Hyson (Heyson, Heison, Heÿson) Germany Palatinate
The Hyson family are descended from Johann Friedrich Heyson and his wife Anna Catharina Junckerin who came to Nova Scotia in 1751 from Hering-Otzberg, Palatinate.? The family settled in the Mahone Bay area of Lunenburg township, Nova Scotia in 1753.? Many branches of the family are found in Mahone Bay, Oakland, Indian Point, Clearland, New Germany, and Simpson's Corner, Nova Scotia.? There are Hyson descendants all across Canada and the United States.

A selection of Hyson family photographs and information can be viewed at Hyson Family (a site also managed & maintained by Dr. Paulsen).

Dr. Paulsen is planning to publish the Hyson genealogy.? The material presented on-line represents the bare bones of his research.? The forthcoming Hyson family history will be fully documented regarding sources and will included significant historical data, documents, maps and photographs.
Hyson of New Ross (Heishon) Germany ?
The New Ross area Hyson family is descended from Heinrich Heishon. He was a disbanded German Napoleonic War soldier in the service of the British government and was part of the group of soldiers under the leadership of William Ross. The origins of Heinrich Heishon in the German states is currently unknown. He married a Lunenburg German woman from the Hirtle family. The New Ross area Hyson family is not related to the larger Hyson family of the Mahone Bay and New Germany areas of Lunenburg County.

Lantz Germany ?
Johann Heinrich Lantz and his wife Anna Maria Milch with their three children emigrated to Nova Scotia in 1751 on the Murdoch.? Johannes Heinrich Lantz was born in Nieder-Erlenbach, Reichsstadt Frankfurt.? His wife Anna Maria Milch was born at Soden, Reichsstadt Frankfurt.? In 1753 they relocated to the Crown-sponsored settlement of Lunenburg when the majority of Foreign Protestant immigrants settled there.? Johann Heinrich Lantz received his 30-acre farm grant at Oakland, lot number 9.? Today the family is spread throughout North America.? This genealogy is not complete.

Meisner (Meißner, Meissner, Meÿsner) Germany
The Meisner family came from Glauberg, Graftschaft Stolberg-Gedern.? The family arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1751.? The Meisners settled in Lunenburg township, Nova Scotia in 1753.? The family received their grant at Centre Range, but eventually moved to Feltzen South and the Ovens.? After 1800, the family spread throughout Lunenburg County and the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia.? Today Meisners are found all over Canada and the United States.
Romkey (Ramge, Ramichen) Germany Palatine
The Romkey (Ramichen or Ramge) family came to Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1750 from the village on Nieder-Klingen in Odenwald region of the Palatinate. The family has its origins in the neighbouring village of Spachbrücken in the Landgraviate of Hessen-Darmstadt.?? Johann Wendel Ramichen or Ramge, his wife Anna Margaretha Uhrig, and their children spent three winters in Halifax before moving to Lunenburg in 1753.? The family eventually settled at Five Houses on the LaHave River where Anna Margaretha's brother had his 30-acre farm lot.
Rosti (Rösti, Roesti, Rosty, Rösty) Switzerland Canton Bern
The Rosti family is originally from Frutigen, Canton Bern, Switzerland.? The Nova Scotia branch of the family was from the neighbouring village of Adelboden.? Gilgian Roesti and his family left Adelboden in 1750 and emigrated to Nova Scotia.? The family settled in Lunenburg township in 1753. The Roesti family descends through a daughter to the Hatt family and a granddaughter to the Saltzman, Turner and Hyson families.
Salzmann (Saltzman, Saltsman, Salsman) Germany
The origins of Casper Friedrich Salzmann are vague.? He first appears in Lunenburg records as a member of Zion Lutheran Evangelical Church in 1771. His marriage record in the Lutheran Church states that he was from Mecklenberg (Germany); however, there is no known record of when he arrived in Nova Scotia.? He may have come as a child as part of another family group.? The Saltzman family has two major branches: Country Harbour on the Eastern Shore, and New Ross/Annapolis Valley.? There are Hyson, Keddy and Turner descendants.
Uhrig (Urich) Germany Palatine
The Uhrig family came with the Ramichen family to Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1750 from the village of Ober-Klingen in Odenwald region of the Palatinate. Johann Leonard Uhrig, his wife Anna Margaretha Heuß, and their children spent three winters in Halifax before moving to Lunenburg in 1753.? Leonhard Uhrig received his 30-acre farm lot at what became known as Five Houses on the LaHave River.
Völcker (Volcker, Voelcker) Germany
The Family of Andreas Völcker and his wife Anna Catherina Nickel came to Nova Scotia from Glauberg, Grafschaft Stolberg-Gedern in 1751.? In 1753 the Völcker family settled in Lunenburg township, Nova Scotia.? Their land grant was at Centre Range.? Having only daughters, all descendants of the Völcker family are through the Wile, Hauptman and Hatt/Hutt families.? The Wile and Hatt/Hutt families are found throughout Canada and the United States.

Wambold (Wamboldt) Germany
The Wambold family of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia has its origins in Zwingerberg, Landgrafschaft Hessen-Darmstadt.? The Wambold family was in Zwingerberg for the three geneations before brothers Johann Adam and Johann Peter Wambold / Wamboldt emigrated to Nova Scotia in 1750 on the Ann.? The Wambold family of Zwingenberg has its origins in Pfungstadt, Landgrafschaft Hessen (-Darmstadt).? The family can be traced back to Dieter Wambold who lived about 1510 to about 1565 at Pfungstadt.? This genealogy focuses on the German ancestry of Nova Scotia Wambold family.

Weinacht (Whynacht, Weinot, Whynot) Germany Palatine
The Weinacht family came from the village of Mutterstadt in the Palatinate. Unfortunately church records begin in the 1690s, shortly after the Palatinate suffered an invasion from France.? The Weinacht family came to Nova Scotia in 1752.? They came to Lunenburg in 1753 and received their 30-acre farm lot in Mahone Bay.
White
The origins of the White family of Lunenburg and Kings Counties, Nova Scotia are unknown.? Census records indicate that the Whites were of Irish origins, probably Scots-Irish.? Andrew White's death record indicates that he was born in Annapolis County.? The census records for his son James give conflicting information about his birth: Nova Scotia in the 1871 census and New Brunswick in the 1881 census.? By the 1830s the White family was settled at Pleasant River Road, Lunenburg County.? Eventually descendants moved to Aylesford and area, Kings County, Nova Scotia and Woburn, Massachusetts.? Other descendants stayed in Lunenburg County.
Young (Jung) Germany
The Jung / Young families of Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia came from Lützellinden, Grafschaft Nassau-Weilburg.? The several Jung families arrived at Halifax in 1750 on board the Ann.? In 1753 they all went to Lunenburg when the Crown established the settlement there.? This genealogy concerns itself with the Nova Scotian descendants of Johannes Andreas and Anna Eulalia (Engel) Jung.? Three of their sons came to Nova Scotia.? Johannes and and Marianna (LeBlank) Jung settled at First Peninsula, Lunenburg County.? Most, of not all,? of the North American descendants of Johannes Andreas and Anna Eulalia Jung are through Johannes and Marianna Jung's children.? Heinrich Jung and his family appear to have all died in Nova Scotia before 1755.? The last son Adam Jung married in Nova Scotia.? His family appears to have died out as well.? This genealogy of the Jung / Young family is by means complete.

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