Homrighausen

Homrighausen

=History=

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" [Wrede, Günther. Territorialgeschichte der Grafschaft Wittgenstein. Marburg, 1927] . 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. [Möhn, Dieter. "Wittgensteins Ortsnamen als Zeugnis seiner Geschichte", in Wittgenstein I. Balve, 1965.] "-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.

Under the reign of Graf Casimir of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1687-1741), the peasant families living at Homrighausen were dispersed to other villages in order for a hunting lodge to be built at the site. It still stands.

The family name of Homrighausen is found in several nearby villages by the 1500s, 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. The spelling of "Homrighausen" was more or less the norm by 1600. 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 [800 Jahre Diedenshausen: Geschichte des Dorfes und seiner Familien. Diedenshausen, 1997.] Important points of settlement during the 1800s 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.

Genealogy

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 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 Homrighausen1818 1816 Diedenshausen Baltimore
Johann Daniel Homrighausen 1818 1817 Diedenshausen Baltimore

Johann Philipp Homrighausen
(Hummerickhouse in USA

Abt. 1832

1785 Diedenshausen

1860

Ohio

Johannes Homrighausen18661797 Wunderthausen 1870Wheatland, Iowa
(Johann) Franz Homrighausen18451814 Wunderthausen 1907Wheatland, Iowa
Johannes Homrighausen18391819 Wunderthausen 1898Red Bud, Illinois
Johann Heinrich Homrighausen18391822 Wunderthausen 1881Red Bud, Illinois
Johann Heinrich Homrighausen18641827 Wunderthausen 1893Wheatland, Iowa
Johann Philipp Homrighausen1871 1828 Diedenshausen1904 Wheatland, Iowa
Katharine Wilhelmine Homrighausen1871 1856 Diedenshausen1941 Wheatland, Iowa
Johann Philipp Homrighausen, Jr.1871 1860 Diedenshausen
Maria Katharina Homrighausen1871 1867 Diedenshausen1947 Wheatland, Iowa
Georg Heinrich Homrighausen1871 1871 Diedenshausen1959 Wheatland, Iowa
(Elisabeth) Amalia Homrighausen1854 1828 Wunderthausen1918 Paola, Kansas
(Georg) Ludwig Homrighausen18821828 Wunderthausen 1914Osawatomie, Kansas
(Johann) Philipp Homrighausen1871 1828 Wunderthausen1904 Wheatland, Iowa
(Johann) Georg Homrighausen18661829 Wunderthausen
(Johann) Ludwig Homrighausen18661832 Wunderthausen 1886Wheatland, Iowa
Georg Ludwig Homrighausen18541832 Wunderthausen 1894Milwaukee, Wisconsin
(Johann) Georg Homrighausen18541833 Wunderthausen 1910Paola, Kansas; Willcox, Arizona
Maria Elisabeth Homrighausen18571835 Wunderthausen 1871Wheatland, Iowa
(Johann) Georg Homrighausen18681835 Wunderthausen 1909?
Johannes Homrighausen18571838 Wunderthausen 1878Wheatland, Iowa
Maria Elisabeth Homrighausen18651840 Wunderthausen 1926Paola, Kansas
(Georg) Franz Homrighausen18671840 Wunderthausen 1916Missouri
Ludwig Heinrich Homrighausen18661843 Wunderthausen 1913Probably Missouri
Anna Elisabeth Homrighausen18661846 Wunderthausen 1919Jackson County, Missouri
Maria Catherine Homrighausen18601846 Wunderthausen 1914Miami County, Kansas
Johann Georg Homrighausen??1848 Wunderthausen
Georg Ludwig Homrighausen18661848 Wunderthausen
Maria Elisabeth HomrighausenAbt 1873 1850 Wunderthausen Prob. New Jersey
Catherine Homrighausen18711853 Wunderthausen 1939Osawatomie, Kansas
Heinrich Homrighausen18851854 Wunderthausen 1926Miami County, Kansas
(Katherine) Wilhelmine Homrighausen1871 1856 Wunderthausen1941 Wheatland, Iowa
Ludwig Heinrich Homrighausen18811858 Wunderthausen 1932Marsland, Nebraska
Dina Homrighausen18851858 Wunderthausen 1914Miami County, Kansas
Anna Elisabeth Homrighausen18821862 Wunderthausen Prob. Miami County, Kansas
(Maria) Amalia Homrighausen18791864 Wunderthausen 1932Miami County, Kansas
(Johann) Friedrich Homrighausen1883 1864 WunderthausenAft. 1930 Kansas
Johann Heinrich Homrighausen [George] ?? 1867 Wunderthausen Kansas
(Maria) Katherine Homrighausen1871 1867 Wunderthausen1947 Wheatland, Iowa
(Ludwig) Heinrich Homrighausen1882 1869 Wunderthausen1905 Osawatomie, Kansas
Heinrich Homrighausen18861880 Wunderthausen Kansas
Dina Homrighausen18861882 Wunderthausen Kansas
Georg Homrighausen18861884 Wunderthausen Kansas

Principal Sources:

  • Wunderthausen: Mehr als 700 Jahre bewegter Geschichte. 2006, Wunderthausen
  • 800 Jahre Diedenshausen: Geschichte des Dorfes und seiner Familien Diedenshausen, 1997
  • [http://www.riedesel.org/new_wunderthausen.pdf Wheatland as the New Wunderthausen] . Paul Riedesel.

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