German

Please note: The information below is based on the research of others, usually family members of earlier generations and distant cousins. Additional sources are as noted.

Earlier Surnames: Grim, Smith

GERMAN
Information passed down through the generations says that the first German family arrivals in North America were 2 brothers who came from France, one to Maryland and the other to Pennsylvania, settling in the Philadelphia area. Additional verbal information is that the name was originally St. Germaine. There may be some truth to this as distant cousins have the same information. If true, at some point the name was anglicized. My earliest records are:

• David German; (b. 1793; d. August 5, 1849); buried Newtown Cemetery, Bucks County PA
Wife - Margaret Sterling (b. 1794; d. February 18, 1877); buried Newtown Cemetery, Bucks County PA
Parents of John, Napoleon Bonparte, Benjamin Franklin, Emilie Elizabeth and:

• David Alexander German (b. 1817; d. ??)
Wife - Amelia Mary Smith
Parents of Margaret, Mary, William Krewson, Edward, Elizabeth and:

• David Leedom German, Sr. (b. December 15, 1856; d. June 18, 1928; m. September 23, 1882)
Wife - Katherine Louisa Grim (b. November 17, 1862; d. 1945)(see page on the Grim family)
Parents of Howard, David L. Jr. and:

• Harry Grim German (b. February 2 1884; d. February 9, 1949)
Wife - Maude Luella Thomas German (b. June 12, 1880; d. March 29, 1967)
Parents of Ronald T., Harry G. Jr. and:

• Harold Leedom German (b. October 4, 1912; d. February 5, 1986; married April 29, 1942 in Washington, DC)
Wife - Sara Marguerite Howard German (b. June 5, 1916; d. December 7, 1986) (see page on the Howard family)
Parents of:

• Harold Leedom German, Jr. (b. December 4, 1950); and
• Carolyn Sue German Fox (b. June 18, 1944)
Husband - Siegfried Werner Fox (see separate page on the Fox/Fuchs family); (b. June 26, 1943; d. October 15, 1991; m. August 26, 1972)
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GRIM - see separate page on the Grim family
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SMITH
(Amelia) Mary Smith ; married David A. German (see German)
No other information to date.
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