Traffenstedt Family History & Genealogy

History

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Name Origin

The name has a couple possible derivations.  The first Traffanstedt to emigrate was listed as Christian Treffenstett or similar spelling.  He originally lived in the West Rhine Valley of Germany.  Treffen means meeting in German and stett means home, town or place.  Another possibility is that there is a village in Austria called Treffen.  The first Traffenstedt ancestors may have come from Treffen.  They would have been called (first name) of Treffen statt.  i.e. (first name) of Treffen village.  Eventually that became (first name) Treffenstatt.

Spellings & Pronunciations

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Nationality & Ethnicity

The first Traffenstedt to emigrate to the US was Christian Treffenstett who came from the West Rhine Valley area of Germany.   It is possible that the name originated in Austria.  See meaning of last name.

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Early Traffenstedts

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