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katzenmeyer Name Meaning and History

  1. German: topographic name for the owner or tenant of the Katzenhof ‘cat farm’, from Middle High German katze ‘cat’ + meier ‘farmer’ (Latin major domus, literally ‘keeper of the household’).
  2. variant of Casimir (see Kazmierczak), which in German- and Yiddish-speaking environments produced forms such as Kasem(e)ier and Katzemeier.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of katzenmeyer Families in the US in 1920
Number of katzenmeyer families
 7-12
 3-6		 1-2
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 14 - Messages: 33
ThreadAuthorReplies
Philip Katzenmeyer - died 1911, Iowa City, IA tvaroch 3
Another Katzenmeyer akatzenmeyer1 0
John Katzenmeyer Lucille Thompson 9
Thanks for the help thendricksowm 0
Pasty Kazenmeyer thendricksowm 0
Pasty Kazenmeyer thendricksowm 0
Henry Katzenmeyer Hillsdale Mi. ? Jim Jordan 0
Emily (Amalie) Katzenmeyer, born Nov 1894, lived LeSeuer Co., MN margerice1 0
Ferdinand KATZENMEYER Donna Stewart 5
Katzenmeire, Katzenmeyer, Katzenmire MarleneKlingbyle 0
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