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schimmel Name Meaning and History

  1. German and Dutch: nickname for a man with gray or white hair, from Middle High German, Middle Dutch schimel, a term used to denote both mildew and a white horse. Old High German forms are not found, and the semantic development is not entirely clear.
  2. Jewish (Ashkenazic): from German Schimmel ‘mildew’, imposed by a non-Jewish government official.
  3. Jewish (Ashkenazic): from a pet form of the personal name Shimon (see Simon).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of schimmel Families in the US in 1920
Number of schimmel families
 26-49
 9-25		 1-8
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Walter T. Schimmel - Bio stefanie 1
Schimmel family in MN erickson4360 17
GEORG SCHIMMEL LAHNA GARRISON 7
Jacob and Sophia Schimmel dljjkb 0
OBIT: Bertha augusta Schimmel dljjkb 0
John Schimmel of Spencer, SD dljjkb 0
William G. Schimmel married Ida Louise Fiskey dljjkb 0
William G. Schimmel dljjkb 0
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William Frederick Schimmel Scott Bolliger 0
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