"The OMMERT family (Dutch branch) home page"
"The OMMERT family (Dutch branch) home page"
Updated August 14, 2005| AntoonOmmert Salm Salmstraat 48 Hoogstraten,2320 +3233148804 | I am pretty sure that the world-wide Ommert family is of limited numbers and I would like to try and reconstruct its history and present distribution. So far known does the family come from Germany. Maybe they immigrated earler, in the 16th century, from France, exils from religion (a family legend in Germany). In the church books we find them end 16th century, begining 17th century in the region east of Frankfurt on Main, south of Fulda, the southern part of Hesse, the northern part of Bavaria. The first name known in America is Johannes Ommerth (the "h" was nearly always lost in later generations and spellings like Omert, Ohmert, Ohmart, Ohmit are very common) who came from Germany through Rotterdam to Pennsylvania in september 1750. In 1789 my ancestor Hendrik Ommerth moved to the Netherlands. He was born in Slichter (Hesse, Germany) abt. 1766. He was the "founder" of the "Dutch branch",presently only a handfull of members. I moved across the border into Belgium. In Germany the name is more common. I would be gratefull if somebody could help me with a part of a genealogy of the Ommert family. If I can do anything in this field for an interested far-away relation, please contact me. |
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