Schellhaas ancestry information

I haven't had time to put together a real page so I'm just dumping my notes here for anyone who wants to read through.

There's also info on some of the Pittsburgh Schellhaas family at Schellhaas families of Pittsburgh
which has some who are related to me. They were generally tailors. There is another Schellhaas family in and around Pittsburgh that has a chain of funeral homes. It's said that we are possibly related back in Germany but I've been unsuccessful so far in attempts to gain any information from this family.

There's also a color photo of a reconstructed family crest..
Also, a photo of my great-grandfather Jake Schellhaas and family including my grandfather Albert August Schellhaas, taken around 1910 in Pittsburgh. Jake and family
Also, a Schellhaas family picnic photo, presumably taken at Schenley Park around 1890-1891. Schellhaas Picnic photo
Eventually I hope to put my gedcom file here too.

Rob

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Subject:
[Fwd: Schellhaas genealogy]
Date:
Wed, 28 Jan 1998 23:38:51 -0500
From:
Jeff Schellhaass <JSchellhaass@compuserve.com>
To:
"INTERNET:q-r-i@ix.netcom.com" <q-r-i@ix.netcom.com>, Mike Schellhaas <MSchellhaa@aol.com>,
Kip Schellhaas <KipS@COMPUTROLS.COM>, Al Schellhaas <spebsqsaal@aol.com>,
Jeff Schellhaass <JSchellhaass@compuserve.com>

This is the description I have of the family name and crest. This
information is from the historical research center (or something like
that).

The German surname Schellhaass and its variants Schelhaas, Schellhass,
Schelhass and Schelhaas is of nickname origin, that is, belonging to the
category of surnames descriptive of some personal or physical
characteristic of the initial bearer. In this instance, the surname is
derived from the Middle High German word "scheller" meaning "easily
irritated, wild and noisy" and "hase" meaning "a hare."

The earliest reference to this surname or to a variant is reported in the
fourteenth century where one Heinrich Scalhas is recorded as being a
resident of Augsburg in 1324. In 1589 one Johan Schellhaas was residing in
Kreuzburg and Stephan Schelhas was recorded in the same place in 1590. The
following coat of arms was granted to one Ernst Friedman Schelhase in 1698.

Blazon of Arms: Argent a bend or charged with two hares rampant proper
placed in bend.

Translation: The bend is a diagonal division of the shield indicative of
the shoulder belt of the armament and denoting defense and protection. The
heraldic color argent (white) signifies peace and sincerity.

Crest: A vol argent.
Origin: Germany

Some of the names listed match information that my father and uncle have.
They have information that traces the name back to 1440, Johanes Schelhas
born in Balstedt, Germany. I am in the process of putting together a
family tree and any info would be appreciated.

Jeff Schellhaass

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http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/German_Genealogy/19Hesse2.htm
19TH CENTURY EMIGRATION FROM HESSE GERMANY

Surname, Name Birthdate Destination Emigration Remarks

Schellhaas, Barbara 5 Feb 1869 USA 24.07.1880
Schellhaas, Elisabetha 28 Jul 1865 USA 24 Jul 1880
Schellhaas, Katharina 28 Apr 1861 USA 24.07.1880
Schellhaas, Philipp 9 Jan 1864 USA 24 Jul 1880
Schellhaas, Philipp III. 13 Jun 1830 USA 24.07.1880 Leinweber
Schellhans, Friedrich ... USA 1844 1/-/-
Schellhase, George ... USA 1836 1/-/-
Schellhase, Johannes ... USA 1839 1/-/-

The following list is alphabetized by surnames, and within identical surnames by christian names. The German @umlauts@ have been transferred to @ae@, @oe@, and @ue@.
The structure is as follows:
1st column: surname, christian name(s)
2nd column: birthdate
3rd column: destination
4th column: date or year of emigration
5th column: additional information

The additional information shown might be
a) the profession of an emigrant
b) the name of his/her spouse (sometimes shown as "oo ......")
c) the number of emigrating family members, shown as (for example)
1 / 2 / 3-4
which means number of
1 male grownup person
2 female grownup person
3 male children
4 female children

http://www.accessone.com/~jegge/ch6t7j.htm#t12118 Chenoweth genealogy
........ 8 Mercedes Delores Sparks 1913 -
........... +? Shellhaas

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SCHELLHAAS SURNAME INFORMATION
COLLECTED BY ROB SCHELLHAAS (Q-R-I@IX.NETCOM.COM)

From:
ab.humme@pi.net (Ab Hummel

====In my Ahnentafel is Johann Conrad(us) Schellhase, born in Züschen
(Waldeck-Pyrmont) about 1725. He was a gardener of the Count of
Waldeck-Pyrmont on the castle "Bergheim". He died 1800 in Assen
(Netherlands). In the North of The Netherlands he was a famous gardener;
some of his parks still exist.
In the region where I live, there are still many Schelhaas-families. And
some of them are wellknown gardeners!

(You can find Johann as number 212 in the "Hummel-Ahnentafel" on the
genealogypage of my website.)

====Schellhase (Schelhaas)-families lived already in Germany between the cities
Kassel (Hessen) and Eisenach (Sachsen-Weimar) in the 16th century. They
were rather wealthy. But some Schellhase-branches became poor in the 30
years during war in the first part of the 17th century. For this reason
some Schellhases left their "Heimat" and went to Switzerland, Holland
(Amsterdam and the provinces Groningen and Drenthe) and America.

The Schellhase-crest existed already long times ago. In this crest a dog is
chasing a running hare. (The name Schellhase means: a springing hare.)
Unfortunatedly I saw the crest only in black and white. But the dog and the
hare have a golden background and the main background of the crest is red.

===="Hase" is the german
word for "Hare". In the middleages the word "schellec" meant "jumping up
and running away". The crest shows it very clearly.

====> All my life my dad's side would say, "It means BellRabbit. Our
>great-grandfather had a tailor shop in Germany with a
>big sign outside with a bell and a rabbit." So-- finding that "haas" was
>more Dutch than the "hase" German I naturally
>followed to my conclusion. Now I have no idea how they got that sign design!

All of a sudden I saw the light. Your gr-grandfather didn't know the
original meaning of the word "schell", so he thought (very logical) of
another old word that sounds very similar. In German the word "Schelle" (in
Dutch the word "schel") means "a little bell". The word isn't used anymore
in our times. The verb "schellen" meant "to ring the bell". The sign
outside the shop was also created much later than the Schellhaas-crest and
in the meantime the original meaning (jumping or running rabbit) was lost.

Btw: in the middleages fast running animals were admired very much. They
were an exempel for mankind, because they were cautious and able to escape
from dangerous situations.

====In Switzerland there lived two Schellhases, who were raised to the nobility.

====Almost two years ago I recieved an e-mail from Prof. Johan Morgenthal from
South-Africa. His address: JCM@LAND.SUN.AC.ZA
He wrote: Although I am not directly interested in the surname, I know that
my ancestor Johann Casper Morgenthal came to the then Cape of Good Hope as
an employee of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) from Amsterdam in 1762.
He was the sun of Martin Morgenthal who was married to Maria Schelhase and
they lived in the village of Reichensachsen in the Wehretal district in
Hessen.

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From:
Jeff Schellhaass <JSchellhaass@compuserve.com>

This is the description I have of the family name and crest. This
information is from the historical research center (or something like
that).

Blazon of Arms: Argent a bend or charged with two hares rampant proper
placed in bend.

Crest: A vol argent.

Origin: Germany

Some of the names listed match information that my father and uncle have.
They have information that traces the name back to 1440, Johanes Schelhas
born in Balstedt, Germany.

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From Herbert Juling:

In my ancestor list are two Schellhase:
1) Hans Schellhase * before 1615 in Moeckern
oo 1639 Erdmuth Zander
+ 1676 in Moeckern
2) his daughter
Anna Schellhase * 1643 in Moeckern
oo 1659 Christian Juling
+ 1683 in Moeckern

Moeckern ist a small town nearby Magdeburg in Germany. Perhaps this
information is interesting for you.

Greetings from Bremen
Herbert
/ ~ Dr. Herbert Juling \
/ / \ Bremen, Germany \
/ [-O O-] juling@uni-bremen.de \
\ \#\_/#/ http://home.t-online.de/home/Herbert.Juling /
\ \###/ phone: +49 421 635632

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familyhistory.com Schellhase message board
Posted by: Nancy Brown
Subject: Schellhase
Message:
My great, great, grandfather John Jacob Schellhase and his family came from
Germany around 1849 from near Wittenberg and settled near Versailles, Ohio. I
would like to locate the specific village that he came from and learn who he was
descended from.
Thank you for any help. Nancy

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Passenger & Immigration lists-- cdrom
Heissi troops in the American Unabhaengingkeitskrieg
Schellhas...N.America, 1775
Schellhas, Adam N.America 1783
Schellhas, Lorenz N.Amercia 1783

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Possible father or uncle of Frederick Schellhaas b:1840 Darmstadt?
http://www.familysearch.org/Search/af/ancestral_file_frame.asp?recid=22567096
Georg Heinrich SCHELLHAAS (AFN:WTSJ-DD)
Born: 8 May 1803
Place: Brandau, Darmstadt, Starkenburg, Germany
Died: 16 Apr 1877
Place: Brandau, Darmstadt, Starkenburg, Germany
Married: 4 Oct 1829
Place: Neunkirchen, Darmstadt, Starkenburg, Germany
Wife's Name
Anna Magdalena ARRAS (AFN:WTQ8-Z1)
http://www.familysearch.org/Search/af/ancestral_file_frame.asp?recid=22567096 for much ancestry
Born: 27 Mar 1805
Place: Winterkasten, Bensheim, Starkenburg, Germany
Died: 24 Nov 1866
Place: Brandau, Darmstadt, Starkenburg, Germany
Married: 4 Oct 1829
Place: Neunkirchen, Darmstadt, Starkenburg, Germany
Father: Johann Peter ARRES (AFN:WTQ8-QS)
Mother: Anna Eva KROPP (AFN:WTQ8-R0)
Children
1. Sex Name
M Johann Philipp SCHELLHAAS (AFN:WTSJ-GQ)
Born: 20 Nov 1829
Place: Brandau, Darmstadt, Starkenburg, Germany
Died: 15 Jan 1897
Place: Brandau, Darmstadt, Starkenburg, Germany
2. Sex Name
M Johann Peter SCHELLHAAS (AFN:WTSJ-HW)
Born: 31 Aug 1831
Place: Brandau, Darmstadt, Starkenburg, Germany
3. Sex Name
F Anna Elisabeth SCHELLHAAS (AFN:WTSJ-J3)
Born: 24 Nov 1833
Place: Brandau, Darmstadt, Starkenburg, Germany
Died: 12 Aug 1902
Place:
4. Sex Name
F Elisabeth SCHELLHAAS (AFN:WTSJ-K8)
Born: 10 Jul 1839
Place: Brandau, Darmstadt, Starkenburg, Germany
Died: 2 Mar 1918
Place:

Possibly the same as Elisabeth b:1839?
http://www.familysearch.org/Search/IGI/igi_individual_frame.asp?recid=AAAAdsAAOAAAu%2BlAAU&ldsnn=12
Elise SCHELLHAAS
Sex: F
Marriage(s):
Spouse: Marcus GOLDSTEIN Marriage: 11 Jan 1865 New York, Madison Street German Presbyterian Church, New York, New York

Submitter to LDS:
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