I have just discovered my 5th great grandmother was Maria Catarina (Catharine) Süss, born on November 2, 1762 in Lancaster County. She was the daughter of Emmanuel and Susanna Süss. Emmanual supposedly immigrated from Germany. Catharine married my 5th great grandfather, Martin Maurer, in 1797, after her first husband, George Mengel died, leaving her a young widow. I wondered if anyone was familiar with the name Süss and its origins. One website says it means "sweet" in German, but what last name significance does this have? I'd be interested in making any connections with other descendants from this family.

Well, there is a Suss, Hessen, Hersfeld-Rotenburg in Germany. I would be willing to bet that your ancestors had roots at one time in Suss. My name, for instance is Sassaman, but was originally Sassmannshausen. People have proved that my ancestors actually came from Sassmannshausen. Regards, John> Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:34:05 -0500> From: demoran@verizon.net> To: paberks@rootsweb.com> Subject: [PABERKS] Süss family origins> > I have just discovered my 5th great grandmother was Maria Catarina (Catharine) Süss, born on November 2, 1762 in Lancaster County. She was the daughter of Emmanuel and Susanna Süss. Emmanual supposedly immigrated from Germany. Catharine married my 5th great grandfather, Martin Maurer, in 1797, after her first husband, George Mengel died, leaving her a young widow.> > I wondered if anyone was familiar with the name Süss and its origins. One website says it means "sweet" in German, but what last name significance does this have?> > I'd be interested in making any connections with other descendants from this family.> > ==== PABERKS Mailing List ====> PABERKS@rootsweb.com> > To contact the List Administrator:> Rick Berkheiser, PABERKS-admin@rootsweb.com> > To visit the Berks Message Board:> http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.berks> > To visit the Berks County, PA website:> http://www.pa-roots.com/~berks/> Hosted by Nancy Freehafer> > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PABERKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Earn cashback on your purchases with Live Search - the search that pays you back! http://search.live.com/cashback/?&pkw=form=MIJAAF/publ=HMTGL/crea=earncashback