What is Interesting about the Fleeman surname?

Answer 1

Hey wackyzacky120,

There is one Fleeman writing a book about Laci Peterson's murder. You have Hundreds of inquires about the Fleeman surname. One wants to know if Vance is an Indian (I assume they mean native american). Every family is unique. Certainly, the DNA in your surname (associated with) is unique. Check out some of the othere answers on Genealogy - you will find research sites to help you understand more. Oh, one site said that Fleeman is German.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Chances are that the original member of the family to bear the name was from Flanders in the Netherlands and was a trader, dyer or weaver of wool.

fleeman
English: variant of Fleming.


Fleming
English: ethnic name for someone from Flanders. In the Middle Ages there was considerable commercial intercourse between England and the Netherlands, particularly in the wool trade, and many Flemish weavers and dyers settled in England. The word reflects a Norman French form of Old French flamenc, from the stem flam- + the Germanic suffix -ing. The surname is also common in south and east Scotland and in Ireland, where it is sometimes found in the Gaelicized form Pléimeann.

German: variant of Flemming, cognate with 1.


Flemming
German: ethnic name for someone from Flanders, Middle High German vlaeminc. People from Flanders spread throughout Germany, as well as England, in the Middle Ages as clothmakers and dyers.

English: variant spelling of Fleming.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4


Some of the earlier Fleeman residents of America:

View Record Name Year Age Place of Arrival

View Record Jacob Fleeman 1749 America
View Record Robert Fleeman 1778 Pennsylvania
View Record Thomas Fleeman Nova Scotia


26 fleeman soldiers served in the Confederate army vs. 11 in the Union Army in the Civil War.

Union soldiers served mostly from Tennessee and Missouri.
Confederate soldiers mostly from Tennessee, Georgia, Virginia and Arkansas.

The 2 states with greatest number of Fleeman families by year.

In 1840 72% of Fleeman families lived in Virginia (4) and Georgia (4).
By 1880 60% of Fleeman families lived in Georgia (76) and Missouri (63).
In 1920 27% of Fleeman families lived in Georgia (20) and Missouri (36).

For England in 1891 45% of Fleeman families lived in London (45) and Yorkshire (36).

The greatest number of Fleeman immigrants to the US through New York were 1854 (8) and 1888 (4).

Answer 4

I don't know--did you find anything