Written History

Comprehensive Documents

A short historical summary about the Eymann family, written by the author of these webpages in 1997.

The "Eymann" entry in the Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 282.

Swiss Mennonite History, covering emigration from Berne to the Palatinate, Alsace, Montbeliard and Volhynia, by the Swiss Mennonite Historical and Cultural Association. You can find related information on the emigration history and the settlement places also here (Judy Voran) and here (MSHC). If you are interested in the differences between Mennonite and Amish, this text from Goshen College gives some detailed information.

The Emigrants Cardfile Index of the "Institut fuer pfaelzische Geschichte und Volkskunde" in Kaiserslautern (see address in the document) holds ship’s boarding lists for Palatinate emigrants to the USA. I made an excerpt from the index where I compiled all the Eymann entries, when I visited them in 1993.

The Ellis Island Foundation holds records for immigrants starting from ca. 1890. If you click on this link, you can see a result list for searching the Eymann surname (and related spellings).

A 1969 written document about the Eyman Heritage, including some oral history, of the late Carl Eyman, made available by his grandson Carl and put in PDF Format by Ralph Eyman. To read, you need Adobe Acrobat. (It is fun to read, but please do not take the first chapter too serious -Torsten)

The Cemetery Transcription Library has a list of transcribed epitaphs from tombstones. Here are the links for searching “Eyman” or “Eymann” against this list.

Recorded History & Individuals

A Story by Peter Eymann about the Emigration from Switzerland, dated 1864.

Biographical Information on Walter C. Eymann, b. Nov. 3rd, 1867, Anaheim, California, provided by Linda Carter.

Memories of St. Peters on the last decades of the 18th century, written by Anna Eyman Hofacre, and provided by Greta Wells.

An obituary for Commander Raymond P. Eyman, who served at NOAA 1915-1947.

An obituary for Jacob S. Eyman, Halstead, Kansas, d. June 29, 1916, and a record entry for Joseph L. Eyman, El Dorado, Kansas, from “A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans”, written and compiled by William E. Connelley, Secretary of the Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, copyright 1918; transcribed 1997.