Feuerstein Name Study

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This profile is part of the Feuerstein Name Study.

Also Known As (AKA)

Firestone, Fyrestein, Fürstein, Feuererstein, Feirerstein, Feuersten, Faierstein, Fayerstein Some changed it to Firestine, some used both Firestone & Firestine

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• Feuerstein in Wikitree by DOB
• Firestone in Wikitree by DOB
• Firestine in Wikitree by DOB

Alsation Feuersteins

It is said that the Feuersteine (Firestone) family in Thal came originally from the Bregenz Forest, Province of Vorarlberg, in the Austrian Tyrol. Family stories say three brothers moved from Austria during the 15th century: Nicholas, Johann and Theobold Feuerstein. These families are said to have eventually settled in Alsace. In 1719 more than one Feyerstein family lived in Thal, and in neighboring Berg. These towns shared church and municipal functions and were originally erected to house early Huguenot refugees from France. Church records of the times report the village names together as "Berg und Thal." ^[1]

Note: Most Feuerstein males in Berg between 1712 and 1760 had some form of Johann as their first name. Most went by their middle name if they had one.

Most of the history is based on the research by Steve at Weebly and George Ely Russell's book Firestone Geneology

• 1660, George Feuerstein was a master mason in Dehlingen
• c.1686,Johannes Feuerstein (abt.1666-abt.1711) A possible son of George moves to Thal
• 1711 Leonard Feyersteen, from Thal, attempted passage to the U.S. with his family (not sure if he ever succeeded)
• 1740; Lorentz Feyersteen, son of Johannes/Hans Feuerstein of Thal, attempted passage to the U.S. (not sure if he ever succeeded)
• 1750 Aug. 13, Pvt. John Nicholas Firestone II, from Thal, arrived in Philadelphia on the ship "Edinburgh"
• 1753 Sept 24 Hans Nicholas Firestone aka Feuerstein 1712-1768 arrived in Philadlphia on board the ship "Peggy."
• 1777 Conrad Feuerstein, from Thal, served in the Pennsylvania Navy in 1777
• Georg Philip Feuerstein, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1753

• family of Johannes Feuerstein and his youngest son, Nicholas Firestone (born Johann Niclaus Feuerstein), of Berg and Thal Parish in Alsace, France. c. 1600s at Weebly
• Hans Nicholas FEUERSTIN, born March 25, 1712, at Berg, Alsace at ancestry
• 108 FEUERSTEIN were living in north east France between 1891 and 1915 geopatronyme.com Feuersteine

Wurttemberg Feuersteins

• 1615-? Hanß Jacob Feuerstein Ulm, Württemberg, Germany
• Johann Jacob Feuerstein (abt.1688-) Herheimer, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Boenstadt, Germany

Most of the history is based on the research completed by the late Dr. Peter Feuerstein

We are looking for his research notes.

• Volga Germans - Feuersteins at Bönstadt Bönstadt - Norka Connection

other German locations

• Philipp Henrich Feuerstein (abt. 1661 - 1695) Heldenbergen, Friedberg, Hessen, Deutschland - Unsourced
• Hans Bastian Feuerstein (1607-) - Schopfheim, Lörrach, Baden, Germany
• Joseph Feuerstein (1701 - 1768) - Reinheim, Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
• Joseph Feuerstein (abt.1651-abt.1720) - Saarland, DEUTSCHLAND

Norka, Russia

Most of the history is based on the research completed by the late Dr. Peter Feuerstein and is part of the Norka Team which is part of the Volga German Project

• Johann Phillip Feuerstein (abt. 1828 - abt. 1920) - Norka, Saratovskaya, Russia, USSR
• Conrad Feuerstein (abt.1806-aft.1854)
• Heinrich Feuerstein (1839-1917)

Sources - AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF GERMANS FROM RUSSIA

Other Locations

• Joseph Feuerstein (abt.1861-1936) - Hungary
• Michl Feuerstein (1836 - 1895) - Iasi, Romania

Notable

Contemporary Notables of the name Feuerstein (post 1700)

• Harvey Samuel Firestone 1868-1938 founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company,
• Hugh George Feuerstein (1918-1993), American Democrat politician, Candidate in primary for supervisor of Ypsilanti Township, Michigan, 1959
• Adam S. Feuerstein, American Republican politician, Candidate for Maryland State House of Delegates District 16, 1998
• Abram S. Feuerstein, American politician, Candidate for New York State Senate 17th District, 1984
• Mark Feuerstein (b. 1971), American actor
• Georg Feuerstein 1947-2012, German-American Indologist Wikipedia
• Herbert Feuerstein (b. 1937), German comedian and entertainer
• Bedrich Feuerstein (1892-1936), Czech architect, painter, and essayist
• Valentin Feurstein 1885–1970 was an Austrian general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. Wikipedia
• Feuerstein Castle

Sources

1. ↑ https://sites.rootsweb.com/~mysong/p1682.htm

• George Ely Russell Associated Families: Firestone Families 1
• all Feuersteins at Family Search
• Weebly - The Firestone/Feuerstein Family in Alsace
• https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SHOW&db=data&surname=Feuerstein%2C+Johannes
• Dr. Peter Feuerstein at Ancestry
• Shirer Family Genealogy, based on Russell
• https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DdSl6OMZbXJWynPYr4Z6NbOzKsWXq7Vj0ypsjHHdCN0/edit#gid=1274541182
• Pennsylvania Archives ..., Volume 6, Part 1
• http://www.remmick.org/Hubert.Hummel.Gen./PageFeurstein.html
• http://www.gedbas.genealogy.net/person/database/49668?begin=&offset=17000&max=200
• https://gedbas.genealogy.net/search/simple
• Early Firestone Family Research

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