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From: Marek Lesniewski-Laas <>
Subject: Re: von Speidel
Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2003 16:36:58 -0400
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Thank you Klaus.

It is probably hopeless for me try to tie the Speidels I know to any
historical family. My knowledge about their antecedents is simply to limited.

I have know "my" Speidels for many years. In private conversations they
spoke of how Polish they were and sounded almost regretful that their name
did not end in a "ski" of an "icz."

Today, I received a copy of electronic correspondence from a younger
representative of the family, who also was born in the Poznan area of
Poland, addressed to one of Poland's diplomats. The letter contained in
the signature part the "von Speidel." While I am wholly ignorant of what
makes a German name sound noble, except of course for the obvious "von, "
the sound of "Speidel" struck me as more appropriately belonging to a
farmer or a townsman family. However, since there have been barons von
Speidel, as you have taught me, I may have to revise my thinking and give
the Polish American Speidels the benefit of the doubt.

Thank you again,

Marek Lesniewski-Laas

At 07:40 PM 8/4/2003 +0200, Klaus Liwowsky wrote:
>Marek Lesniewski-Laas wrote:
> > I know a Polish American family by the name of Speidel, who hail form the
> > Poznan area in Poland. Recently I noted that they have started using "von
> > Speidel" as their moniker.
>
>Hi Marek,
>
>as far as I know the barons v. Speidel came from Wuerttemberg. South in
>Germany and west of Bavaria. The family is listed in the German GOTHA
>and in Kneschkes Adels-Lexikon. Are you looking for something special?
>Do you know a first name and a birth date?
>
>Speidel is not mentioned in the list of noble landowners from Poznan
>area around 1900.
>
>The military ranking list of Prussia (1914) lists a Lieutnant Speidel
>from the IR 128 in Danzig/Gdansk. Dr. Hans Speidel (without the 'von')
>was General-Lieutnant and Chief of Staff from Rommels Army Group B in
>the time of D-day. Later on he became a prisoner because he was a member
>of the Resistance against Hitler.
>
>Do you know:
>http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~spidlefamily/spidle_html/
>This site is dedicated to researching the Speidel Family
>
>Kind regards,
>Klaus Liwowsky


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