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The name is of early origin dating from the period when family names in Europe gradually came in to existence: this period is subsequent to 1100, for prior to 1000 there were no family names in Germany. It is well known that the earliest appearance of family names in Germany is in Cologne and along the river Rhine. In Switzerland family names make their appearance in Zurich in 1145 and in Basel in 1168.
Linguistically the name is not a German term. It is a transliteration or phonetic spelling of the Medieval Latin sacrista which appears in English as sacrist, which at times is used in the sense of sacristan. The latter is a derivative from the Medieval Latin sacristanus, coming into English through the French Sacristain. And in English, the name became Sexton.
The sacristan in those early days was the one who had charge of the church edifice, or more particularly, of the robes and vestments; that is, of the
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Meaning of the Siegrist Surname The family name Siegrist occurs in variant spellings in th e German language, as follows: Siecrist, Siegrist Siegerist , Sigeris, Sigeris, Siegeriss, Sigerist, Sigriz. (Cf. Gotts chand, Deutsche Namenkunde, Munich, 1932.) The name of th e early origin dating from the period when the family name s (surnames) in Europe gradually came into existence; thi s period is after 1100, as prior to 1100 there were no fami ly names in Germany.
It is well known that the earliest appearance of family nam es in Germany is in Cologne and along the Rhine River. In C ologne family names appear for the first time in 1106, bu t as late as 1236 not all the citizens of Cologne had a sur name in addition to their personal name (first name). The p ersonal name in those early days was, as a rule, attached t o that particular person for his life; when he or she die d it did not continue to pass on through the line of his de scendants as surnames do.
In Switzerland, family names make their appearance in Zuric h in 1145, and in Basel in 1168. This too was the general s ituation with reference to the time of the origin of famil y names in France and in England (Cf. for France, Moisy, No ms de Famille Normands, Paris, p. VI f.; for England, Bards ley, English surnames, London, p. 2 ff.)
Linguistically the name Sigrist is not a German term. It i s a transliteration or a phonetic spelling of the Medieva l Latin sacrista, which appears in English as sacrist, whic h at times is used in the sense sacristan. The latter i s a derivative from the Medieval Latin sacristanus, comin g into English through the French sacristain. The sacristi n in those early days was the one who had charge of the chu rch edifice, or more particularly, of the robes and vestmen ts, that is, of the ecclesiastical regalia which appertaine d to the ritualistic service in the church-edifice.
The family name Siegrist accordingly belongs to that larg e class of German family names known as occupative names, t hat is, names derived from an occupation. Since Sigrist i s a designation of an ecclesiastical official or of a verge r, whose official functions were those named above, it woul d seem to follow that from an ecclesiastical viewpoint tha t family name was in the first place a Catholic name or th e name of a Catholic.
The origin of the name, as shown on documentary evidence, b elow, dates from the pre-Reformation period. How far back o f or prior to the Reformation can only be a matter of conje cture. Though on the basis of the documentary evidence no w available at can be stated that it dates from a time no t earlier than 1100. As a matter of fact this name cannot b e documented earlier that the year 1261.
Some of the Earliest occurrences of the name Sigrist in th e Middle High German :
Cunradus sacrista de Endingen Griesheim 1261 Chonrat der sigriste Klingau, 1277 Chonrat der sigeriste, Riehen, 1235, Cunrat Sigrist Von Rih en (sic), C. dictus Sacrista, 1295 C. Sacrista, ca. 1300 C. dictus Sigriste Blotzheim. Diethelmus filius sacriste ville Otlikon, 1297 Hagen Sigrist (in the cloister Klingenthal in Basel). Hans Sigristo Henricus dictus Sigriste, 1300 Hetzelo doe Otlinkon filius sacriste, 1291 Hugo sacrista de Hunzebach, 1274 HugoJohannes des sigeristen sun Gressweiler, 1280 Hug der Sigriste Freiburg 1297 Johannes sacrista de Binzhein Kappeln Elsass. Nicolas dictus Sigristo Wyhlen Otto sacrista Hagenthal, 1296 Ru. gener sacriste, 1287 Rudolf der Sigeriste Freiburg 1299 Ulrich Sigriste Kleinbasal 1290 Wernherus sacrista de Tullikon, 1286
Sigrist occurs also with the faminine desinence or terminat ion or ending: Sigristin. Also with the genitive or possess ive or characteristic form: sigristinen. (Socin, Mittelhoch deutches Namenbuch nach oberrheinischen Quellen des zwolfte n and dreizehnten Jahrhunderts. Basel, 1903, pages 496, 663 , 670.)
As stated above the family name Siegrist was in the first p lace a Catholic name or the name of a Catholic, that is, i n origin the name dates from the period in German history p rior to the Reformation. While there are no family names i n Germany prior to 1100, there were however Christians in G ermany long prior to that date. When the conversion of th e Germans to Christianity began cannot be definitely determ ined. It seems however, to have been a long historic proces s which began very close to the New Testament period, for I renaeus, the bishop of Lyons, writing in about the year 18 0 A.D., speaks of churches founded in Germany: "ecclesiar , quae in Germania (Scil., Provincia) sunt fundatae." (Cf . Adv. Haer., I.10.). Boniface, the so-called apostle of Ge rmany, of course came later; his time being 680-754 A.D. Ac cordingly, it would seem that perhaps there were sacristan s in the churches in Germany in the period prior to 1100, e ven as far back as perhaps 180 A.D.
There is some archeological evidence that there were churc h edifices in Germany prior to Constantine. This archeologi cal evidence has come to light in Metz, the capital of Loth ringen. (Cf."Bekehrungsgeschichte" in: J. Hoops, Reallexiko n der Germanen. Altertumskunde Vol I, pp. 218-243, page 220 , col. 2; Cf. alsoV.
Schubert, a well-known German Church Historian. The Germa n word Sigrist is a provincial term and it is still curren t in the South or Southwest of Germany, in the Alemannic li nguistic area. This is the area from which came most of th e ancestors of the present day Pennsylvania Germans, who ar e sometimes erroneously called Pennsylvania Dutch. This lat ter term is certainly a misnomer.
In other parts of Germany the ecclesiastical official know n as Sigrist in the Almennic linguistic are is known as Kus ter or Messner. Both of these terms are also in use as fami ly names.
From the early German literary sources it is possible to ga in a general picture of a sigrist in Germany. In these sour ces he is spoken of as follows:
He is the guardian of the church treasures (Kirchenschatz). He is the bell-ringer. He assists in the mass as a singer. He is entitled to a certain income; just as the priest is e ntitled to a certain income, an income in kind or in money.
On an occasion a sigrist complains that he has to serve th e priest, but the priest retained all the money, fruits, wi ne, etc., and did not give the sigrist even so much of th e tribute or income as the course bread for the subsistenc e if the sigrist and of his wife and children. He is spoke n of as an untutored layman as over against the priest: "wi r konnen nit alle geleert seyn, musz ouch sigrist haben."
His office is the lowest in the order is ecclesiastical gra duation. The following is significant; a child conceived o n a Saturday is destined to become such a lowly sigrist o r messner; it is recorded that a wife refused her husband c ohabitation saying: "Am samstag werd ein mesner (sigrist) d arausz."
The following is a partial list of other ecclesiastical occ upative family names: Custer, Kuster, Kaster, Koster, Messm er, Glockner, Glockler, Kircher, Kirchner, Klingler, Operma nn, Opperman, Tempelmann, Zehender, Zehnder (in medieval La tin - Decimarius). All of these names were originally title s of persons who served the Church in one or another capaci ty as officials, and then in time these titles became fixe d names borne as such by the descendants of the officials i n question.
The English family name Saxton/Sexton is a derivative fro m the same medieval Latin sacristanus, from which the Germa n family name Siegrist is a derivative. Though the semi-pop ular forms segrestian, etc., in Old French, this word by co ntraction or corruption became sexton. In English the term s sacristan and sexton are sometimes used interchangeably.
Quite commonly the sextons are spoken of as the bell-ringer s and grave-diggers. As example, the following pun: They went and told the sexton, And the sexton toll'd the bell.
And the duties of the sexton in Great Britain include, howe ver, more than bell-ringing and grave-digging; according t o the Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th ed., vol. XXIV, page 75 1, his duties were about the same as those of the ancient s igrist in Germany, moreover it is stated: "The duties of th e modern sexton are practically those of the ancient sacris tan."
The same family name came into being at different times an d in different places. Offhand claims without documentary e vidence to support connections between German and English l ines are to be eschewed. "Nothing is more common that fo r a person bearing a certain name to imagine that it is con nected with another family of the same name." (Cussans, Han dbook of Heraldry, London, 4th ed., 1893, p.
ecclesiastical regalia which appertained to the ritualistic service in the church edifice. In the Allemanic area of Germany, the names Kuster and Messner are also given to the same ecclesiastical official. As a designation of an ecclesiastical official, it would follow that
The earliest documentation of the name Sigrist is in the Cunradus sacrista de Endingen Griesheim, 1261.
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De naam is van vroege oorsprong en dateert uit de periode waarin familienamen in Europa geleidelijk ontstonden: deze periode ligt na 1100, want vóór 1000 waren er in Duitsland geen familienamen. Het is bekend dat de eerste familienamen in Duitsland voorkomen in Keulen en langs de rivier de Rijn. In Zwitserland verschijnen familienamen in Zürich in 1145 en in Bazel in 1168.
Taalkundig gezien is de naam geen Duitse term. Het is een transliteratie of fonetische spelling van het middeleeuwse Latijnse sacrista dat in het Engels verschijnt als sacrist, wat soms wordt gebruikt in de betekenis van koster. Dit laatste is een afgeleide van het middeleeuwse Latijnse sacristanus en komt in het Engels via de Franse Sacristain. En in het Engels werd de naam Sexton.
De koster in die vroege dagen was degene die de leiding had over het kerkgebouw, of meer in het bijzonder, over de gewaden en gewaden; dat wil zeggen, van de
Betekenis van de Siegrist-achternaam De familienaam Siegrist komt in de Duitse taal in verschillende spellingen voor, als volgt: Siecrist, Siegrist Siegerist, Sigeris, Sigeris, Siegeriss, Sigerist, Sigriz. (Zie Gotts chand, Deutsche Namenkunde, München, 1932.) De naam van de vroege oorsprong dateert uit de periode waarin de familienamen (achternamen) in Europa geleidelijk ontstonden; Deze periode ligt na 1100, omdat er vóór 1100 in Duitsland geen familienamen bestonden.
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Der Name ist frühen Ursprungs und stammt aus der Zeit, als in Europa nach und nach Familiennamen entstanden: Diese Zeit liegt nach 1100, denn vor 1000 gab es in Deutschland keine Familiennamen. Es ist bekannt, dass Familiennamen in Deutschland erstmals in Köln und am Rhein vorkommen. In der Schweiz tauchen Familiennamen 1145 in Zürich und 1168 in Basel auf.
Sprachlich handelt es sich bei dem Namen nicht um einen deutschen Begriff. Es handelt sich um eine Transliteration oder phonetische Schreibweise des mittelalterlichen Lateinischen „sacrista“, das im Englischen als „sacrist“ erscheint und manchmal im Sinne von „sacristan“ verwendet wird. Letzteres ist eine Ableitung des mittelalterlichen lateinischen sacristanus und kam über das französische Sacristain ins Englische. Und auf Englisch wurde der Name Sexton.
Der Sakristan war in jenen frühen Tagen derjenige, der für das Kirchengebäude, oder genauer gesagt, für die Gewänder und Gewänder zuständig war; das heißt, von der
Bedeutung des Nachnamens Siegrist Der Familienname Siegrist kommt in der deutschen Sprache in folgenden Schreibweisen vor: Siecrist, Siegrist Siegerist, Sigeris, Sigeris, Siegeriss, Sigerist, Sigriz. (Vgl. Gotts chand, Deutsche Namenkunde, München, 1932.) Der Name stammt ursprünglich aus der Zeit, als in Europa nach und nach Familiennamen entstanden; Dieser Zeitraum liegt nach 1100, da es vor 1100 in Deutschland keine Familiennamen gab.
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Le nom est d'origine ancienne et remonte à la période où les noms de famille sont progressivement apparus en Europe : cette période est postérieure à 1100, car avant 1000, il n'y avait pas de noms de famille en Allemagne. Il est bien connu que les premières apparitions de noms de famille en Allemagne se situent à Cologne et le long du Rhin. En Suisse, les noms de famille font leur apparition à Zurich en 1145 et à Bâle en 1168.
Linguistiquement, le nom n'est pas un terme allemand. Il s'agit d'une translittération ou orthographe phonétique du latin médiéval sacrista qui apparaît en anglais comme sacrist, qui est parfois utilisé dans le sens de sacristain. Ce dernier est un dérivé du latin médiéval sacristanus, entrant en anglais par le français Sacristain. Et en anglais, le nom est devenu Sexton.
Le sacristain, à cette époque, était celui qui avait la charge de l'édifice de l'église, ou plus particulièrement des robes et des vêtements ; c'est-à-dire du
Signification du nom de famille Siegrist Le nom de famille Siegrist apparaît dans des variantes orthographiques de la langue allemande, comme suit : Siecrist, Siegrist Siegerist, Sigeris, Sigeris, Siegeriss, Sigerist, Sigriz. (Cf. Gotts chand, Deutsche Namenkunde, Munich, 1932.) Nom d'origine ancienne datant de l'époque où les noms de famille (noms de famille) en Europe sont progressivement apparus ; cette période se situe après 1100, car avant 1100 il n'y avait pas de noms de famille en Allemagne.
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El nombre tiene un origen antiguo que data del período en que gradualmente surgieron los apellidos en Europa: este período es posterior al año 1100, ya que antes del año 1000 no había apellidos en Alemania. Es bien sabido que los primeros apellidos que aparecieron en Alemania se produjeron en Colonia y a lo largo del río Rin. En Suiza los apellidos aparecen en Zurich en 1145 y en Basilea en 1168.
Lingüísticamente el nombre no es un término alemán. Es una transliteración o grafía fonética del latín medieval sacrista que aparece en inglés como sacrist, que en ocasiones se usa en el sentido de sacristán. Este último es un derivado del latín medieval sacristanus, que llegó al inglés a través del francés Sacristain. Y en inglés, el nombre pasó a ser Sexton.
El sacristán en aquellos primeros tiempos era quien tenía a su cargo el edificio de la iglesia, o más particularmente, de los hábitos y vestimentas; es decir, de la
Significado del apellido Siegrist El apellido Siegrist aparece en variantes ortográficas en el idioma alemán, de la siguiente manera: Siecrist, Siegrist Siegerist, Sigeris, Sigeris, Siegeriss, Sigerist, Sigriz. (Cf. Gotts Chand, Deutsche Namenkunde, Munich, 1932.) El nombre de origen temprano data del período en que los apellidos (apellidos) en Europa comenzaron a existir gradualmente; Este período es posterior a 1100, ya que antes de 1100 no había apellidos en Alemania.