The House of Zolman/Zollmann Families



Coat of Arms : Quarterly, first and fourth gules, three bags of wheat silver, second and third azure, on a terrace vert, gold owl ornaments.

Family Crest : Two Swords are between two ostrich plumes sable.

Origin: Germany.



The color coding is as follows:

The areas with: small dots = gold
all white = silver
horizontal lines = blue
vertical lines = red
horizontal and vertical or all black = black
angle top left to bottom right lines = green
angle top right to bottom left lines = purple
vertical broken lines = flesh color
vertical and angle top right to bottom left lines = blood red


Zollmann von Zollerndorf, Ritter. Oesterr. Ritterstand. Diplom vom 9. Oct. 1813 fur Wolfgang Z., k.k. Gubernial-Secret, von dessen Sohnen, neben zwei Tochtern, nur Franz, k.k. Gubernail-Registrator, einen mannl. Sprossen hinterliess, Lepold, geb. 1833, K.K. Hauptm. im 21. Feld-Jager-bataillon.
The text that came with the sketch and description of the Blazon/COA translated from German to English basically states the following:
Wolfgang Zollmann of the estate Zollerndorf, Austrian Knight was Registered and/or Chartered the Badge of Honor on October 9, 1813 by "the imperial-royal (K.K.) government secretary". Of his sons and two daughters, Franz (according to the county register) left one male offspring named Leopold born in 1833 and become a Captain in the 21st Military/Police Field Battalion.
Oesterr. is the abbreviation for Osterreich or Oesterreich being Austria which was under the Prussian Kingdom at the time.
Austria’s native tongue is the German language, the recorder who chartered or registered the description to Wolfgang Zollmann. According to his regional dialect, abbreviation and speaking (high or low) German lead my search to locate a village or province in the Austrian territories during 1813 to 1833.
This would indicate the estate of Zollerndorf would be located in the Krane or Austrian Crown Lands of which mostly belong to modern day Slovenia. The difficulty here is that the villages have different ethnic names and the German name went out of use after World War I .
Many times the name of a estate was established by the first names of a person or persons (if they were noble) who founded them. Therefore the estate of Zollerndorf evidently derived form or was based on the family name of the lord (land owner) of the manor estate. The people or indentured servants and employees often took on the surname of the lord of the manor or that of his estate. This does not mean there was a genealogical connection and was more commonly a mark of the lords ownership of his indentured servants/employees.
The surname used by an individual does not necessarily have any relationship to that person’s employment. There may have been some original relationship to the employment to the first person who used the name, but after two generations had passed, there might never have been another person in that family who practiced that occupation.
Zollerndorf is a German term and only has meaning in that language (Austria included). It roughly translates from German to English as "Village of the Toll" which could refer to a place where the tax on goods in transit to various places was paid. However, such tolls were paid in many places in German speaking Europe.
In a search for the origin of Zollerndorf, the possibilities lean toward the towns of Zoll and Zollnern Austria or present day (Mihai Viteazu, Maros County, Romania) which is Zoltan in Hungarian and Zollerndorf in German. The truth be known of it’s origin is still enigmatic and may be archived and sealed away or lost in history.
What we do know fore sure is that this Coat of Arms does not belong to the Zollmann’s of Mensfelden (a part of Huenfelden today, which is a few miles south of Limburgn), Hessen, Germany. Our ancestors come to America long before the Blazon was registered in 1813. How ever it does make a interesting conversation piece.

author: George Arthur Zolman II

Coat of Arms can be found in the “Armorial General” (volume: #3, page: #CCXII, edition: 1967) registries on heraldry author: J.B. Rietstap This book can be located at the Library of Congress.

“Surnames”
(History and Origin)
   Humans in their ultimate wisdom, should know the origin of ancient names must have been established with the first primitive spoken language. Names usually characterized the description of an individual.
    A more elaborate descriptive naming practice is exemplified in the Bible. In Genesis Chapter: 1 Verse: 27 - So “God” created (man) in his own image, in the image of “God” created he him: (male) and (female) created he them. Genesis Chapter: 2 Verse: 7 - And the “Lord God” formed (man) of the dust of the ground, and breathed into (his) nostrils the breath of life; and (man) became a living soul.
    Adam being the first name of man mentioned in Genesis Chapter: 2 - was given authority by “God” to name every living creature thereof. So when “God” took one of Adams ribs and made a help mate for him Genesis Chapter: 2 Verse: 23 - states that Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called (Woman), because she was taken out of (Man). Verse: 24 - Therefore shall a man leave his (father) and his (mother), and shall cleave unto his (wife): and they shall be one flesh. Genesis Chapter: 3 Verse 20 - And Adam called his wife’s name (Eve); because she was the mother of all living.
    Patronymics are common in almost all European cultures (referring to the father or mother). Thus the sons of John became Johnson; the sons of William, Williamson or Wilsons and so forth.
    Toponymic (indicating where a person is from). This could be a location such as a town, province, country, etc. (examples: Jesus of Nazareth, Great Britains Royal Family of Wensor).
    Epithet (which describes a person in some way). German examples: (Altmann - old man; Hellmann - light man; Schwar(t)s - black appearance; Rot(h)bart - red beard; etc.
    Occupational names are often the most obvious in origin; examples could be Genesis Chapter: 4 Verse 2: Able a keeper of sheep, Cain a tiller of the ground, Jesus the Carpenter, Johannes the Tax Collector. Zoll Mann translated from German to English means Tax Collector, Tax Official or literally Toll Taker as in the Surname (Zollmann).
    Hereditary surnames established itself as part of the bearer’s individuality; and was handed down from generation to generation. The surname grew inseparably associated with the achievement, the tradition, and the prestige of the family.
    Like the coat of arms - that vivid symbolization of the name which warrior ancestors bore in battle during the middle ages wore a suit of armor, including a helmet that completely covered the head for protection. Many knights in order to distinguish themselves visible from the enemy, painted colorful designs on their battle shields. These designs were also woven into cloth surcoats which were worn over a suit of armor. Thus was established the term, “Coat of Arms”. The name itself has become a badge of family honor. it has become the “good name” to be proud of and to protect as one’s most treasured possession.
    Many German names have their roots in the Germanic middle ages. A name identified a specific person and later a group of persons (family name); at first through verbal usage, it was later fixed through writing. If a Family Crest originated in the middle ages, one may not be able to link their family to it unless your ancestral genealogy stretches back that far. Many people are unable to go past the 1600’s as records of birth, death and marriages generally did not start until then.
    There is a single listing for the Coat of Arms of Zollmann in the Armorial General (volume: #3, page: #CCXII, edition: 1967) registries on heraldry author: J. B. Rietstap. The only indication about its origin is that the family probably was from Zollerndorf. This points to the province of Zollern in Germany, which existed in the 15th century. There is also a reference to the Coat of Arms in the (allgemeines Deutsches Adels-Lexicon im Verein mit mehreren Historikern pub. Leipzig, Friedrich Voligt’s Buchhandlung, 1870) translated from German to English being (general German aristocracy Lexicon in the association with several historians pub. Leipzig, Friedrich Voligt’s bookshop, 1870) author: Kneschke, Prof. Dr. Ernst Heinrich Nueues and gives a description of the Coat of Arms for the family Zollmann von Zollerndorf, Ritter. In the case of the Zollmann Family, research would need to be done in the area to see what can be gleaned from the libraries and archives. Earlier information needs to come from historical, biographical and/or legal documents, some of which go back to the 1300’s or earlier.
    All social classes and demographic strata aided in the development of names. German surnames bordering Northern Germany can sound very much like Dutch or English names. If a name ends in - mann, burg, berg, lich, stein or t(h)al, it is a likely indication that the name is German. But in certain settlement areas, these endings could also refer to Swedish and Russian Jewish backgrounds. It is also known to be kosher for Jews to name their children “Jr.” or “II” etc.
    Some names may have became Yiddish, Garbled, or Hyphenated names throughout history, especially through the immigration process. Surnames without vowels could be derived from ethnic origins indicating a immigrants nationality.
    Among American Natives it was not uncommon for a name to have related a person to animals, a certain object or refer an individual to assorted colors in describing their character.
    According to the 1990 Census, the surname files contain 88,799 different names in the United States. Zollman is ranked at 32,514 (82.362 percent) as the most popular last name and Zolman is ranked at 75,714 (89.235 percent). No statistics for Zollmann (the original spelling) were listed.
   

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