| Introduction |
This homepage by Leo Korting contains the results of genealogical investigations, recently undertaken by members of the Korting family.
Included also are data inherited from earlier genealogists. Thanks to Wil G.
Haggenburg for updates of March 2003.
Return
to Korting Family home page. |
This genealogy covers the names:
KORTING,
KORTINK and KÖRTING
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Where do Kortings live nowadays
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| Consulting available Telephone books revealed some: |
| 122 | families in Germany |
| 56 | families in the Netherlands |
| 31 | families in the USA |
| 10 | families in Australia |
| 2 | families in Great Britain |
| 2 | families in South Africa |
| 1 | family in Canada |
Where did the earliest Kortings live ? |
Radwardus Corting was A.D. 1257 Olderman of the city of Groningen (The Netherlands).
In the same period and location are cited: |
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- Hendrik Corting
- burgomaster Fretheric Cortinghe
- and Peter Cortingh
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| They lived in a stinse (stone
house) named the Cortinghe-huis (= arx
cortingis), north of the city of Groningen. This fortified brick house
was regularly under attack of neighboring peasants and was finally
demolished June 29th 1338. Remains of this settlement have been
discovered in February 1919 by J. A. Mulock Houwer, the city-architect of Groningen. |
| The oldest known ancestor is Stephan
Kortzinck, Judge in Törten (Dessau Ger), born before 1530. |
How many branches are known? |
Recent findings show that not all Kortings have
one common ancestor. At least 3 to 4 Korting lines originate in an isolated
area, having -- by that time -- no connection to another Korting line. How
and when they adopted the name 'Korting' has in some cases been assessed.
It is therefore most unlikely that all these families have one common origin.
Certain family lines, which have been investigated in depth, are marked:
e.g. K-1 Bernardus Korting |
