You will see various spellings of the surname Loudenback.. In the old country, you will find the spelling as being Lautenbach. Due to the differences in the languages , certain sounds and letter combinations are not common in German and in English. As the family moved to America, people who registered immigrants might have had trouble with spelling of the names as they were given to them. So they wrote what it sounded like, in the register.
In fact as the people in the American colonies began to write names of the immigrants, sometimes the writing was a problem. Many times, letters were written one way, and looked very much like other letters, therefore the change in the spelling. For example, in Fayette County Indiana, on a land transaction for Phillip Loudenback, my fourth Great Grandfather, the sixth letter of the name was hard to tell if it was Louderback or Loudenback.
The progression of the Loudenback family once again begins in Straudernheim, Hesse, Germany. Then one of the family members, Johann David Lautenbach came to America, and eventually settled in Virginia. David had a son, that was Matthias, who had many children. Some of them moved west and settled in Indiana and Ohio. Phillip was one of the sons that settled in Fayette.County Indiana. Phillip was my fourth Great Grandfather.
More specific history of the Loudenback families will be discussed. I will get informaiton on the following families and add them to the Loudenback Pages. From Johann Nakel, to Johann David, to Matthias, to Phillip.
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