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| OTTENI/OTNEY/OATNEY/OTTNEY 1655-Present |
The original German spelling, found on German records and signatures on early land transactions in the United States, was OTTENI. Today, most of the United States descendants from Germany spell the name OATNEY, OTNEY, OTTNEY and OTTENI.
Over the years, there have been many different spellings of the name. At least eleven variations have been found to date. Besides the four spellings used today in the US, earlier variations included: OTTNE, OTTENE, OTTENY, OTTINE, OTTINEY, OTTONI, and OATTNEY.
There are many families in Germany that still spell their name OTTENI. There is one branch in Germany that spell their name OTTENY. In the late 1800's, Franz Xaver used the OTTENY spelling. Since this family moved from Urloffen, the variant spelling became the the formal spelling and the descendants of Franz Xaver Otteny kept the spelling.
The vowel ending of the original OTTENI name suggests that the origin is other than German. As German family lore endorses, and the spelling indicates, the name and family most probably came from Italy. From the German book "Heimatbuch der Germeinde Urloffen", the author writes that the Otteni family settled in Urloffen Germany about 1676 indicating a move to this area of Germany.
Most of the people that spell the name OATNEY, OTNEY, OTTNEY and OTTENI that live in the United States descend from the same family in Urloffen, Germany. Urloffen was the main settlement area for the Otteni's in Germany, however other lived in nearby Nußbach and Renchen, Germany.
Benedict Otteni (b. 19 Mar 1793) is the progenitor of most OATNEY and OTNEY family members living in the United States today. Benedict and family settled in mid Ohio in the early 1830s and raised 11 children. Many descendants still live in the Ohio area. Those family members using the alternate spelling of OTNEY live mostly in the Kansas area of the U.S. In most cases, the pronunciation is the same for either spelling.
Family members in the U.S. spelling their name OTTENI are descendants of Theodor Otteni (1844-1911) and his wife Theresia (Wörner) (1846-1927). They came to the United States from Urloffen, Germany in 1872. Theodor settled in the northwestern part of Pennsylvania and engaged in farming. He and his wife raised 12 children with many descendants still living in the area.
OTTNEY family members descend from Anton Otteni. Anton (1786-1865) and his wife, Barbara Schneider, also came to the United States in the 1830's. The family first settled in New York State but later moved to northwest Ohio.
There is a branch of OTTENI's that descend from Rudolph Otteni. Although related, the exact connection has not yet been established..
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| Submitter: | Tom 0atney (click to view profile) |
| Number of Individuals: | 6663 |
| Most Popular Surnames: | Ottney 6%, Oatney 4%, Otteni 3%, Thimmes 1%, Messner 1% |
| First Uploaded: | December 02, 2000 at 18:02:17 |
| Last Updated: | November 01, 2009 at 15:51:09 |
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