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Judging from the number of inquiries received, there are not many "German Wallers." Most of them seem to have arrived in America in the 17th and 18th centuries. It would be fascinating to learn of  German / English connections between 1100 and 1600. There is a possibility that what we think of as German Wallers are descendants of earlier migrations from England to Germany.

We need a volunteer to help us with this page. Any Waller descendant with German Waller ancestors would be appreciated. It would be helpful if that person spoke German or had a German speaking friend. The page is not going to prosper however until some genealogist with a knowledge of German and Germany assumes responsibility.
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We have a Waller researcher interested in tracing her German roots. Her name is Nancy Boudreau. Nancy is a descendant of Frederich Waller who, along with his family, settled in Milwaukee WI in 1884. She can be contacted from her page linked below.
Nancy's Page

Here is a good link to German genealogy. Perhaps someone will become interested and do some serious research.

• Cyndi's List (the best)

We have a German Waller researcher, actually two, Frank and
Kerstin
Gorgas Waller. Living in Germany with a good command of English.
You can Email them direct. Their message follows.

We are looking for any relatives to any of our ancestors, who
moved to
America in the late 19th century  from Oggenhausen and Nattheim,
Swabia (Schwaben), Germany. The data we have about them is:

Matthäus Waller, either born 1880 or 1880 already living in America
Christian Waller, born 1821 went to America, but no date known
Michael Waller, born 23. Feb 1861, 1886 in America, perhaps New York
Jakob Waller, born 8. May 1859, 1887 in Basel (Switzerland)
Kaspar Waller, born 4. Oct 1862, went to America.
Matthäus Waller, 29. Sep 1880, went to America (might be the same as the
first one)

If you know anything about them please let us know.
Frank & Kerstin (Waller) Gorgas

A special link for a German Waller researcher.  He is researching: Bender, Eby, Fischer/Fisher, Himmelberger, Hoffmann, Kembel/Kemble, Kemp, Miller, Perry, Reber, Riegel, Schmeltz/Smeltz, Schneider/Snyder, Wentz, Wert/Wirt, Witmer, Waller, Wehmeyer

The Wuerttemberg Emigration Index is a seven volume work that represents the thousands of German and Prussian immigrants to the United States that made application to emigrate at Wuerttemberg, Germany. This collection, filmed at Ludwigsburg, contains the names of approximately 60,000 persons who made application to leave Germany from the late eighteenth century to 1900. The information supplied on each person includes: name, date and place of birth, residence at time of application and application date, and microfilm number. A search of this database for the surname "Waller" produced the following 8 "hits."  Source (Ancestry)

A German Waller family that settled in Kansas

Wenzel Waller, founder of a Waller family in the United States, was the son of John and Margaret Waller , and was born in Austria, Province of Bohemia, in the vicinity of Bischofnitz between the city of Pilzen and the Bavarian border, on March 14, 1851. He was one of a family of four children, his brothers being named John and Joseph, and his sister's name was Mary.

Wenzel was the only one of the family who came to the United States. He arrived at the age of seventeen in the year 1868, spent two years working on a farm in Iowa, and arrived at Seneca, Kansas, in the year 1870. The following year he purchased the 120 acre tract of land near Oneida,Kansas, it being the South 120 acres of the Southwest Quarter, Section 24, Range 13, of Gilman Township. On November 27, 1872, Wenzel married Magdalena Kaiser.

Magdalena Kaiser (baptized Mary Magdalena) was the daughter of Nicholas and Margaret Kaiser, and was born at Trier, Germany, East of the Luxembourg border, on February 9, 1855. She was one of seven children, her brothers being Peter, Nicholas and William, and her sisters being Margaret, Appolonia and Mary. When Magdalena was two years old the family came to the United States and located in Wisconsin. In 1871 the family moved to a farm east of Seneca, Kansas. Magdalena's father died on December 25, 1881, at the age of 63, and is buried in the St. Peter and Paul Cemetery at Seneca, Kansas. Magdalena's mother died on June 22, 1902, at the age of 86, and is buried beside her husband.

In the year 1881, Wenzel Waller moved his family from the Oneida farm to one East of Seneca, Kansas, located in the Southeast Quarter of Section 19, Range 13, and the East half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 19, Range 13, of Gilman Township. Here they lived until Wenzel and Magdalena Waller retired to a home in the city of Seneca, Kansas, in the year 1913.

We have a sizable GEDCOM on this family which we will be happy to send out. Some of the surnames are: Aziere, Becker, Boeding, Christman, Fischback, Gudenkauf, Hasenkamp, Heideman, Henry, Hordhus, Kramer, Larkin, Lehmkuhl, Lierz, Mergenmeier, Meyer, Pelton, Sack, Schmalze, Sheehan, Sherman, Simons, Strick, Waller, Wichman, Wietharn, Williams.

See the "Kansas" page for a complete listing of Wenzel's descendants.

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