SCHANHAAR / SCHOENHAAR

Maternal Line

Original spelling from Württemberg is Schönhaar. Since umlauts aren’t used in English, it morphed into Schoenhaar in Wisconsin. Two sons migrated to North Dakota, and there adopted the spelling of Schanhaar. I come from the Schanhaar line.


Carl Friederich Schönhaar (1835-1923) and family

• John L. Schanhaar (1868-1940) and family