Surname Origin -Montsellier

[trellisick]

I HAVE A NUMBER OF SY MONTSEILLER :-I.E. CARL MARTIN RICHARD SY MONTSEILLER, ANYBODY KNOW WHAT SY MONTSEILLER MEANS?
                                      WOULD LOVE TO KNOW, KALI.

[PaulineJ]

Context, era? ( where and when)

Pauline

[Berlin-Bob]

Hi Kali,

Not sure if this is going off at a tangent, but let's try it and see:

Google found this site for SY MONTSEILLER

http://sygenealogy.home.comcast.net/Coat_of_Arms.html

It is about the SY Family and includes several coats of arms,
This image is found in the book "Sy Hugenotten: Stammtafeln der Familien Sy aus der Uckermark" by Johanna Oqueka and Hans Wendt. On the bottom is written "Sy de Montseiller". Another source describes the coat of arms as a seal on a watch chain.

I don't know if Montseiller is french for seal (The Seal of the Sy Family)
or if your Sy Montseillers were originally Sy de Montseiller

It was the only Google hit for SY MONTSEILLER or for MONTSEILLER
(a Googlewhack !)

Regards,
Bob

[Manchester Rambler]

Montsellier is a town in France - it's possible Montseiller is the old spelling.   (I know of a Meiller family in French-speaking Switzerland which became Mellier.)  In that case, Bob's suggestion that the family was originally Sy de Monseiller (Sy from Montseiller) is very likely. 

MR

[trellisick]

thank you all for your replys, i have not had time to look closely at them yet but can tell you that i have a HEINRICH JOSIAS DANIEL KUHNELL MARRIED IDA FRIEDERIKE MARGARETHA SCHOLZIN 1812 HAMBURG, A daughter JOHANNA DOROTHEA WILHELMINE KUHNELL b HAMBURG 24 2 1834  MARRIED FRIEDRICH WILHELM SY DE MONTSEILLER 10 7 1859
she died 22 8 1899 at HAMBURG. And this is just one part of the family, all the others have longer and most unusual names,
but ive been at it for twenty years now and still not getting used to it. thanks again any more info appreciated. KALI.
 SY FROM MONTSEILLER SOUNDS GOOD, THE SURNAME THEN BEING SY?   thanks, pauline , berlin bob, (excellent site on sy family), & manchester rambler.

[SyGenealogy]

SY FROM MONTSEILLER SOUNDS GOOD, THE SURNAME THEN BEING SY?   thanks, pauline , berlin bob, (excellent site on sy family), & manchester rambler.

I'm glad you liked my Sy Genealogy website.

And thanks to the others regarding the word Montseiller. I had googled for it and didn't find anything. Now I will google for Montsellier. That may be one of the missing links I need.

[SyGenealogy]

I am interested in anything that may help me find the origins of the SY family in France in about the 16th century.  My SY family were members of the French Reformed Church (Huguenot). That is were I have a brick wall. I can trace the SY family to approximately the time of the origin of the French Reformed Church; however, that is where the line ends.

I have Googled on Montsellier; however, I did not find anything about the location of Montsellier. Can anyone tell me of the general location of Montsellier, France?

I know there is a village of "SY" in France located Northeast of Paris.

[Manchester Rambler]

I found Montsellier on Google (French version), and I'm sure it said it was near Nīmes.  However, the reference has now disappeared, and I can't find anything like it in a French atlas, so I've a horrible feeling it might have been a typo for Montpellier, in which case I'm sorry for misleading you...

Rambler  (now back from holidays, etc, hence slow reply.)