Maishman One-Name Study

(Click on picture to enlarge) Four generations of Maishman

Maishman
One-Name Study

Topics

About the Maishman One-Name Study
Variants
Origin of the surname
Frequency of the name
Distribution of the name
Links
Contact Details

About the Maishman One-Name Study

The Maishman One-Name study was developed from research into my own family. Having gathered much data over 35 years, it was apparent that I had to consider alternative spellings. The names were registered with the Guild of One-Name Studies in 2003.

Variants

The registered variants are Maishment, Mashman, Marchment and Marchmont.

Origin of the surname

Possible derivation of the name MAISHMAN - in German maischen means 'to mash', so a person who does so would be called maischmann. (There are people with the name MAISCHMANN in Germany today). When people with this name came to England their name would have been anglicised to MASHMAN, whereas those going to America (such as the Pennsylvania Deutsch) would have retained the spelling MAISCHMANN. It would seem that some preferred the spelling MAISHMAN, which was nearer the original German, whereas others changed to MAISHMENT, MARCHMAN, MARCHMENT or similar.

Frequency of the name

There are approximately 150 Maishmans and 200 Mashmans alive today.

Distribution of the name

Today Maishmans are mainly in the south of England, Australia, USA and South Africa.

Links

My own family web site is at www.maishman.co.uk

Contact details

For further information, contact:

Mr Bernard J Maishman
Meadowsweet,
Graywood,
East Hoathly,
East Sussex
BN8 6QR
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail:

This page last updated 25 February 2008.