The Helmandollar Name
In this my first blog post concerning the Helmandollar ancestry and history, I would like to focus on the origin and timeline of the Helmandollar name. The Helmandollar and like names are not found anywhere else in the world, only in the United States (unless an American Helmandollar has moved out of the U.S.). With that said this post will explore the timeline of how the like names developed from our immigrant ancestor to today. It is believed by many of our family historians that our immigrant ancestor, for all Helmandollar and like names, is one Johann Andoni Hellenthal. This Johann Andoni Hellenthal traveled on the ship Snow Charlotta arriving in Philadelphia September 05, 1743 ( https://www.immigrantships.net/v4/1700v4/charlotta17430905.html ). It is now believed that this immigrant came with a family and that he had two sons and one daughter. The passenger register does not show many children, only 3 or 4 of those listed on the ship were listed with a ...