What Nationality is Tessmar?

Question:At the risk of getting a shed load of thumbs down, there is a little bit about the name on this site,
http://www.houseofnames.com/fc.asp?sId=&...
it says it German. Hope this helps.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: At the risk of getting a shed load of thumbs down, there is a little bit about the name on this site,
http://www.houseofnames.com/fc.asp?sId=&...
it says it German. Hope this helps.

German.

Can't find anything on it. However, it definitely sounds German. The same name can come from more than one nationality. Also not everyone with the same name are related or share ancestors.

http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/comconsumerp...

http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/Faq.ht...

In the 1880 USA census, the Tessmars of Minnesota came from Prussia. You can view this census free at Ancestry. There's a map on Wikipedia that shows where Prussia used to be.