Recently, several Karlinsey cousins have joined efforts and have started accumulating information on the earliest Karlinseys.  This joint research effort has included enlisting the services of a professional genealogists. While the original form and origin of the Karlinsey surname have not been found, some very interesting discoveries have been made.  The Karlinsey family research is an ongoing effort and this web page will be updated to include the findings of the research.  If you would like to be informed when the page is updated send an e-mail to administrator@karlinsey.org.

The following table summarizes some of the research findings.

Surname Variation

Date

Source

Notes

Curlancey

1860

Federal Census

Daniel Louise is listed as being from France (later censuses list the family as being from Germany).  This is the only spelling we have while Daniel L. is alive and is the first documented recording of the name of which we are aware.

Klennelsee

1862

Civil War Death Record

Daneil Louise was killed in the battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia on Dec. 13, 1862.

Karlinsey

1862

Civil War Pension File

The claim for widows pension was filed by Daniel Louise’s wife Sarah Keith.  The spelling ‘Carlinsey’ is also used on one of the signature pages along with Sarah’s ‘X’.

Kerlinsey

1862

Civil War Pension File

The following text appears on the final page of Sarah’s request form:  "and further that our names should be spelled with a K in place of a C as above. That my husband Daniel L. Carlinsey as it has been written, spelled his name Daniel L. Kerlinsey, and not Carlinsey, as it has been written . . . . “

Kimerold

1870

Federal Census

Sara Kimerold is listed in the correct location with children of the same names.

Kerlinsee

1880

Federal Census &
Orphan School Records

The census, and the Dayton and Cassville military orphan school records use this spelling.  It is interesting that the ‘Karlinsey’ spelling is still not being used 18 years after it first appears.

Kerlingee

1880

Federal Census

Lizzie Kerlingee age 24 is listed in New Washington, Clearfield, Pennsylvania living with the John Z. Junod family.  Presumably, this is Eliza Karlinsey, the third daughter of Daniel L. and Sarah Keith.

Kallengee

1881?

Family Bible

The information that we have from this bible is sketchy but it appears to be the Daniel Washington and Emma Dunlap Karlinsey family bible.  It is unclear when the information in the bible was recorded. 1881 is assumed because it was the year of Daniel W. and Emma D.’s marriage.

Klensiele

1881?

Family Bible

The notes in the bible state that this name appears in the 1830 census although we have been unable to find any census record from any year with this spelling.