The Meiss Family

One claim is that the surname Meiss comes from a German word meaing 'felling area', 'felled timber', another is that the name is related to Maus, indicating a mouse catcher or perhaps someone resembling a mouse.

My branch of the family pronounces the name with a long 'e' sound, in the French manner. My grandfather always said that our ancestors came from Alsace-Lorraine when it was under French rule.

• Alan Meiss is well known on the net for his humor, for example 50 Fun Things for Professors to do on the First Day of Class.
• Andrew & Elizabeth Meiss lived in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania in the 1860's.
• Bernd-Christian Meiß is finananical consultant in Bremen. He sent the family crest below.
• Bob and Jean Meiss (Aunt and Uncle of James) live on Bonaire, and there is even a dive site called Corporal Meiss, though I don't know if it is named after Bob--perhaps it is named after his son, who died in Vietnam.
• Carl H. Meiss ran for the Pennsylvania Legislature.
• Dave von Meiss was once seen at the Bernhard Theatre in Zurich
• Donna Meiss (cousin to James) is a translator in Rome, Italy.
• Florian H. von Meiss is a partner in the law firm of von Meiss Blum & partners in Zurich.
• Gregor Meiss is at the Institut fuer Biochemie of the Universitaet Giessen.
• Gridley Illinois Meiss Family
• Guy Meiss, used to be chair of the Department of Journalism at Central Michigan University
• Heinrich Meiss Lived in Zurich, and died in 1373.
• The Huffington Post knows which Meiss's gave money in the last presidential election.
• James Meiss is a Professor of Applied Mathematics in Boulder.
• Jeremy Meiss runs his own consulting business.
• Johann George MEISS was born in West Phalia in 1704, and emigrated to Lebanon County PA.
• Karl-Michael Meiss () is at the Athur-Sommerfeld-Society in Leipzig.
• Katrin Meiss is apparently a tennis player from Leipzig.
• Kenneth Meiss is a dentist in Peoria IL.
• Lou Meiss maintains Telecommunications Equipment for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
• Mark Meiss is Alan's brother.
• Michael Meiss is registered at "brainguide".
• Millard Meiss was an Art Historian from Princeton and Institute for Advanced Study. You can get some of his books from Princeton University Press.
• Natalie Meiss is a professional boxer from Germany.
• Paul Meiss is in real estate in Pittsburg.
• Phil Meiss was most valuable football player for Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech in Indiana in 1985
• Pedro Meiss () used to run the Hotel El Conquistador in Santiago. He is a third generation hotelier.
• Pierre von Meiss is a Professor of Architecture in Lausanne , and has written several Architecture books.
• Rich Meiss is president of the Meiss Education Institute.
• Richard Meiss is a professor of physiology at Indiana University School of Medicine. Here is the abstract of one of his papers.
• Richard A. Meiss is a ham radio enthusiast.
• Robert W. Meiss Jr was a corporal in the army. He died in Vietnam in 1967.
• Ron Meiss sells self-help tapes through CyberNation.
• Stärken von Meiss owns a factory in Bad Homburg that makes fine furniture
• Troy Meiss played bass for Wake Ooloo.

• Meiss Road is in Sloughhouse California. You ran on it in the Run for Kicks in 96
• Meiss Lake is south of Lake Tahoe. The area is called Meiss Country; it was named for Benjamin Meiss who was in the cattle business. You can also hike to Meiss Ridge and Lake!
• Meiss lake is also in Butte valley in Northern California, near the Oregon Border.
• Meiss Pass, is nearby in the Sierra Nevada.
• Meiss Meadow Ski hut is just north of Carson Pass on Hwy 88, 25 miles south of Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada.
• Corporal Meiss is a Dive site on the island of Bonaire in the Dutch Antilles. It is named in honor of Robert W. Meiss Jr.
• Meiss al Jabal is a town in Lebanon.
• Medium Energy Ion Scattering Spectrometer (MEISS) . Well, okay, it is not a place but an acronymn.

I got this from Bernd-Christian Meiss in Rastede, Germany, who tells me that there are many Meisses there. I have no idea of the meaning or significance of the symbols here. Anyone who does know, do let me know: