I book googled the name and came up with a couple books that may be helpful. One in particular looks like it may be about travels of this family (link is provided below). I am not biligual so not sure if this will help... but it does confirm that the name exists.
Best Regards,
Karen
http://books.google.com/books?id=GBoksm0AggwC&pg=RA1-PA1...