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Schellenberg is a Mennonite family name found in [[Switzerland|Switzerland]], [[Germany|Germany]], [[Russia|Russia]] and [[North America|North America]]. It is originally a German family name that occurred in the early Middle Ages in the records of [[Liechtenstein|Liechtenstein]], [[Bayern Federal State (Germany)|Bavaria]], Württemberg and Upper Franconia. Early in the 14th century a branch of the family settled in Switzerland. The American Schellenbergers are of Swiss origin and traceable to Johannes Schellenberger, who arrived in Philadelphia on the <em>[[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]] Merchant </em>on 11 September 1732. A branch of the family also migrated from [[Emmental (Switzerland)|Emmental]], canton of Bern, Switzerland, to join the [[Anabaptism|Anabaptists]] of the [[Netherlands|Netherlands]], and descendants of this line later migrated to Prussia and Russia. The [[Alexanderwohl (Molotschna Mennonite Settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Alexanderwohl]] church record names a Tobias Schellenberger, who was a refugee from [[Moravia (Czech Republic)|Moravia]] and joined the [[Przechovka (Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)|Przechovka]] Mennonite Church in Prussia in 1634. His son, who remained with the Mennonites, had no male offspring. The name appeared as early as the 17th century in [[Danzig (Poland)|Danzig]], [[Tiegenhagen (Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)|Tiegenhagen]] and [[Rosenort Mennonite Church (Rosenort, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)|Rosenort]]. Among the Mennonites of this name migrating from Prussia to [[Russia|Russia]] were Anton, Aron, Bernhard, Georg, Gerhard, Jakob, Johann and Paul Schellenberg.

Prominent leaders of the Mennonite Brethren Church (MB) were [[Schellenberg, Abraham (1845-1920)|Abraham Schellenberg]], [[Schellenberg, Abraham L. (1869-1941)|Abraham L. Schellenberg]], and David Schellenberg. Töws lists in <em>Mennonitische Märtyrer</em> Johann J. Schellenberg, who was killed during the Revolution, as an MB minister in Russia. J. G. Rempel lists in <em>Fünfzig Jahre Konferenzbestrebungen</em> Wilhelm Schellenberg, a minister in Russia and later in [[Canada|Canada]]; Peter P. Schellenberg, a minister in Coaldale, Alberta; and B. J. Schellenberg, an educator. <em>Who's Who Among the Mennonites </em>lists both Peter E. Schellenberg, a professor of psychology who was also the president of Tabor College and dean of [[Bethel College (North Newton, Kansas, USA)|Bethel College]], and Theodore R. Schellenberg, Assistant Archivist of the [[United States of America|United States]] National Archives, Washington, DC. A. Schellenberg of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan was the founder of the O.K. Economy grocery chain. Some of his sons have changed their name to Shelly.
= Bibliography =
Alexanderwohl Church Record.

Danzig Church Record.

<em>Mennonite Life </em>10 (1955): 80.

Müller, Ernst. <em>Geschichte der Bernischen Täufer. </em>Frauenfeld, 1895: 308.

Reimer, Gustav E. <em>Die Familiennamen der westpreussischen Mennoniten. </em>Weierhof, 1940: 117.

Rempel, J. G. <em>Fünfzig Jahre Konferenzbestrebungen. </em>Steinbach, MB, 1952: 274, 384.

Töws, A. A. <em>Mennonitische Märtyrer </em>I. Clearbrook, 1949: 137.

Unruh, B. H. <em>Die niederländisch-niederdeutschen Hintergründe der mennonitischen Ostwanderungen im 16., 18. und 19. Jahrhundert.</em> Karlsruhe-Rüppurr, 1955: 427.

Warkentin, A. and Melvin Gingerich, eds. <em>Who's Who Among the Mennonites.</em> North Newton, KS: Bethel College Press, 1943.
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