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The Limpach name originates from "Linde", for a tree, "beim" means "near or by the" and "Bach" means a brook or stream. The earliest that I show the name Limpach is 1194 for the city of Gamprin near where the Knights of Limpach resided. The Limpach family owned Bendern and other estates on the Eschnerberg and in 1194 Rudiger (Roger) Limpach gave the Town of Bendern and his estates to the Cathedral of Coire.
In my research I found that the family name has changed from time to time.
In 1849 when Charles and Christina married, it was Limpaugh.
In the 1850 census it was Limbaugh.
In the 1870 census it was Limbach.
In the 1900 census it was Limpach.
On all the tombstones it is Limpach
In any documentation from Luxembourg, the name is always written as Limpach, except in 1685, Theodore Limpag and his son Pierre born 1713, both from Basharage,Luxembourg, spelled it as Limpag, although all Pierre's children spelled the name Limpach.
Some of the sons of Charles in the area of Seneca County kept the spelling from the US census as Limbach and Limbaugh.
Limpach appears to be the original and correct spelling, although these other variations are still in use.
As far as pronounciation, a German will say Lim-pach with the pach sounding like Bach, the composer's name. The Limpach family living around the original homestead area of New Bavaria pronounce it to sound like Lim-paw. This could account for the Limbaugh and Limpaugh spelling.
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