Luke Voit was born Louis Linwood Voit III 13 February 1991 in Wildwood, Missouri. He is a first baseman for the New York Yankees and led major league baseball in home runs in 2020 with 22.
You can read about Luke's baseball career elsewhere. You can even get his book for young kids. I want to discuss his family history below the fold.
There are several Voit families that immigrated to Baltimore, Maryland in the 1800s.
We currently don't know if they are related to each other or just randomly ended up in the same city. More research is needed on the European side of these families but we've done a lot of work on the American side so let's see what we've got so far.
The most famous Voit family in America is the family of George Ernst Voit who was born in Thuringia about 1806. George's grandson, William J. Voit, founded the Voit Rubber Corporation. William J. patented a process of rubber vulcanization which enabled him to manufacture footballs with a separate rubber bladder. The Voit Rubber Corporation later became the international sporting goods firm AMF-Voit after being purchased by American Machine and Foundry (AMF).
The most famous Voit family in America is the family of George Ernst Voit who was born in Thuringia about 1806. George's grandson, Will...
