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The Family Name

As there is no umlaut (ü) in the English language, it was dropped, and the family name became Schutz. Later immigrants changed the (ü) to (ue) and the name became Schuetz. In our family we use Schütz and Schutz as the proper spelling.


My Immediate Family (click on images for larger view) .....................................................our home Home in Connecticut

My Father Ludwig Schütz and MotherEsther Carlson Schütz and my wife Angela, her parents, and me, Kurt Sr.,my daughter Heidi, my sons Kurt and Peter.

The Grandchildren and of course ..............our cat Bear and our dog Onyx (as a puppy)


Family History ---The roots go back to Statue of St. Florian - Hatzfeld - photo by KLS 1997Hatzfeld In the old Austrian-Hungarian Empire (Map)

I have only traced my family history back to my great grandfather, Nicholas Schütz in Hatzfeld. The U.S. branch of our family started in 1921 when my grandfather Ludwig (Pop) Schütz Ludwig (Pop) Schütz emigrated from HatzfeldT.S.S Rotterdam.


Activities


Special Links

Excellent Hatzfeld Home Page

 


last modified 2/21/98

e-mail: kurt.schutz@snet.net