| ![Show Contents]() Stix History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 Spain The surname Stix appears to be derived from the Greek word "Styx," meaning "the hateful," from the verb "stygein," which means "to hate." Styx is the ancient name of the Mavro Nero River, located in Arcadia, Greece, which according to Greek mythology was the route to Hades, the underworld of the dead. Early Origins of the Stix familyThe surname Stix was first found in Galicia, in the North-West corner of this kingdom, located to the north of present day Portugal. Early History of the Stix familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Stix research. The year 1791 is included under the topic Early Stix History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Stix Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Stix, Styx and others. Early Notables of the Stix familyProminent among bearers of the Stix family name at this time was - Josef Romuald Stix, a civil servant in Galicia, who was granted a coat of arms by Emperor Leopold II in Vienna on May 29th, 1791
 Stix migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Stix Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Lawrence Stix, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1872 1
- Lorenz Stix, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1872 1
| Contemporary Notables of the name Stix (post 1700) | + |
- Thomas H. Stix (1924-2001), American physicist
- Gary Stix, senior editor at the Scientific American
- Judith Saul Stix, American author
- John Stix (b. 1920), who has taught drama at the Juilliard School in New York since 1973
- Ernest Stix, who donated Stix International House (built in 1909), to the University of Washington in St. Louis
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
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Stix migration to the United States 
