The history of the Wilts family name begins in the German province of Bavaria. Wilts is a nickname surname, a class of German names derived from eke-names, or added names, that described people by a personal characteristic or other attribute. Wilts is a name for a person who was extremely wild and passionate. The surname Wilts is derived from the German word wild, which means the same in English.
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Early Origins of the Wilts family
The surname Wilts was first found in Bavaria, where the name contributed greatly to the development of an emerging nation that would later play an important role in the tribal and national conflicts of the area. The Wiltz variant claim descendancy from the eponymous Wiltz, a city in north-western Luxembourg, capital of the canton Wiltz, home of the Wiltz Castle which belonged to the former Counts of Wiltz.
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Early History of the Wilts family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Wilts research. Another 130 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1573 and 1855 are included under the topic Early Wilts History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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Wilts Spelling Variations
One can encounter great variation in the spelling of surnames: in early times, spelling in general, and thus the spelling of names was not yet standardized; and later, spellings would change with branching and movement of families. Variations of the name Wilts include Wilder, Wildt, Wilde, Wild, Wilt, Wildter and others.
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Early Notables of the Wilts family
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Migration of the Wilts family
Between the mid-17th and mid-20th centuries, German settlers arrived in North America by the thousands. Persecution based on religion and poverty were great motivators in this large-scale migration. So too was the opportunity for tenant farmers to own their own land. Ample land and opportunity awaited the settlers who went to such states as Pennsylvania, Texas, New York, Illinois, and California, as well as Ontario and the prairie provinces of Canada. Research into the origins of individual families in North America revealed records of the immigration of a number of people bearing the name Wilts or a variant listed above: Hans Martin Wilder, who came to Philadelphia in 1727; as well as Hans Adam Wilder at the same time; Valentin Wild arrived in Philadelphia in 1732; Franz Wild came to Carolina in 1780.
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