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![Show Contents]() Arts History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
The Arts surname comes from the Middle High German word "arzet," which meant "a physician." It came into being as a family name in the 1300s, and was generally taken on not by full-time doctors, but by someone who practiced the healing arts. Early Origins of the Arts familyThe surname Arts was first found in southern Tyrol, where this ancient family had their seat and noble titles since the 11th century. Their ancestral castle lies in the Castelfondo region, and chronicles mention the Countess Himeltrud von Arz, who married Percifal von Kaldoess around 1007. The Bishop Vigilius of Trento lent the family lands in Kaltern, and Kaiser Friedrich I gave Ullrich and Arnold von Arz the castle "Arz" in 1185. Later, the main line of this family became known as Arz von Wasegg. Early History of the Arts familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Arts research. Another 125 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1703, 1812 and 1842 are included under the topic Early Arts History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Arts Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Arz, Artz, Arts, Artze, Arzt, Arzte, Arzen, Arzze and others. Early Notables of the Arts familyAnother 31 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Arts Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Arts RankingIn Netherlands, the name Arts is the 148th most popular surname with an estimated 7,521 people with that name. 1
 Arts migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Arts Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Jo Arts, who arrived in Virginia in 1635 2
- John Arts, who arrived in Maryland in 1674 2
Arts Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- John Arts, aged 35, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1732 2
- Johannes Arts, who landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1732 2
- Jacob Arts, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1762 2
| Arts migration to Canada | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Arts Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century- Margereta Arts, who landed in Nova Scotia in 1757
| Contemporary Notables of the name Arts (post 1700) | + |
- Joseph Clemence Arts (1878-1935), American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1912 3
- "Most Common Last Names in Netherlands." Forebears, https://forebears.io/netherlands/surnames
- 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)
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 2) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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