Show ContentsKrauser History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The distinguished surname Krauser is a proud symbol of a Jewish culture, which is found in many places world-wide. In the Middle Ages, it became necessary to adopt surnames, since people were moving closer together, and it was becoming difficult to distinguish between people with the same names. The surname Krauser is a nickname surname, which belongs to the category of hereditary surnames. The surname Krauser comes from the German word kraus, which means curly. As a nickname, this surname was given to a person who had curly hair.


United States Krauser migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Krauser Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Martin Krauser, who arrived in North America in 1837 1
  • Oskar Von Krauser, who landed in Chile in 1879 1
Krauser Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Aloisius Krauser, aged 36, who settled in America, in 1904
  • Cecilia Krauser, aged 2, who immigrated to the United States, in 1904
  • Hersch Krauser, aged 18, who immigrated to America from Howslow, in 1906
  • Georg Krauser, aged 28, who landed in America from Gilad, Hungary, in 1907
  • Alice Krauser, aged 23, who immigrated to the United States, in 1909

Contemporary Notables of the name Krauser (post 1700) +

  • Peter B. Krauser (b. 1947), Chief Judge on the Court of Special Appeals for the state of Maryland
  • Carlos Isaac Krauser (b. 1981), United States Virgin Islands professional basketball player
  • Arthur D. Krauser, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1964 2
  • Erlend Krauser (b. 1958), Romanian-born German new age guitarist


  1. 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)
  2. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 6) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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