Show ContentsKreuzer History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The distinguished surname Kreuzer 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 Kreuzer is a nickname surname, which belongs to the category of hereditary surnames. The surname Kreuzer 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 Kreuzer migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Kreuzer Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Johann Kreuzer, who landed in America in 1783 1
Kreuzer Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Daniel Kreuzer, who arrived in North America in 1848 1
  • Anna Kreuzer, who landed in Buffalo, NY in 1854 1
  • Ursula Kreuzer, who arrived in America in 1856 1
  • Heinrich Leopold Kreuzer, who arrived in St Louis, Missouri in 1856 1
  • Barbara Kreuzer, who landed in Buffalo, NY in 1857 1
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Kreuzer (post 1700) +

  • Thomas J. Kreuzer, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1916 2


  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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