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Early Origins of the Luthy family

The surname Luthy was first found in Ayrshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Àir), formerly a county in the southwestern Strathclyde region of Scotland, that today makes up the Council Areas of South, East, and North Ayrshire, where they held a family seat on the lands of Lathis from very early times. The first recorded Chief of the name was Thomas Laithis "of that Ilk."

Early History of the Luthy family

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Luthy Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Latto, Lawtie, Laithis, Lautie, Latta, Lattay, Lathes, Lawta, Lawty, Lawtye, Lawtay, Lathis and many more.

Early Notables of the Luthy family

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United States Luthy migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Luthy Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • William Robert Luthy, who landed in New York, NY in 1849 1
  • Frank A Luthy, who arrived in America in 1852 1
  • Moritz Luthy, who arrived in Kentucky in 1881 1
  • John Luthy, who landed in Colorado in 1882 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Luthy (post 1700) +

  • John F. Luthy, American politician, Mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1894-95 2
  • Godfrey G. Luthy, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1924 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, November 3) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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