Show ContentsSlutz History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The name Slutz derived from the Middle Low German term "schlütter" meaning "doorkeeper." It is supposed that the name was originally occupational for the keeper of the supplies of a large household.

Early Origins of the Slutz family

The surname Slutz was first found in Bremen, where Henrich Sclutere was the first of the name on record, in 1311. Other early records include Johann Sluthere, who lived in Luebeck in 1344 and Frederic Slutere, who was Lord Mayor of Quedlinburg in 1349.

Early History of the Slutz family

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Slutz Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Schluder, Slutter, Schlutt, Schlutter, Schluther, Schluterman, Sluter, Sluyter, Schluether, Schluetter and many more.

Early Notables of the Slutz family

Notables of the time included Claus Sluter (d. 1406), Dutch sculptor, whose works survive to this day; Willem Sluyter (1627-1673), German vicar and writer b ron in Eibergen...
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Migration of the Slutz family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Andreas Schlueter, a German mercenary soldier, who served under the British in the American Revolution, Wilhelmine Schluetter, age 8; who arrived in New York city from Bremen in 1870.


Contemporary Notables of the name Slutz (post 1700) +

  • W. H. Slutz, American Republican politician, Candidate for West Virginia State House of Delegates from Cabell County, 1940, 1944, 1946 1


  1. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 3) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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