Creutz History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Germany

Etymology of Creutz

What does the name Creutz mean?

The Creutz surname has several possible origins. The "Kreitz" variation of this surname was inspired by the town of Kreitz, which lies near the city of Neuss in northwestern Germany. This type of surname generally arose when an individual moved from one settlement to another, and was then referred to by the name of his place of origin. "Kreitz" may also have been derived from the German word "kreuz," denoting a "cross." The first bearers of the surname might have worked a field or plot of land shaped like a cross, or lived near a prominent cross that served either as a religious symbol or as a boundary-marker (crosses were commonly used for this purpose in the medieval period). It is also thought that the surnames "Kreuz" and "Kreitz" may have come from a sobriquet referring to someone who had served under the banner of the Cross in a Crusade.

Early Origins of the Creutz family

The surname Creutz was first found in the region of the North Rhine-Westphalia, where members of the Creutz family were no doubt integral parts of the Feudal System that became the backbone of early European society.

Early History of the Creutz family

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Creutz Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Kreitz, Kreuz, Kruetz, Kreutzer and others.

Early Notables of the Creutz family

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Creutz migration to the United States +

Creutz Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Anna Catharina Creutz, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1725
Bernhard Creutz, who settled in Pennsylvania in 1725
Christoph Theophil Creutz, who settled in Philadelphia in 1738
Christophorus Theophilus Creutz, who settled in Philadelphia in 1738
Christopher Godlieb Creutz, who landed in New York in 1748 1
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Contemporary Notables of the name Creutz (post 1700) +

Carol Creutz (1944-2013), American chemist and Senior Research Scientist at the Brookhaven National Laboratory
Edward Creutz (1913-2009), American physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project at the Metallurgical Laboratory and the Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II, he held 18 patents relating to nuclear energy
Michael John Creutz (b. 1944), American theoretical physicist at Brookhaven National Laboratory
Max Creutz (1876-1932), German art historian and curator of the Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln and the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Museum in Krefeld
Count Gustaf Philip Creutz (1731-1785), Swedish statesman, diplomat and poet

Sources +

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)