Creutzer History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Germany

The Creutzer 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 Creutzer family

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

Early History of the Creutzer family

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Creutzer Spelling Variations

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

Early Notables of the Creutzer family

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Creutzer migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Creutzer Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Gustav Creutzer, who arrived in America in 1881 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Creutzer (post 1700) +

Charles Auguste Creutzer, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 2

Citations +

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)
Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, February 13) Charles Creutzer. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html