Schlater History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Germany

The name Schlater 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 Schlater family

The surname Schlater 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 Schlater family

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Schlater 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 Schlater 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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Schlater Ranking

In the United States, the name Schlater is the 18,007^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Schlater migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Schlater Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Andrew Schlater, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1871 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Schlater (post 1700) +

John Schlater, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1924 3

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
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)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 19) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html