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Early Origins of the Thau family

The surname Thau was first found in Dauphiny (French: Dauphiné or Dauphiné Viennois), a former province in southeastern France, where this ancient family has held a family seat from very early times.

Early History of the Thau family

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Thau Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Thauer, Thaur, Thauere, Thau, de Thaur and many more.

Early Notables of the Thau family

Notable amongst the family at this time was

  • the Thauer family of Dauphiné


United States Thau migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Thau Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Adam Thau, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1860 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Thau (post 1700) +

  • Marty Thau (1938-2014), American rock 'n' roll entrepreneur and music producer


  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)


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