The rutz Surname
rutz Name Meaning and History
- from a short form of any of the various personal names beginning with the Old High German element hrod ‘renown’, for example Rudolf.
- occupational name for a cobbler, Middle Low German rutze, ruce.
- habitational name from a place so named in Switzerland.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Rutz's buried Beth El Cemetery, Cass Cty, ND |
 sleuthesthedead
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| Hometown in Prussia of Carl Rutz (1835-1921) |
HaroldRutz
| 3 |
| Rutz Family from Yakima Washington | James Rutz | 5 |
| Rutz from Gross Reetz, Pomerania | Barbara | 9 |
| Rutz from Michigan | AL Rutz | 6 |
| Hildegarde Mathide Earnesten Rutz Ruehle |
barbwhite1
| 0 |
| Peter Roots b.1838/02/15 |
mh401
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| HENRY RUTZ | Barbara | 1 |
| Rutz, Charles F arrived in USA 1854 |
bettyday36
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| rutz | Dolores L. Hein | 52 |
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