English (chiefly northern Ireland): variant of the Lancashire
surname Salthouse, an occupational name for a worker at a
saltworks, a topographic name for someone who lived by a saltworks, or
a habitational name from one of the minor places named from a
saltworks. There are examples in Furness and Lytham St. Annes, among
other places.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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