When Knud Hansen Schiøtz was born in 1746, in Nykøbing Falster, Falsters Sønder, Maribo, Denmark, his father, Hans Henricsen Schiøtz, was 35 and his mother, Johanne Knudsdatter, was 35. He married Ane Mathiasdatter Gade on 4 October 1776, in Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. He died on 18 May 1800, in Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, at the age of 54, and was buried in Vor Frelsers, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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The Old City Hall was built in 1762 and served as the city hall until 1912. the Hall was modelled after the City Hall that was destroyed in the Copenhagen Fire in 1795. Today the building is used only for ceremonial and representative purposes.
The club was founded in 1776 by former members of Drejer's Club. It was initially known as Fich's Club. The latter name was a reference to Gottlieb Schreck who had purchased the House in 1775. He had adapted the interior to be used by the club. The club initially had 25 members but in 1778 the number of members had grown to 80. On 16 November 1782, the club was granted permission to use the name Kongens Klub (Royal Club). The club soon became a meeting place for members of the higher middle class.
The Old Artillery Barracks was the first of three barracks to be established in the Christianshavn district of Copenhagen. They were converted into barracks for the Artillery in 1789 and were used until 1923. Today, they have been converted into apartments and are listed for everyone.
German: variant of Schilz and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this. Compare Shiltz 1.
Germanized form of Slovenian Šilc: probably from a derivative of šiliti ‘to point, to sharpen (with an awl)’, applied as an occupational name for someone who used an awl (šilo in Slovene) as a tool. Compare Shiltz 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesKNUD HANSEN SCHIOTZ Maternal grandfather of Hans Lorentz Dastrup, the first Dastrup in America. Researched and written by Ila D. Childs and Louise D. Wilson Knud Hansen Schiotz was a midshipman in …
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