When Maria Catharina Magdalena Stutz was born before 1774, in Odenspiel, Waldbröl, Rhineland, Prussia, her father, Theobald Stuckart, was 23 and her mother, Elisabetha Barbara Schaefer, was 24. She married Johann Schmitt in 1800, in Berglangenbach, Sankt Wendel, Rhineland, Prussia. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died in July 1812, in Germany.
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South German (also Stütz): topographic name from the dialect word stutz ‘steep slope’.
German: metonymic occupational name for a wood turner who made a particular type of wooden vessel, Middle High German stutze.
German (Stütz): from Middle High German stütze ‘support’, a nickname for a helpful person.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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