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Gatz surname origin

Posted By: Janet Gatz
Date: 12/18/04

The family surname is Gatz. The grandparents came to Canada from Germany probably around 1890 or so. I read the name originated in Prussia, possibly in the province of Pomerania where there was a city named Gatz (now called Gac in Poland). There seem to be both German and Jewish people with the name Gatz. Is it mostly a German name or mostly a Jewish name. Could they even be of Polish background because there would have been Polish people living in that area of Prussia.

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• Gatz surname origin -- Janet Gatz -- 12/18/04
  • Re: Gatz surname origin -- Lola Schultz -- 10/6/05
    • Re: Gatz surname origin -- Kerry Gates -- 8/8/07
      • Re: Gatz surname origin -- Lola G Schultz -- 8/13/07
    • Re: Gatz surname origin -- David Stearns -- 10/7/07
      • Re: Gatz surname origin -- Vicky Holycross -- 10/15/07

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