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The Stults Surname

The German, Polish and Ashkenazic Jewish surname of STULTS is an occupational name for "a joiner". The name was derived from the Old Polish word STOLARZ. The name is also spelt STOLL, STOLZ, STOLARZ, STOLIAR, STOLLER, STOLERSKY and STOLYAROV. A certain Harry S. STOLL was a foreman of a section crew on the Pennsylvania railroad. He was born in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania on June 14th 1849, the son of John and Barbara STOLL, natives of Wurtemberg, Germany. John died on November 12th 1807, and his wife in December 1895. Harry STOLL spent his boyhood days on his parents farm, and for five years he was assistant foreman, and for twenty-six years, foreman of the section for the company. He was a member of the Methodist Church, and his politics were Democratic. Socially he was a member of the Knights of Pythias, and was highly esteemed in that fraternal order. Moses P. STOLZ married Anna K. Beiler, who was the only daughter of Joseph and Sarah Beiler. Mr STOLZ managed the farm of the Beilers, and three children were born from the union of his marriage to Anna. Surnames which were derived from ancient Germanic personal names have the same meaning in many languages. The court of Charlemagne (Charles the Great, king of the Franks (742-814) was Christian and Latin speaking). The vernacular was the Frankish dialect of Old High German, and the personal names in use were Germanic and vernacular. These names were adopted in many parts of northwest Europe, particularly among the noble ruling classes.

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German Surnames

   Hereditary surnames were found in Germany in the second half of the 12th century - a little later than in England and France. It was about the 16th century that they became stabilized. Because of the close relationship between the English and German languages, some Germans are able to transform their names to the English form just by dropping a single letter. Many Germans have re-spelt their names in America. A great number of immigrants from Germany settled in Pennsylvania. After the start of the first World War, Germans in great numbers Anglicized their names in an effort to remove all doubt as to their patriotism. Afterwards some changed back, and then during World War II the problem became acute once more, and the changing started all over again, although not with as much intensity.

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