Schwetz Family History
- Schwetz Name Meaning
- German: German form of Czech švec ‘shoemaker’, hence an occupational name, or a habitational name from either of two places so called in Bohemia or West Prussia (now Poland). In some instances it may be from a Slavic personal name based on Old Slavic švetu ‘strong’
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 9,335 Historical Documents with Schwetz on Ancestry
- 4,324 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 1,922 Census and Voter Lists
- 1,088 Military Records
- 1,215 Immigration Records
- 786 Member Trees
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Number of Schwetz families
 3 - 3  2 - 2 |
 1  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Schwetz census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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