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Schulz, a Mennonite family name, has been located in records found in [[Danzig (Poland)|Danzig]] in 1674, and later in [[Tiegenhagen (Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)|Tiegenhagen]], [[Ladekopp (Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)|Ladekopp]], [[Königsberg (Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia)|Königsberg]] and [[Montau (Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)|Montau-Gruppe]]. From these towns the name was transplanted to Mennonite settlements in [[Russia|Russia]] and [[North America|North America]]. The name is likely derived from the office of [[Schulze |Schulze]], which means mayor. Some prominent members of the Schultz family in the Mennonite church have been: [[Schulz, David (1897-1976)|David Schulz]] of [[Altona (Manitoba, Canada)|Altona, MB]], elder of the Bergthal church in Manitoba; J. J. Schulz, manager of the [[Concordia Hospital (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)|Concordia Hospital]] in [[Winnipeg (Manitoba, Canada)|Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba (Canada)|Manitoba]]; Peter Schulz, a minister in Steinbach, Manitoba; [[Schultz, Peter (1853-1930)|Peter Schulz]], Evangelical Mennonite Brethren (EMB) elder in Langham, [[Saskatchewan (Canada)|Saskatchewan]]; Jacob S. Schultz, a dean at [[Bluffton University (Bluffton, Ohio, USA)|Bluffton College]]; [[Schultz, George P. (1880-1957)|George P. Schultz]] (1880-1957), a leader in the EMB Church and a pastor in [[Chicago (Illinois, USA)|Chicago]]; and his brother, David P. Schultz, a pastor in Marion, [[South Dakota (USA)|South Dakota]]. Arnold C. Schultz, a son of George P., was a professor of Old Testament at Northern Baptist Theological Seminary in Chicago and at [[Bluffton University (Bluffton, Ohio, USA)|Bluffton College]].
= Bibliography =
Reimer, Gustav E. <em>Die Familiennamen der westpreussischen Mennoniten</em>. Weierhof, 1940: 117.
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