Tutschulte.org

Mom 60th Tribute

Mehr Deutschen.

Thanks to the Mormon church, we now have a treasure trove of ancestors available to us. I am noticing that there are variations of our name, and now doubt some mispellings, as well.

Go here and search for "Tuetschuelte" (we may have had more than just one umlaut in our name), "Tutschulte", "Tuetschulte", and "Tutschuelte" and you'll discover names that go back as far as 1699 in Germany. Since that is as far as they go back, I am hoping that whatever name change that might have taken place (from Evers - an extremely popular name of many Burgermesiters), took place sometime around then. This way we may actually find some records of it. I sure hope so, anyway.

Anybody in Germany listening? Haben Sie etwas gehoert? Jemand, irgendwo?

Event and Tree Update

Wow! I was finally able to dig into some paperwork that my grandfather put together over the years. I have subsequently updated the family tree. I also thought you might want to hear a few things that I found out... Paul Albert Tutschulte Jr. (my grandfather) lived in exactly 20 separate residences over the course of his life, which would be a good indication of why he chose to raise his family in just one home... the widow of a Friedrich Wilhelm Tutschulte ran a Brewery and Inn in Elberfeld, Germany in 1850... Also, in 1850, a Friedrich Wilhelm Tutschulte was a shoemaker in Germany... A Friedrich Wilhelm Tutschulte (perhaps the same Wilhelm noted in the post below) manufactured real chicory, health chocolate and mustard in Germany (possibly as late as 1834)... Carl Stoer, who was apprenticed to a Tutschulte brewer, was accidentally killed in boiling beer in 1850.

Wilhelm Tütschulte

Found another mention of a relative in Germany. In 1811, Wilhelm Tütschulte was a household signer of a letter to France requesting closer ties to the Grand Duchy manufacturing region of that country. Apparently, Barmen-Elberfeld was hit hard economically with the annexation of Holland and they were in dire straits. Here is the translated version of the webpage. You can search for "Tutschulte" in the page. Whoever created it did not include the umlaut in our last name.

Tütberg Mountain

Here is a link to Bergisch Gladbach, home of supermodel Heidi Klum and the area in which Tütberg mountain is located. To get a more detailed look, on the "Straße: bitte auswählen" drop-down menu, choose "Tütberg" and then click "suchen". In the map that pops up, click on the circle. It's a tiny mountain, but a special mountain. I have sent an email to the mayor's office inquiring about past Burgermeisters (mayors). Let's hope they get back.

Name Origin Update!

Some early research has revealed that the stories about the Tutschulte name's importance may actually be true. Lo' and behold, within the Wuppertal heimstadt of many of our german ancestors lies a Tütberg. I found the connection on this website, which makes reference to a book in the Roesrath village library that includes a photo of a mountain road that goes from Cologne through the King's Forest into Siegerland labelled "zum Tütberg" or "to Tüt Mountain". Here is a translated version of the site. Now, all we need to figure out is which town exactly was there a Burgermeister named "Evers", our supposed former name. I will be following up with some genealogy assistants at this site. I also see that there is a Tütberg roadrace, which was mentioned on this runner's forum.

Ship Manifest

Just got done doing a search for our name in Ellis Island's immigration archives and "Tutschulte" doesn't come up. Why? Well, because their character recognition software appears to have recognized the first letter of our last name on the ship's manifest as a "F", as in "Futschulte". Listed are Caroline, Paul and Emilia. When they entered, they were all U.S. citizens.

Origin of our last name?

After digging through some genealogy paperwork at my grandfather's (Paul Jr.) home in Florida, I came across a letter from an Aunt Millie that may hold the secret to the origin of the Tutschulte name. Well, apparently, an Uncle Julius, who lived in Berlin when the letter was written (early 1950's), passed on what he understood to be the explanation to Aunt Millie. He was quoted thirdhand to have said (I am summarizing here) that long ago there was a gentleman by the name of "Evers" that was Mayor (Burgermeister) of a small town in Germany (possible Fallingbostel). This town also contained a mountain nicknamed "The Tüt". When the Burgermeister's son or other offspring moved away and reported to officials in his new town who he was, which of course included his relation to the mayor of another German town, his name was shorted to include this. "Schulte" was another word for "official" or something of the like and hence we have our name, Tütschulte, which was later modified to Tutschulte by American immigration officials.
I have been able to confirm that there does appear to have been such a Tütberg. It is also not too widely known, which causes me to think that this story revealed to us may hold some credence. The word "Schulte" has a modern definition of "retrained", or "educated" and may have an older meaning that links it to a governmental representative, not that the meaning "educated" is too far off the mark.

Beer Barons

Nice to see we have a brewer from Germany (Friedrich Tütschulte, 1850), and a butcher from Brooklyn (Frederick Tutschulte, 1889) in the family.
Not quite sure, but they may be one in the same person. There was also a Fritz Tütschulte that made his way to New York from Germany in 1865.

German Relative

Who is Gisela Tütschulte? She currenlty lives at Roßdorfer Str. 4, Bruchköbel, 63486
Her telephone number is 49-618-1740600. Has anyone been in contact with her?

Brooklyn Eagle Archives

Lookup "tutschulte" in the Brooklyn Eagle Archives. Some of the entries are standard public announcements, but there are a few longer articles that reveal much about life for our family way back when.

War Hero

Looks like we have a pilot in the family. Erwin Tütschulte, died in Germany in 1916 at the ripe old age of 26. He went down in a glorious ball 'O flames while engaged in an airwar over western Germany. I found the record on this german website.