Straus: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Many Straus families will find their roots under Strauss, the form most records use.

Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. Straus drops the “s” of Strauss, a shortening that clerks often made.

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