Has anyone encountered the surname Northouse or Northaus? Records in the USA
have his birthplace as Germany. He was married in the USA in the 1870's.
Hello,
If you haven't already done so, be sure to check the LDS site
(www.familysearch.org) for names with both spellings. There are a number of
them there.
Barbara
In Steinfeld, province of Oldenburg is a very old farm, it called in earlier
time Northus, Nordhus, Nordhues, Nordhusen, Nordthuis. This is the
"Plattdeutsch" form for Nordhaus (north-house).
Today it called Nordhus, it is the farmer Heinrich Nordhus in Steinfeld.
Catholiy family.
Werner