Schmich: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

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What Schmich means

Clerks wrote Schmitz in many ways, and Schmich is one that stuck. Taken at its root, Schmich points to “The smith's (son)”.

Before spelling was fixed, Schmitz was also written Schmich. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. Other spellings include Schmits.

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