Anybody researching this surname? Please contact the author directly. I have no connection to this surname. _____ From: Willee [mailto:willee@wideopenwest.com] Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 6:38 AM To: freehafer@alltel.net Subject: Shutt in Pennsylvania I have had the same road block for 6 years now. I am trying to find the parents of my g-g-grandfather William H. Shutt. I am William Robert Shutt b. 1964 my father: Gary Lee Shutt 1944 my grandfather: Robert Earl Shutt 1914 my g-grandfather: Samuel H. Shutt 1870 my g-g-grandfather: William H. Shutt 1817 ROAD BLOCK My great-grandfather was Samuel H. Shutt born in Lancaster, Fairfield, Ohio 13 Aug 1870. His parents were William H. Shutt born Dec 1817 Penn. died 8 Feb 1901 in Columbus, Ohio, and Sarah Jane Kuntz born Nov. 1827 Ohio died in 1911. I don't know William's birthplace other than Pennsylvania which I obtained from the U.S. census records. I do know that as per the 1900 census records in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio that his parents were born in Germany. William H. Shutt was a carriage maker and migrated to Lancaster, Ohio around 1839. He married Sarah Jane Kuntz 14 Mar 1843 and they had 9 children all born in Ohio. William H. Shutt had a carriage making business named "Shutt Bros." which would have been started in the 1840s or 1850s. In the 1860 census for Lancaster, Fairfield, Ohio there is a Jacob Shutt listed in the same household with William H. and he (Jacob) is also listed as a carriage maker and they were both born in Pennsylvania. This could be the Shutt Bros. I have also found reference to three Carriage & Buggy Companies in Lancaster in 1876. They were Sears & Mahoney, Geiser Brothers and the Shutt Brothers. I went to the Frankin County Probate Court in Columbus, Ohio to try to look at the death certificate for William and that record was destroyed many years ago. Vital Stats. in Columbus only has death certificates from 1951 to the present. The Ohio Historical Society also in Columbus has a ledger entry of the death certificate but it does not show William's parents names as actual "Death Certificates" were not required to be filed in Ohio until 1908. I know that William H. was born in 1817 and upon running the 1820 census in Pennsylvania under only the surname Shutt, there are 6 Shutt's with males between 0-5 years of age. They are: Abraham, Adam, Christian, John and 2 Josephs. One of these should be my g-g-g-grandfather. This is assuming that William H. Shutt's father stayed put after William was born. Abraham, John and one of the Jacobs are listed in Montgomery County. Adam is in Warren, Christian is in Armstrong and the other Jacob was in Bucks. That's about all of the info. I have on William H. Shutt & family. I have searched/used Rootsweb.com, myfamily.com, ancestry.com and have made trips to Lancaster, Ohio Genealogy Society and the Lancaster Library which has a genealogy department. I regret that I can give you no information on William H. while he was in Penn. but as I stated before this is my road block. Thank you for your attention, William R. Shutt 1677 Belmead Ave. Columbus, Ohio 43223 willee@wideopenwest.com (614) 276-3680