What We Know About the Schachtmeier Surname

Genealogists group Schachtmeier with Schacht. The name is generally explained as “A miner, or someone living by a shaft or a ridge”. Schachtmeier is built on the same root as Schacht, with the ending -meier. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. Related forms: Schachtmeyer, Schachtmaier and Schachten.

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