Hello Schlotterbacks from the year 2020!

Hello Schlotterback family!    

This is Chad Schlotterback reporting out of Los Angeles, CA.   I'm 48 and sell real estate out here.   My rocking brother is Thad Schlotterback and he's in Arizona where he owns a successful locksmithing company.   We're just checking in on this site as it has not been updated in some time BUT I do own schlotterback.com and I'll keep that URL so it never falls into hands other than those with our family name.  

You can always reach me at chadschlotterback@gmail.com and you can reach Thad at onegoodwire@gmail.com.     We're two proud Schlotterback's working on securing our family legacy online.   

(Thad on the left, Chad on the right)   2019

Two Schlotterback brothers at your service!   2019

DNA results in - we're very German indeed!

So I decided to purchase one of those DNA kits from ancestry.com and a few spits in a vial and I put the DNA in the mail.  Now here are the results!

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Sound off, we're fully European.  Thoughts?

German wins the 2014 World Cup!!!!

Ship plans for the Phoenix 1743

Here's something very cool from British archives, ship plans for what I think is the VERY ship that Hans Gorg Schlotterbeck rode over in 1751.  Check out the records of his arrival here: USGWarchives.org.

The Phoenix was a 6th rate 24 gun war ship that was built in 1743.  She was built at the Deptford Dockyard which is in London on the River Thames.

(The Deptford Dockyard in 1747. by John Cleveley the Elder)

The plans below are original dating back to 1743 and they're found at the National Maritime Museum located in London.  I'm not sure if you're understanding just how cool this is.  269 year-old ship plans for the very vessel that issued our family name to the New World. 

As more and more archives are becoming digitalized and published it's making tracing back history easier.  But with new information comes new questions.  I wonder what life was like on board the Phoenix.  How long did they spend in their journey from Europe to Philadelphia? 

What made Hans Gorg pledge his allegiance and take the big trip?

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Hopefully in time we'll learn more.  If YOU have anything to add, please contacts us at 2schlotterback@gmail.com or comment on this post.

To learn more about the Phoenix go here: www.collections.rmg.co.uk/phoenix.

Schlotterbacks in Iowa win the lotto!

Here's a cool story out of Iowa where Paul and Patty Schlotterback won a cool $200,000 in a lotto!  Good for them, you see, the Schlotterback name holds lucky winning power!  Now just don't creep out and start calling these two asking for money as long lost relatives!  :-)

Check out the full story here: www.ialottery.com/Pressroom.  A big congrats to Paul and Patty.

The life of Irene (Schlotterback) Mart

Funeral services for Mary Irene Mart, 95, of Knoxville, who died Saturday, Feb. 9, 2002, at her home, were held Thursday, Feb. 14, at Evans-McCleery Funeral Home in Knoxville.

She was born Feb. 2, 1907, in Knoxville, the daughter of Clyde M. and Mary Courtney Schlotterback. She graduated from Knoxville High School in 1925.

She married Dwight B. Mart on Feb. 3, 1926, in Knoxville. She lived in Knoxville her entire life. In addition to being a mother and homemaker, she worked as a clerk for several Knoxville stores. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church for over 50 years.

She served on many committees and was awarded a U.M.W. Recognition Pin in 1972. She was also a member of Sarah Circle. She especially enjoyed spending time with her family.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Dwight; and three brothers, Dwight, Robert and Merle.

A piece of Schlotterback history!

Here's a link where you can checkout a 1927 jersey worn by then hoops hot-shot Lucille Schlotterback for the Newhall girls' championship basketball team.   It's listed on the University of Iowa's archives site.

According to them..."Lucille Schlotterback, member of the 1927 Newhall girls' high school state championship basketball team was born November 13, 1910, in Newhall, Iowa.  She was raised on a farm located near the extended family of Schlotterback cousins in Benton County.  She was a sophomore on the Newhall high school basketball team that won the state championship in 1927.  Her cousins Luella Gardemann and Melba Gardemann, were forwards on the team. Schlotterback graduated from Newhall High School in 1929."

Read more about it here: www.lib.uiowa.edu/findingaids/Schlotterback.

A Schlotterback is rocking and rolling!

Oh, The Story is an indie pop-rock band based out of Baltimore, Maryland.  Josh Schlotterback has been with the band since 2009 as a bass guitarist and also for background vocals.  

(Josh at a MTV event in 2009)

Check them out further at:  www.ohthestory.com.

What's the meaning our our name, Schlotterback?

Schlotterback, what a great name.  13 characters and everyone loves saying it.   I've heard that "Schlotter", or some variation of that, means to shake or quiver in German.  Check out the German word, schütteln, and hear it pronounced here,  Google Translate.  I've also heard that it somehow is translated to the family who baked bread by the muddy river, not exactly glamorous. 

("Schütteln-back's in the United States)

But who's got the real proof of our family name?   Give us links in our comments please!

George Henry Slaughterback

Here's a photo of George Henry Slaughterback along with what we think is a young "Bud" Raymond Saltsgaver.  These two are chilling on a log in a photo taken maybe around 1940 something???

I don't know much about the man, can anyone help me out here?

Help a Schlotterback help kids of Los Angeles

Yours truly is trying to help out kids of Los Angeles by doing a charity stair climb September 24th, 2010.  As of date, I've gotten up to $180 with a LARGE portion of that coming from Wes Von Schlotterback.  Good work brother, or should I say cousin?

I have to climb up 1,500 stairs over 75 stories of the US Bank Building that's Downtown Los Angeles.   If you can lend support please click:  www.stairclimberchad.com.

Thank you!