Medicus Family History & Genealogy

History

The Name MEDICUS started to exist at about 1540 when it was the first time mentioned in Germany. However, officially, Heinrich Medicus (* 1576) is considered a secured common ancestor of all known Medicus tribes and thus of all master lists.

Name Origin

MEDICUS was the latin translation for the german word Artzt (1540), today Arzt, which means doctor (physician). There exists no connection to the famous Italian family MEDICI. This is well reseached:

"It is hardly to be supposed that the Latin name Medicus has originated at several places in Germany at the same time, just as the German name for it (Arzt, Arzet) (in english: physician). The Latin name, likewise the German, are too peculiary for it. As a result of that is also to be supposed with considerable security that - the case of a later humanistic coating in Latin garment provided - also a family provable only in the 16th or 17th century of this name is connected to the older bearers."

(Extract from Heraldic Sheets, Part I, 1905, S.135ff, 152 and the following).

So far the source of the heraldic sheets, written in 1905 from Prof. Leopold Oelenheinz. These sheets are outdated in the respect that between 1995 and 1999 Dr. Reinhard Medicus from Salzburg has resumed the researches. He sighted and checked the amassed documents, summarised them and added names of emigrants, in particular to the USA. Moreover he established personal contact with German Medicus descendants in the USA. The result are extensive family tree representations in graphic, and with it more clear, form. - Now these researches are to be continued from Hans-Juergen Medicus, Munich/Germany.

Spellings & Pronunciations

m like mother - e: near effort but long - d like door - i like internet - c like customer - s like suit
In German pronunciation.

Nationality & Ethnicity

The origin of the name MEDICUS is Germany. Its estimated that today at least 500 MEDICUS families live in America and about only 50 in Germany. In the 18th and 19th centuries, many Germans emigrated to America. But not all were registered in the official immigration offices. Today we would call them illegal immigrants.

Famous People named Medicus

Heinrich Adolf Medicus (*1918), he was a nuclear physicist and lived in Troy NY.
Friedrich Casimir Medicus (*1736), Arzt und Botaniker in Mannheim
Heinrich Medicus (*1743), Husarenoberst und Dichter in Lichtenau
Ludwig Wallrad Medicus (*1771), Prof. Dr., königlich baierischer Hofrath
Ludwig Medicus (*1847), Kaiserslautern, Uni. Prof. für Chemie in Würzburg
Fritz Medicus (*1876), Dr. phil., Prof. an der ETH-Zürich
Thomas Medicus (*1953), Dr.,Journalist und Autor
There are many more famous MEDICUS. To find them and maybe your own MEDICUS ancestors search for DAFFG.DE It is the digital archive of the FAMILY MEDICUS in form of a tree with different tribes.

Early Medicuses

These are the earliest records we have of the Medicus family.