What is the origin of the surname Schrewelius?

Answer 1

1) Origin is the small village of Skrevlinge just outside of Malmö, south Sweden. The first swedish that called himself Schrevelius studied theology at the University of Lund in the early 1720´s and the fashion at that time among priest students and scholars was to latinize their surnames - namely Skrevlinge + filius = Descendant, son of or born in Skrevlinge = Schrevelius. During the mid 19th century a descendant changed the "v" to a "w". Today there are both Schrewelius´s and Schrevelius´s in Sweden. 2) There is also a dutch family with roots from the 16th century named Schrevel today. The latinized version used by the dutch Scholars at that time was Schrevelius. There is also a family named de Schrevel (Belgium?). No known connection between the Swedish and Dutch families so far! If anyone has knowledge of the Netherlandish Schrevelius this would be of great interrest too!