The first written document with the family name comes from the Hersfelder Zehntverzeichnis circa 880AD to 899AD. This was a directory that recorded tithes. Husuwa (Hußuwa) means "goose meadow" in Wendish from the root word huss (huß) or guss (guß) for goose. Family name first documented. Hussuwa today is the town of Geusa. Genealogische Adels-Historie pg. 417 (1727). Zedler’s Universal Lexicon, pg. 1371-1373 (1735). Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Volume 67. Play Pause