Are they the same?

Started by Cynthia Curtis, A183502, US7875087 on Saturday, June 12, 2021
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6/13/2021 at 7:09 PM

Interesting...Not sure.

10/24/2021 at 12:43 PM

=== GEDCOM Note ===
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~george/johnsgermnotes/germhs17 .html Nr. 423: The name Aylor is an English spelling of the sound alike German name, Öhler. The first of the name in Virginia, John Jacob, had married the daughter of Henry Snider (Schneider) in Germany. In a twist of the usual plot, the parents came first and were followed by their daughter, Anna Magdalena, and their son-in-law. John Jacob Aylor must have died soon after his arrival in Virginia for he does not appear in the records here. But he did leave two children, Elizabeth and Henry. All of the Aylors are descended from Henry. The Castler name in Virginia disappears, since Matthias Castler, an early immigrant, left no male heirs. The name in Germany was spelled as Gessler. The maiden name of Matthias' mother was Schnell, a name which Hank Z Jones suggests might be related to names such as Chelf. The Reiners of Schwaigern have been mentioned and the name occurs in that form on both sides of the Atlantic. It has been mentioned that Michael Cook's wife was a Reiner, the sister of Johann Dieterich Reiner, the 1749 immigrant. The Amberger name has undergone a transformation in America. Though the name of the 1717 immigrant, Conrad Amberger, seems straightforward, the scribes had much difficulty in writing the name. It appears in the records under many different guises. The form that emerged most commonly among the descendants is Amburgey. Andrew Kerker, like Matthias Castler, left only daughters. In Kerker's case, there was only Barbara, who married a John Carpenter. In Germany, it appears the name was spelled as Kercher but the number of records with the name is very few. The Kabler/Cobler name in America has several variations. And, showing how easily the "P" and "B" sounds interchange, the name in Germany is Kappler, though in some records it is Kepler or Cappler. There was some friendship between Christopher Zimmerman and Frederick Kappler in Germany and the two were near neighbors in the Mt. Pony area after their arrival in Virginia. The Zimmerman name in Virginia changed from the German spelling by changing -mann to -man. The latter form is rare in German names and occurs usually as -mann. The name means carpenter, taken from Zimmer, meaning room, and from -mann for one or person. Hence, Zimmermann is one who builds rooms, i.e., a carpenter. The Germanna Carpenter family, unrelated to the Christopher Zimmerman family, took the English form, perhaps in part as a distinguishing feature between the two families.
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