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elser Name Meaning and History

South German: metronymic from Else.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The elser name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the elser family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of elser Families in the US in 1920
Number of elser families
 21-40
 8-20
 1-7
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 22 - Messages: 58
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William C. Elser of Phila., Pa. JGoetter9602 2
more info Elser and Tschumi 2
Margaret Elser married Edmund Helbing in 1893 Rod_Headington 0
Anna Maria Elser married Bernhard Eshenmueller Rod_Headington 0
David A Elser sallison4043 2
Christian Elser, born 1854 in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania Griot39 0
Elser in New York State stutz 1
Annie Elizabeth Elser cflaugher 4
Christian Elser, born 1851 in Pennsylvania Rod_Headington 0
Walter Payne Elser Silvia Bledsoe 0
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