The karner Surname
karner Name Meaning and History
- from South German dialect Karner ‘charnel house’, hence a metonymic occupational name for an undertaker.
- in northern Germany, a metonymic occupational name for a peddler who used a handcart or barrow, from Karren ‘cart’ + the -er agent suffix.
- possibly a variant of Kerner or Körner (see Koerner) or an altered spelling of Garner, Gerner.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| KARNERs FROM AUSTRIA-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE | FRANK KARNER | 15 |
| Sebastian Rosa Karner | V. Schimmelpfenig | 31 |
| KARNER - Bánk/Bakonybánk, Hungary |
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| Sanford H. Karner, Obit. 1892, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, Portage County |
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| Verba Thelma Karner |
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| Karner/Indian lands | Bonnie Rams | 3 |
| Kilian Casper Flasch |
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| KARNER, Lodowick | Lyn Lewis | 22 |
| August E. Karner obituary/news article 1950 - Tampa Tribune |
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| Indiana Karners | Kerry Karner | 0 |
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