When Jacob Schuler was born in January 1584, in Ferenbalm, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Hanss Ulrich Schuler, was 32 and his mother, Verena Jenfer, was 32. He married Barblie Zhender in 1610. He died in his hometown.
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South German (also Schüler): occupational name for a scholar or a student training to be a priest, from an agent derivative of Middle High German schuol(e) ‘school’. Compare Schueler .
Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a Talmudic scholar or the sexton of a synagogue, from an agent derivative of Yiddish shul ‘synagogue’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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