When Jacob Karlen was born about 1610, in Diemtigen, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Hans Karlen, was 32 and his mother, Adelheid Boden, was 27. He married Elsbeth Suerer about 1629, in Diemtigen, Bern, Switzerland.
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German and Swiss German: derivative of Karl .
Swedish (Karlén): from the personal name Karl or a habitational name from any of various places called with this personal name; the adjectival suffix -én is a derivative of Latin -enius ‘relating to’. Compare Carlen .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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