When Elsbeth Holzer was born on 25 February 1666, in Moosseedorf, Bern, Switzerland, her father, Benedict Halzer, was 34 and her mother, Anna Rohrer, was 32. She married Niklaus Koenig about 1695. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters.
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Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Siegfried, Franz, Hans, Helmut, Mathias, Alfons, Aloys, Frieda, Fritz, Guenter, Gunther.
German (also Hölzer): topographic name for a forest dweller, from Middle High German holz ‘wood, copse’ (see Holz ) + the -er suffix denoting an inhabitant. This surname (in any of possible meanings; see also 2 and 3 below) is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine), Czechia, and Poland.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) (also Hölzer): occupational name for a woodcutter or someone who sold wood, from an agent derivative of German Holz ‘wood’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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