ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 1252
http://www.s-gabriel.org/1252
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22 Sep 1998
From:  (Josh Mittleman)


Greetings from the Academy of Saint Gabriel!

You asked for information about the German surname <Selzler>.  Here is what
we have found.

<Selzler> is probably a variant of <Sa"lzler> (where the " represents an
umlaut on the <a>).  That name appears as <Waltherus dictus Seilzeler> in
1286.  It is itself a variant of <Salzer>, originally an occupational term
for someone who worked with salt (making it, shipping it, selling it, using
it, etc.) [1].

I hope this letter has been useful.  Please write us again if any part of
it has been unclear or if you have other questions.  I was assisted in
researching and writing this letter by Brian M. Scott and Sara L.
Friedemann.

For the Academy,


  Arval Benicoeur
  22 Sep 1998


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References

[1] Brechenmacher, Josef Karlmann, _Etymologisches Worterbuch der deutschen
familiennamen_ (Limburg a. d. Lahn, C. A. Starke-Verlag, 1957-1960), s.nn.
Sa"lzler, Salzer.

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