> Von: JFW [mailto:jowyn@adelphia.net] > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 28. Dezember 2005 04:53 > [...] > BUT on the only written document I have (a US death > certificate) it is spelled Koernsler (possibly > Koernslur---handwriting problem there). I've been told quite > clearly that that is not a Swiss name. So I have created that > weary scenario in which an American spelled what he heard. A > German friend suggested the name might have been Könsler, > that the "oe" would probably be "ö." And that the "r" that > was put into the written name was just a sound heard by > non-German ears. > > On my own, I have pursued Kunzler, Kuntsler, with and without > umlauts. But I am really wandering because I can't say the > sound that the "oer" letters undoubtedly represent. My > ggrandmother was from Canton Zurich, but I don't know the town. In "Familiennamenbuch" (the CD edition - covering citizenships prior to 1861 only) the following names starting K... and ending ...ler are mentioned for canton Zuerich: Kappeler Keller Kellermüller Kemmler Klingler Kohler Köhler Koller Kübler None of them really strikes the eye as candidate for Koernsler :-(. Accepting all of Switzerland adds: Kachler Kaechler Käller Kapeller Kappenthuler Kappler Kasteler Käufeler Kessler Killer Kindler Kindweiler Kistler Kläusler Kneubühler Knöfler Kobler Krauchthaler Kräutler Kreienbühler Kriemler Kroemler Krömler Kubler Küchler Kugler Kummler Kunkler Künzler Küssler Unfortunately nothing obvious either. Best regards - Wolf