Scherzer History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Germany

Early Origins of the Scherzer family

The surname Scherzer was first found in Austria, where the name emerged in mediaeval times as one of the notable families of the region. From the 13th century the surname was identified with the great social and economic evolution which made this nation a landmark contributor to the development of Europe.

Early History of the Scherzer family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Scherzer research. Another 200 words (14 lines of text) covering the years 1298, 1631, 1712, 1747, 1795, 1804, 1807, 1815, 1816, 1841, 1886 and 1889 are included under the topic Early Scherzer History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Scherzer Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Scherer, Scher, Scherers, Schere, Scherr, Scherrer and many more.

Early Notables of the Scherzer family

Sebastian Anton Scherer (1631-1712), a German composer and organist of the Baroque era; Barthelemy Scherer (1747-1804), an Austrian general in the French army, headed Napoleon's army during the Italian campaign in 1795; Wilhelm...
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Scherzer migration to the United States +

Scherzer Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

J A Scherzer, who landed in New York, NY in 1850 1
William Scherzer, who arrived in Savanna(h), Georgia in 1856 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Scherzer (post 1700) +

William Donald Scherzer (1858-1893), American engineer and inventor who invented the rolling lift bridge
Maxwell Martin "Max" Scherzer (b. 1984), nicknamed "Mad Max", an American Major League Baseball pitcher who recently signed a one-year contract with the Toronto Blue Jays, winner of multiple Cy Young Awards
Steffi Scherzer (b. 1957), German ballet dancer at the Berlin State Opera from 1975 to 2003
Otto Scherzer (1909-1982), German theoretical physicist who made contributions to electron microscopy
Ernst Scherzer, German pseudonym of Christian August Gottlob Eberhard (1769–1845)
Julius Scherzer (b. 1928), Romanian chemist
Karl von Scherzer (1821-1903), Austrian explorer, diplomat and natural scientist
Johann Gottfried Scherzer, Austrian musical instrument maker, best known for his Contraguitar, developed after 1848

Sources +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)