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BOSLER
Bossler and Bosler are German names for 'the
man who lived in or near the woods', from the Old High German busc,
meaning 'a thicket or woods'. In the middle ages when surnames
stabilized and became hereditary in most European countries, people were
often known by the name of the place where they lived, such as a village,
or by a landscape feature near their dwelling, such as a certain kind
of tree, a hill, woods, lake, and so on. These geographical names in Germany,
England and France.
Mary Ellen B. Miller |
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I have been spending quite a bit of time searching the web for information on my family and to my dismay, I have found very little that relates to our branch of the Boslers. I started this page to contribute what I have found and hopefully gain more information. |
Shibe Park / Connie Mack Stadium at
21st and Lehigh Ave. One block away from my
Birthplace and first home at 22nd and Lehigh Ave.
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My family is from Philadelphia. My fathers name was Oliver Richard Bosler. He was born September 10, 1921, in Philadelphia. He had two brothers, Joseph Andrew Jackson Bosler Jr. and John Martin Bosler. He married Edith Bertha Kanavel, my mother, on July 18, 1942. My Grandfather's name was Joseph Andrew Jackson Bosler who died in 1936. He married Fern Elizabeth Dougherty in 1918, in Philadelphia. He had a sister named Elizabeth, who married someone named Bonshoff. My great grandfather's name was John Martin Bosler, born in 1868, who married a woman named Margaret. His father was Joseph A. Bosler who married Mary Propert. His father was John Bosler who was born in Heidenheim, Baden-Wurttermberg, Germany in 1793. I have been able to trace my mother's side of the family back to 1724. If anyone has any more information on the BOSLER'S, please email me at [email protected] I have information on the following surnames: ADAIR, ALBRIGHT, BARRETT, BEALER, BOSLER, BUCKMAN, DOUGHERTY, DRISSNER, DRESSNER, FIFE, HANSELL, KANAVEL, LENHART, MACATEE, MANCER, O'NEILL, REES, SMITH, WHITMAN and a couple more. If you email me, I will be more than happy to share what I have. As I have time to scan pictures, documents and records in this page will grow, so please check back..... especially you Boslers out there! |
