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" A person without the knowlege of their past history origin and culture is like a tree without roots." -Marcus Garvey |
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The
SAYLOR family traces its roots back to Gemmrigheim, and Ilslfeld,Württemberg,
Germany. The name SAYLOR, originally SAILER, is claimed to be of occupational
origin, meaning "Rope Maker" in German . However, all the known
American descendents of this SAILER family spell the name SAYLOR, among
the other spellings of the name are SEILER, SAILOR, and sometimes SEŸLER. Hans SAILER is the earliest known ancestor of the family. He was born about 1650 in Ilsfeld, Württemberg, Germany. Hans’s trade was as a Butcher, which he would pass down to his son Hans Michael SAILER. Hans Michael SAILER, born about 1680 in Ilsfeld, married Anna Elisabeth RÖSCH in Gemmrigheim, which appears to be when this branch of the Hans SAILER family moved to Gemmrigheim. The next significant event in the history of the SAILER family is when Georg Conrad SAILER and his wife Maria Catharine SCHOLL immigrated to the United States in 1831. The family entered through the port of Philadelphia and settled in Lower Pottsgrove Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. |
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January 29, 2004
Created by Kyle L. Miller E-mail
Updated July 2006