Index to Mahlers investigated in the course of my
researches.
(31 Jan 2021)
The family can be traced back to
Bernhard Franz Jakob Mähler,
son of Johan Franz Mähler and An Catharine [Wempe?], born on the
11th of November 1727 in
Damme,
Oldenburg Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen),
Germany. At least two sons of Hermann Werner Mähler
(1784-1864) migrated from there to
Zutphen, Holland and two grandsons from there to
England. The family was Roman Catholic.
Family tree with simplified information (pdf)
Mahler Name Meaning
German (also Mähler) and Jewish (Ashkenazic):
occupational name for a painter, especially a painter of
stained glass, from an agent derivative of German malen
to paint (Middle High German malen, Old High German
malon ‘to mark’, from mal ‘point’, ‘mark’).