Schiler: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Seen on a birth certificate or a ship's manifest, Schiler is usually a form of Schiller.

Schiler drops the “l” of Schiller, a shortening that clerks often made. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.

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