German: literally ‘old father’, used as a distinguishing epithet
for a grandfather or father-in-law; probably a surname borne by the
servant of a person in the service of the grandfather or father-in-law
of a local personage.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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