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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • French (Alsatian) : from a derivative of the Latin personal name Marcellus (see Marcello).
  • The surname Martzolf is associated with Memmelshoffen and Betschdorf in Alsace, France. In 1833, Johann Heinrich and Diebold Martzolf came to America and settled around Hanover and Abottstown, PA.

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