Great3: Ballmer & Buser

Johan Ballmer
born Lausen, Switzerland 1806, died 12/19/1863
parents Jacob Ballmer and Margaret Plattner
Verena Buser
born Lausen, Switzerland 1804, died 12/25/1861
parents John Buser and Elizabeth Singeisen
children Jacob J, David, Gottlieb, Emil, Aaron, Johannes, August, Anna, Verena Francis, Christina, Charles

Balmer Name Meaning. English and Scottish: occupational name for a seller of spices and perfumes, from an agent derivative of Middle English, Old French basme, balme, ba(u)me 'balm', 'ointment' (Latin balsamum 'aromatic resin').

Buser German (also Büser): nickname for a glutton, Middle Low German buser, an agent derivative of busen ‘to indulge’. Compare Buseman. This name is also found in Slovenia. Swiss German: habitational name for someone from a place called Buus.