Balzer (Baltzer) family
Balzer (Baltzer) is a Mennonite family name of the Frisian group in the Vistula Valley, West Prussia, first mentioned at Montau in 1685. In West Prussia 19 families of this name were counted in 1776, and 27 persons in 1935. Members of this family migrated to Poland, Russia (Molotschna), and America.
See Balzer, Heinrich (1800-1846); Balzer, Jacob J. (1860-1946); Balzer, Peter (1847-1909)
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 217. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.
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