Daily AncestorHäusler
A Häusler was a cottager: a villager who owned or rented a small house but had little or no farmland, and lived by day work or a trade.
Häusler comes from Haus, house. The title ranked below the Bauer, who held a farm. With so little land, a Häusler usually earned his living as a day laborer or with a craft such as weaving.
Regions used other words for similar people, such as Kötter, Büdner or Brinksitzer, so a family can appear under different titles in neighboring parishes. Duden notes the word was also used for a villager renting from someone else.
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