Excerpt: REPSHER. The American English spelling has hidden the German origins of this name. Therefore, to begin with, let's return to the correct spelling: REBSCHER.
It's a name that describes the occupation of our ancestors who were first given this name. Rebe: the German word for vine or grape. Schere: the German word for shears or scissors (scheren: to shear or cut).
Family tradition places our Rebscher ancestors somewhere...