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Hi,
The document you refer to is a list of the deceased in the parish. She died on the 13th and was buried the 14th and she was from Aidu or Aitz (german name)
"In other words, could it be that the last name "Sepp," "Seppa," or later "Seppar" thus became the family name because generations of the family men had been employed as blacksmiths?"
If you have traced the family Seppar back to the 1740's you have crossed the time line of the 1820-30's when they got the surnames. The crossing over (back over)from surnames to no surnames is often difficult. If the name Sep/Sepp/Seppa appears at the crossover then yes, the profession name lives on.
But it also depended on the pastors and the landlords on what types of names were given. The database for names is not working properly so I can't check on what other types of names were given in that parish.
The name Seppar is not that common of a name, only used in 3 counties in Estonia, and I am now not sure if it really is derived from "Sepp".
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