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Dirk Riccius
[OL] Riccius		 Datum 2008/02/14 13:08:21
Anita-und-Dieter
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2008/02/13 17:52:36
mstulken
Re: [OL] Name change: zu Horn—von Horn—Lehmann o der Oeltjen??		 Betreff 2008/02/13 19:15:45
W. Fred Rump
Re: [OL] Name change: zu Horn—von Horn—Lehmann oder Oeltjen??
2008/02/13 17:52:36
mstulken
Re: [OL] Name change: zu Horn—von Horn—Lehmann o der Oeltjen??		 Autor 2008/02/14 19:22:10
mstulken
Re: [OL] Janssen Family Info Search............

Re: [OL] Name change: zu Horn—von Horn—Lehmann o der Oeltjen??

Date: 2008/02/13 20:12:02
From: mstulken <mstulken(a)wi.net> 

Thanks, Fred.

I know about name changes based on the farm they lived on—some of my
ancestors are from Wittlage, where Hofnamen were the name of the game.

I was only kidding with the "out of the blue."  I'll keep looking to see
what turns up.

Thanks for your help.

Marilyn

> Marilyn,
> I'm sure you understand that people didn't change their names just for
> the heck of it. Nothing is out of the blue. There was always a reason.
> Mostly names changed based on where people lived - which farm or
> estate did they buy or live on. If you went back to the 'local'
> history of the area, I'm sure something will turn up which explains
> the new names.
>
> Fred
>
>
> On Feb 13, 2008 11:43 AM,  <mstulken(a)wi.net> wrote:
>> Dear List members,
>>
>> After 5-6 generations as "zu Horn," some of my family changed their
>> names
>> in the 1700s.  Some changed to "von Horn," which I can understand.  One,
>> however, changed his name (and then names of their children) to
>> "Lehmann."
>>  A couple of others, changed to "Oeltjen."
>>
>> These were not changes to the wife's name, which would make sense.  The
>> changes seem to be out of the blue.
>>
>> Does anyone have an explanation?
>>
>> Thank you kindly,
>> Marilyn in Wisconsin
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