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[OL] Meaning of Dictus		 Betreff 2008/03/13 05:24:32
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Re: [OL] Meaning of Dictus

Date: 2008/03/13 14:37:42
From: Manus <Manus(a)aol.com> 

Dictus is Latin for "spoken" which you can take as "known as".  It is  a 
similar practice to the French using "dit" in their surnames (e.g. Duteau dit  
Grandpre).   The Irish did the same thing as well without using any  word and 
replacing the entire surname in conversation.  It is a kind of  'nickname' to 
distinguish families of the same surname from each other.  
 
I would say a closer translation of 
 
Parentes Herman Heggeman dictus Voskühler  Elisabeth Voskühler  
 
is
 
Parents: Herman Heggeman, "Voskühler",  Elisabeth Voskühler  
 
I would say that Herman somehow had adopted the surname of his wife,  
Elisabeth.
 
Phil
 



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