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From: "W. Fred Rump" <>
Subject: Re: Waldroff/Waldorf
Date: Sat, 3 May 1997 20:01:41 GMT


(Karen R.Whiteside) wrote:

>
>This is the German newsgroup, however, I have always thought the name
>Waldroff sounded more Russian than German. I was told my grandfather
>immigrated to Canada as a child at the turn of the century. He apparently
>was taken to a shelter in Cornwall, Ontario, with his 2 siblings.

There is really no connection to Russian here. The name is most
probably spelled Waldraff in its original form and gor transposed
somewhere along the line. The 'a' version of this name is quite common
while the 'o' vesion doesn't exist.

Fred
W. Fred Rump
26 Warren St.
Beverly, NJ
609-386-6846 http://www.k2nesoft.com/~fre

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