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From: "Deborah Jaquiss" <>
Subject: Re: [IOWA] PA German naming traditions
Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 16:38:16 -0400
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Has anyone seen this website.
Here is the PA German naming customs site which shows the pattern of
recycled names and which may explain why so many had the first name John or
Maria.
http://www.kerchner.com/germname.htm SEE BELOW:

I have German ancestors [Bohrer/Uber] on both sides that fit these naming
traditions. Hope this may help someone. Cheers,
Deborah in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC
----- Original Message -----
From: Sharon Rae Becker <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 7:27 PM
Subject: Re: [IOWA] Names


> Sorry, Lori. I meant to post this for the entire list. Guess my mind went
> out to lunch.
> : ( Sharon
>
> >
> > I don't think it was a German "thing" to recycle names. My English
Quaker
> > side recycled their names, too. I noticed that there was a pattern to
> their
> > use of names.
> >
> > The oldest son was named after the grandfather. So, Isaac's first-born
son
> > would be named Thomas. Thomas's first-born son would be named Isaac.
Other
> > family names that were used generation after generation were William,
> John,
> > Sarah, Elizabeth, and Lucy. This "tradition" spanned from 925 to the
> middle
> > 1800's. (925 is as far back as I have been able to go.) It seems that
when
> > the families started moving into Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska, They
dropped
> > the tradition of recycling names.
> >
> > Makes for great research, doesn't it? I've had to spend many an hour
> trying
> > to keep all of those names straight! Without reference charts, I get
lost
> > when I work on this family.
> >
> > Sharon Becker
> > Osceola, Clarke Co., Iowa
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 12:00 PM
> > Subject: Re: [IOWA] Names
> >
> >
> > > Hi, all!!
> > > This discussion of names is very interesting, and maybe someone
> could
> > help me
> > > find an answer about my ancestor's names. On both my mother's and
> > father's sides of
> > > my family, there is a "recycling" of the same names, even on the same
> > group of kids
> > > in the same generation. For instance, on my mother's side her father
> and
> > brothers
> > > are Henry Otto, Otto Herman, Edward Herman and two girls named Hedwig
> and
> > Hedwick
> > > both with different middle names(one middle name was Louise and I have
> to
> > look up
> > > the other). On my father's side, we have Henry Alfred and Marlan
Henry,
> > and Anthony
> > > John and Harold Anthony. The next generation back does the same kind
of
> > > "recycling". Is that common or is that a peculiar German habit? All
> the
> > names I've
> > > given are from from first generation Americans of German descent.
> > > Any ideas? Thanks and I hope you are all having a good day!!
> > > Lori
> > >
> > > Bill Houdek wrote:
> > >
> > > > The whole subject of how one is named can or has opened a whole
> > > > new or old line of discussion.
> > > >
> > > > My given names are William Richard. My paternal g/father was Richard
> > > > and my maternal g/father was William. My Mother knew I would always
> > > > be called by the nick-name and she did not like Dick so the order of
> > > > my
> > > > given names were decided that way.
> > > >
> > > > Our son-in-law is Frank Mike and goes by Mike. His father is Mike
> > > > Frank
> > > > and is called Frank. My father was Paul King and went by P.K.
> > > >
> > > > Bill Houdek
> > > >
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