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From: "Dennis Reiley" <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Fw: Dutch variations for MARY
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 17:20:25 -0400
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Note to all:
Not only was it a German custom of using the middle name instead of the
baptismal name as the familiar name; my Hopkins (English descent) line did
the same in at least one family. Children (male and female) born from 1835
to 1844. I suspect the practice was not by descent but by period or area of
birth.

Best wishes,
Dennis Reiley

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alison Wallner" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Fw: Dutch variations for MARY


> I don't know if this means anything, but with my german lines, whenever a
> female was christened as Maria (or whatever) as the first name (baptismal
> name), they were called by and used the second given name. So that a Maria
> Magdelena in christening records was Magdelena in all the other records of
> her life.
> Alison


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