Hello:
I was wondering if someone could explain the German given naming conventions? Is there some reason they use the same names in each child's name,but in a different sequence?
Johann Heinrich Wilhelm
Heinrich Wilhelm
Wilhelm Heinrich Christoph
Heinrich Christoph Wilhelm
Which name did the child actually use on a daily basis?
Also, what would be the American version of ENGEL?
Thank you ..
Bonita Hillmer
Texas, USA
A search of my copies of church records from Hachmuhlen (12 km from Hameln)
for the first half of the 19th century shows that baptismal names were
almost without exception taken from the first names of the witnesses
(godparents). My G-gf was Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Conrad Halberstadt and
the male "gevattern" were Heinrich Strube, Friedrich Hansen, Wilhelm
Schaper, and Conrad Walnik. He went by Wilhelm (3rd name of 4).
My GGG grandfather, Johann Heinrich Friedrich Anton Halberstadt, shows up in
quite a few of my records. In 9 of these dealing with his childrren, he is
listed as Johann Heinrich Friedrich Anton four times, Heinrich Anton three
times, Johann Heinrich once and just plain Heinrich once. I suppose he went
by Heinrich (again 3rd name out of 4), but who knows?
Dick Halberstadt
Wyoming, Ohio
Then maybe my questions should be regarding Godparents ... were they relatives or just friends?
Bonita
Dick Halberstadt wrote:
There was a mixture. In the case of my G-gfather, they all appear to be
just friends of the family. In the case of some of his brothers, aunts and
uncles appear in the list. In the cases of my GG-grandparents and their
siblings there is a mixture, with references to the maternal grandmother and
maternal grandfather, as well as apparent friends such as "the tailor
Schaper", "Halbmeier Flugger's son", and the like.
Bonita wrote:
Then maybe my questions should be regarding Godparents ... were they
relatives or just friends?Bonita
Dick Halberstadt wrote:
> A search of my copies of church records from Hachmuhlen (12 km from
Hameln)
> for the first half of the 19th century shows that baptismal names were
> almost without exception taken from the first names of the witnesses
> (godparents). My G-gf was Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Conrad Halberstadt
and
> the male "gevattern" were Heinrich Strube, Friedrich Hansen, Wilhelm
> Schaper, and Conrad Walnik. He went by Wilhelm (3rd name of 4).
>
> My GGG grandfather, Johann Heinrich Friedrich Anton Halberstadt, shows
up in
> quite a few of my records. In 9 of these dealing with his childrren, he
is
> listed as Johann Heinrich Friedrich Anton four times, Heinrich Anton
three
> times, Johann Heinrich once and just plain Heinrich once. I suppose he
went
Greetings;
I just found out the maiden name of my great grandmother. I am looking for
connections in Germany for the following: HUGE + BUSCHER
great grandmother - Marie Louisa Eleonore HUGE, born 26 Dec 1840
great grandfather Ernst Heinrich B�scher, born 1837 - 38
-emmigrated from Bremen to New York arriving 7 Oct 1864 aboard ship Orpheus
with destination Cleveland Ohio
-married in Germany
- they attended Deutsche Evangelisch-Lutherische Dreieinigkeitsgemeinde now
known as
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran in Cleveland Ohio
-the church pastor was Friedrich Konrad Dietrich Wyneken (b. 13 May1810 in a
parsonage at Verden, Hannover, d. 4 May 1876 San Francisco, Calif) served
there from1864-76.
-sponsors for their daughter in 1866 were Ferdinand HILLE, Marie Eleonore
HILLE and Marie Eleonore SCHULTE
Any connections with HUGE , BUSCHER or HILLE would be appreciated.
Lee