Husband Taking Wife's Surname

hannover-l
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Jo Anne, I do not know, but it is true in Haustenbeck, Lippe area and I have
read it was happening in other places in Germany, which causes a nightmare
for a genealogist.

Have a Nice Day! Jill

I am currently researching the following names:
Barlag,Bochenski,Bogdanski,Bredehoft,Brinkmann,Cawley,Ciesielski,Cieszkiewiez,
Drehs,Dress,Dufelmeyer,Dufelmeier,Fuelling/Fulling,Frese,Fresen,Hunken,Klindtw
orth,Hirschy,Jalonski,Kaminski,Kozielecki,Kozielewski,Kurgan,Leimkuehler,Leime
nkuhler,Lydon,Mazgaj,Mesch,Obyc,Oesterhagen,Ostmeier/Ostmeyer,Obrock,Piechalsk
i,Pieper,Poertner,Pranten,Quell,Rak,Reker,Redecker,Schwetscher,Speckmann,Sprin
ghorn,Thiessecharpen/Thieschaper,Thunhorst,Viel/Viets,Vischer,Winteregg,Wistin
ghausen,Wolers,/Wohlerst,Zinzack, Zynczak,Zinczak
Jill Leimkuehler

(MagdalenaJLM@aol.com)

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Hello,

       This is an interesting article about names:
   http://www.progenealogists.com/namingpatterns.htm#Germany

  If you scroll down, you will find some of the naming customs in
Germany--Schleswig, Ostfriesland, Westfalen, parts of Hannover, etc.

      My great-grandfather was John Lammers from Süstrum (the Emsland area),
but a couple generations earlier, the family name was Rüschen. He married a
woman, Maria Lammers, who inherited the farm (no brothers). Many of our
relatives from northeastern Nebraska totally deny this. They cannot believe
that the family was always and forever Lammers. Interesting...

Barbara