Hello,

Here is a listing of some German/Dutch/Welsh names and how their 
spelling changed, or the name itself changed, completely, as these
families moved from place to place.
  
Aebersold = Ebersole
Albrecht = Albright
Baer = Beer, Bear, Barr
Baird = Bart, Beard
Bauer = Farmer
Bauer = Bower, Bowers
Bauman = Bowman
Baumgartner = Bomgarner
Beck = Baker
Bickel = Bidel
Bieber = Beaver
Bieri = Beery
Blank = Plank
Bossert = Buzzard
Brechbuehl = Brackbill, Brechbill
Brenner = Burns
Bush = Bull
Byler = Beyler
Diehlman = Deal
Dreier = Troyer
Egli = Egle
Eperly = Eberly
Esch = Ashe
Frei = Frey, Fry
Gehman = Gayman
Geiser = Geyser
Gerber = Garber, Garver
Grebiel = Graybill
Groff = Grove
Grossmann = Cressman
Gross = Groce
Gwynn = Winn
Hafner = Potter
Hermann = Harmon
Hewes = Hughes
Hirschi = Hershey
Hirt = Shephard
Huck = Hook
Huber = Hoover
Jansen = Johnson
Jung = Young
Kieffer = Cooper
Koenig = King
Kolb = Culp
Krain = Crane
Kuster = Custer, Kister, Koster
Lang = Long
Lauer = Lower
Lehmann = Layman
Lehr = Lear
Lieberguth = Livingood
Lorentz = Lawrence
Mairer = Myers, Moyer, Mayer
Maurer = Mason
Maust = Moss, Mest
Meili = Miley
Musser = Moser
Neuenschwander = Newswanger, Niswander
Rieth = Reed, Ried
Richter = Judge
Ritter = Rutter
Roth = Rhoads
Schenk = Shank
Schneider = Snyder, Snider
Schneider = Taylor
Schuhmacher = Shoemaker
Schwartz = Black, Swartz
Sharrer = Shower
St. Clair = Sinclair
Stauffer = Stover
Steffen = Stephens
Steiner = Stoner
Thierstein = Derstine
Tilger = Diller, Dilger
Wagner = Cartwright
Weber = Weaver
Weiss = Wise, White
Wenger = Winger
Whisler = Wisler
Yantzi = Shantz
Zimmerman = Carpenter

Hope this helps,
Elida
 

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