Patronymics (5) - Elida
Subject: Patronymics (5)
From: Elida
Date: May 17, 1999

This completes the set.  Hope you have enjoyed these.
Elida

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RE:     Re: Re:TAX  RECORDS/Swedes

In a message dated 5/16/99 10:01:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Zwonk writes:

 Joan
>  
>  Correction:  :-)
>  
>  In Germany "Von" is an honorarium bestowed by the emporer.
>  
>  The patrynomic is the genetive of the father's name used as the "last 
name" 
> of this children.  So Jann Wattjes would have children named Janssen.  If

one 
> of those was named Heye, his name would be Heye Janssen and his children 
> would all be named Heyen.  The naming had a pattern though.  The first
born 
> son would be named for the father of the father.  The 1st born daughter 
would 
> be named for the mother of the mother.  2nd born son would be named for
the 
> father of the mother.  The 2nd born daughter would be named for the
mother 
of 
> the father.  After that there was some flexibility.  All of the children 
> would have the same last name which would be the possessive form of their

 father's first name.  As in everything there are exceptions to the rules.
>  
>  Russ

I received this note from Russ.  Bear with me--I WILL get this right!  :-)

I am not that familiar with the Von prefix and I believe Russ is correct in

what he wrote above.

As for the naming practice in the early days it was often followed--my 
experience with American German records in the 1700s is that I don't often 
see it.  I would acvice that we all should know about it and consider it
but 
I wouldn't count on it or base a genealogy on it.  Russ is right that there

are exceptions.

Russ- thanks for the additional information about Von.

Joan


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