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Tag Archives: Name Origin
Where did our names come from?
In my post Who put the ‘h’ in Ghertner, I discussed the origin of that name, from ‘gardener’. I’ve just tackled some of the surnames of some of your Jewish ancestors. The fact they had Jewish names is a clue … Continue reading
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Tagged Abrahams, Abrams, Altschul, Baum, Berlin, Bissinger, Bloch, Block, Bloom, Cooper, Eisenkramer, Fleisman, Frankland, Gertner, Ghertner, Ginsburg, Gruber, Levy, Lipshitz, Loveman, Magid, Marks, Marx, Name Origin, Pfeifer, Picard, Rhine, Rosen, Scharf, Schwartz, Sonnenfeld, Strauss, Weil
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Who put the ‘h’ in Ghertner?
I recall my dad (Leonard Ghertner) told a story that Simon Ghertner’s name had been changed to include the ‘h’ at Ellis Island because ‘it looked better’. Actually it appears Simon Ghertner never entered the United States through Ellis Island. … Continue reading
First names
Naming of children in the Block, Bloom, Gorden, Gruber, Scharff and Ghertner families (from Central and Eastern Europe) certainly seems to have followed a tradition of naming after an ancestor, although not necessarily one who had recently died as was … Continue reading
Tagged Block, Bloom, Fleisman, Ghertner, Levy, Name Origin, Scharff, Simon Ghertner, Solomon Block
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