Three Rivers
Hudson~Mohawk~Schoharie
History From America's Most Famous Valleys
The following is a list of German surnames and their English equivalents. Names were changed by direct translation, by spelling the word in English the way it sounded or by modifying the word. The German "B" was often changed to "V", "I" was changed to "Y", "K" to "C", "KI" or "LICH" to "LEY", "SCH" to "SH" or "S" and "U" to "OO". This list is supplied by Mrs. Anita A. Smith.
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English Albright Blair,
Bare Carpenter Earhart Gairing,
Gehrig Hafer Johns Kale Lease Mayer,
Myers Newman Oakely Peiffer,
Pfeifer, Piper Reeser,
Reser Saylor Taylor Wanamaker
Yeager,
Hunter Zarcher,
Zercher, Zirger |
German Albrecht Baer Zimmerman Ehrhard Gehring,
Goring Hofer,
Hoefer Tschantz Kehl Liess Meyer Neumann Eichli Pfeiffer Riese Seiler Schneider Wannemacher
Jager Zug |
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