Why would a Swiss-German family from the Alsace name their child after a Hungarian president? I don't get it. Paul On Déardaoin, 16 Meitheamh, 2011, at 19:44, Marsha Ensminger wrote: > I also have someone with the middle name of Kossuth, born in Harrisburg PA in 1852. Paternal ancestors emigrated from Alsace in 1733. > > He was evidently named for Louis Kossuth, a Hungarian president in 1849. > > Marsha L. Ensminger > > > --- On Thu, 6/16/11, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> >> Subject: [A-L] Kasath >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Thursday, June 16, 2011, 3:59 PM >> A relative of mine, born of Alsatian >> parents in Warren, Pennsylvania, was given a middle name >> of: >> >> Kasath, also spelled as Kossuth and Kasooth. >> >> Does anyone here know anything about this name? >> >> I cannot find out much about it of any value. >> >> Thanks. >> >> Paul >> -- >> Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the >> subject and the body of the message >> > > -- > Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message