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    1. [A-L] man's surname

    3. Can anyone tell me why a man's surname would be Stahl in his 1733 death record, but be called Stahlen in his wife's death record? We have no birth record for him, or marriage record. Thanks. best, Paul

    08/14/2011 09:17:35
    1. Re: [A-L] man's surname
    2. Marsha Ensminger

    3. Because German nouns have gender. A suffix of -in typically is used to indicate the feminine version of an otherwise masculine noun. Marsha L. Ensminger --- On Sun, 8/14/11, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: [A-L] man's surname > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, August 14, 2011, 3:17 PM > Can anyone tell me why a man's > surname would be Stahl in his 1733 death record, but be > called Stahlen in his wife's death record? > > We have no birth record for him, or marriage record. > > Thanks. > > best, > 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 >

    08/14/2011 12:43:41
    1. Re: [A-L] man's surname
    2. gbishida

    3. The suffix "in" is used on a personal name or obvious male/female connotation, as has been mentioned but otherwise German nouns do not usually have anything to do with male/female gender. Same with French. Gloria On Aug 15, 2011, at 10:43 AM, Marsha Ensminger wrote: > Because German nouns have gender. A suffix of -in typically is used > to indicate the feminine version of an otherwise masculine noun. > > Marsha L. Ensminger > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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

    08/15/2011 12:13:09
    1. Re: [A-L] man's surname
    2. Narda Iulg

    3. Latin does the same, 'in' for women and 'en' for men. Narda On 14 August 2011 18:17, <[email protected]> wrote: > Can anyone tell me why a man's surname would be Stahl in his 1733 death > record, but be called Stahlen in his wife's death record? > > We have no birth record for him, or marriage record. > > Thanks. > > best, > 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 >

    08/14/2011 05:10:11