This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: EKSTRAND Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zIJ.2ACEB/325.2.2.1 Message Board Post: WHEN DID THE CLOUSE NAME DROP THE "E" IN CLOUSE? I KNOW SOME "CLOUS' UP IN KINGSLEY MICH. THAT HAVE DROPPED THE"E" ALONG THE WAY.I AM RELATED TO THE CLOUSES' IN BEAR LAKE,MI. MY MOTHER IS THE DAUGHTER OF HELEN AND CECIL CLOUSE OF BEAR LAKE MICHIGAN

My Clouse family in Western Pa. spells it with an "e". The family story is that once they came to America they changed it from "Klaus" to "Clouse". Lona Laughlin Boudreaux lboudreaux@jam.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <SUNOCEANGRL@AOL.COM> To: <CLOUSE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 1:01 AM Subject: [CLOUSE-LIST] Re: Clouse Reunion in Cookeville,Tn > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: EKSTRAND > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zIJ.2ACEB/325.2.2.1 > > Message Board Post: > > WHEN DID THE CLOUSE NAME DROP THE "E" IN CLOUSE? I KNOW SOME "CLOUS' UP IN KINGSLEY MICH. THAT HAVE DROPPED THE"E" ALONG THE WAY.I AM RELATED TO THE CLOUSES' IN BEAR LAKE,MI. MY MOTHER IS THE DAUGHTER OF HELEN AND CECIL CLOUSE OF BEAR LAKE MICHIGAN > > > ==== CLOUSE Mailing List ==== > The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge. > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >