BTW, Joan, wasn't Alsace part of that area that kept bouncing between France and German ownership? That could explain it! <bg> ----- Original Message ----- > > > Well, my Northern Geigers were from Lembach, Alsace, France. <g> > > > > Joan

Sorry, I'm late catching up with my e-mail. O.K., I stand corrected! <g> But seriously .... is it my imagination that most, if not all, of the GEIGER locations in Germany, etc., seem to be in the southern part - not too far from SWT? I'm referring to those GEIGERS who emigrated to Amer. from these locations. Just an idle thought. Anne C. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 11:45 PM Subject: Re: [GEIGER] Pronunciation > In a message dated 4/16/01 9:34:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > Could it be that our "Northern" GEIGERS were mostly from Germany, period - > > although with some of them having Swiss roots a generation or two back > > (having emigrated earlier) - and thus would pronounce the name that way? > > Anne- > > Well, my Northern Geigers were from Lembach, Alsace, France. <g> > > Joan >

That is the German Rule of Grammer...albeit the Switzerdeutsch goes softly on the "e" sound, more like the "i" in "it" or "bigger" and not long "eee". >From: [email protected] >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [GEIGER] Pronunciation >Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 20:31:44 EDT > >Up here in New York, we spell it "Geiger" and pronounce it like is rhymes >with "tiger." >My grandfather came to America in 1910 as an adult, and this is the way he >pronounced it. He came from the Württemberg area of Germany. > >I have found my Geiger direct line back to 1600, and the spelling has been >consistant all the way back. > >I have always heard that in German, the letters "ei" is pronounced as "i" >and >the letters "ie" is pronounced as "e." Has anyone else heard this? > >Ruth > > >==== GEIGER Mailing List ===Visit the GEIGER mailing list archives: >http://archiver.rootsweb.com/GEIGER-L/ > >=============================Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp >Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Up here in New York, we spell it "Geiger" and pronounce it like is rhymes with "tiger." My grandfather came to America in 1910 as an adult, and this is the way he pronounced it. He came from the Württemberg area of Germany. I have found my Geiger direct line back to 1600, and the spelling has been consistant all the way back. I have always heard that in German, the letters "ei" is pronounced as "i" and the letters "ie" is pronounced as "e." Has anyone else heard this? Ruth

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Dear Gerry, In Austria the clothing store is spelled "Geiger". I, of course, insisted that my photo be taken in front of the name of the store. (This is in Salzburg). Also, there is a Geiger Hotel in Berchtesgaden,Germany. Who truly knows how our name should be spelled. As someone stated some time ago, our name was spelled Keegar by some. If I am not mistaken, I believe that the Bryan County, GA court house contains some records of deeds of property belonging to my great grandfather, Winfield Wickliff Geiger, in which the name was spelled either Kegar or Kyger. Nancy Geiger Ford

I promised myself I wasn't, but I AM going to get into this, one more time: The German rule of grammar when two vowels come together, you pronounce the sound of the second vowel... So, GEIGER is pronounced "guyger" or rhymes with tiger (long I); And GIEGER would be pronounced "geeger" (long E); however, the Swiss spoke a dialect called Switzerdeutsch, and it was scribed in Church records as GYGER. I have been told that this dialect pronounces the "y" as in Gymnastic, or similar to the "i" in the English pronoun "it" - hence it rhymes with "bigger" (i has short e sound); When the Officials of the British Colonies tried to Anglicize the name they wrote GEIGER, but the Swiss settlers continued to say "gigger" or "giger" or even "Kegar" that was recorded in the Land Grant which Grandfather Ulric received...the harsh or guttural "G" was not well received by the British ear...It sounded much like a "K" So, Cousin Anne may be correct that they just got tired of hearing it mispronounced and decided to join them...You see, every person who sees my name says it different than what they actually see... If they see GIE they say GEI... I correct them and even spell it again, then they repeat it back just like they said it in the first place,- wrong again...WISH I HAD A DIME FOR EVERY ONE THAT I HAVE CORRECTED...IN SCHOOL, IN BUSINESS, EVERYPLACE...I would be VERY rich... Or, our emigrant forebears could have decided to try to be like their neighbors and become a part of this newly adopted Country...or as someone suggested, the two brothers from Switzerland decided to separate their lines by modifying it a little themselves... Last Summer in MS, the subject was being discussed and the wife of one of my fourth-cousins echoed my sentiment...and she is only a GIEGER by marriage; The MS Census' for 1820 thru 1870 spell Grandfather Jessie's name Gigger; Giger; Grigger, and Gieger. His Grave-marker and his son's Bible spell it "GIEGER" so I guess that is good enough for me...I have not seen it, but friends say that there is a large ladies' clothing Manufacturing firm in Zurich which spells it GIEGER and it is painted on the side of the building...Shortly after the Wall came down in 1989, my first-cousin was in Berlin, where he was told that he was Swiss, not German, because he "spelled it wrong" to be German... I think Nationalism had something to do with that...as the spirit was high in that time, right after the Reunification of East and West... Anyway, we all agree, at least among the Swiss, that we are Cousins, of one blood, and tolerate each other, no matter that we spell or say it differently... Gerry >From: "rconnell" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [GEIGER] Pronunciation >Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 21:30:45 -0400 > >Could it be that our "Northern" GEIGERS were mostly from Germany, period - >although with some of them having Swiss roots a generation or two back >(having emigrated earlier) - and thus would pronounce the name that way? > >And that the "Southern" GEIGERS came directly from SWT, were originally >called GYGER - changed their name to GEIGER (prob. got tired of trying to >explain the difference to their German neighbors in SC and GA) - but >continued to pronounce it their way? > >We know that some ships dropped emigrant passengers at both Charleston and >Phila. and we know of some GEIGERS who moved back and forth between north >and south. And we know of one SC will that speaks of a brother in Germany, >which is intriguing. > >Then Roland comes along and gives us "Gäijasch" to ponder over. <sigh> > >Anne > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Geraldine Towner <[email protected]> > > > > Hi everyone, > > I'm from Minnesota and we pronounce it like it rhymes with tiger. > > Gerri > > > > > >==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== >To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list send an e-mail to: >[email protected] (mail mode) or [email protected] >(digest mode) and put only one word--either SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE in the >subject and the body of the message. > >============================== >Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate >your heritage! >http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

In einer eMail vom 16.04.01 22:48:49 (MEZ) - Mitteleurop. Sommerzeit schreibt [email protected]: << I'm from Minnesota and we pronounce it like it rhymes with tiger. Gerri >> yeah, that was the expression I was looking for. Roland

Sorry, that was an error - the Rochester I meant was not in NC but NY. Roland Geiger

In a message dated 4/16/01 9:34:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Could it be that our "Northern" GEIGERS were mostly from Germany, period - > although with some of them having Swiss roots a generation or two back > (having emigrated earlier) - and thus would pronounce the name that way? Anne- Well, my Northern Geigers were from Lembach, Alsace, France. <g> Joan

Posted on: Geiger/Kiger/Kyger Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Geiger/10295 Surname: GEIGER ------------------------- Am looking for family of Lloyd Ray Geiger 1896-1973, born in Indiana, and married Emma Lantz. Son of Charles Henry Geiger 1873-1937 & Nellie Blanche Good 1879-19??. Lloyd had 11 siblings, Mable Kroft, Charlotte Geiger (deceased as infant), Cloyce Geiger, Faudaline Hill, Faye Geiger, Phyllis Alspaugh, Margarite Geiger, Henry Geiger, Richard Geiger, & Martina Bick. If anyone has a connection to this this family line please contact me with any information. Thank You, Tressa Geiger-Hawkins.

Could it be that our "Northern" GEIGERS were mostly from Germany, period - although with some of them having Swiss roots a generation or two back (having emigrated earlier) - and thus would pronounce the name that way? And that the "Southern" GEIGERS came directly from SWT, were originally called GYGER - changed their name to GEIGER (prob. got tired of trying to explain the difference to their German neighbors in SC and GA) - but continued to pronounce it their way? We know that some ships dropped emigrant passengers at both Charleston and Phila. and we know of some GEIGERS who moved back and forth between north and south. And we know of one SC will that speaks of a brother in Germany, which is intriguing. Then Roland comes along and gives us "Gäijasch" to ponder over. <sigh> Anne ----- Original Message ----- From: Geraldine Towner <[email protected]> > Hi everyone, > I'm from Minnesota and we pronounce it like it rhymes with tiger. > Gerri >

Posted on: Geiger/Kiger/Kyger Biographies Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/FamilyAssoc/GeigerBios/10047 Surname: GEIGER ------------------------- Am looking for family of Lloyd Ray Geiger 1896-1973, born in Indiana, and married Emma Lantz. Son of Charles Henry Geiger 1873-1937 & Nellie Blanche Good 1879-19??. Lloyd had 11 siblings, Mable Kroft, Charlotte Geiger (deceased as infant), Cloyce Geiger, Faudaline Hill, Faye Geiger, Phyllis Alspaugh, Margarite Geiger, Henry Geiger, Richard Geiger, & Martina Bick. If anyone has a connection to this this family line please contact me with any information. Thank You, Tressa Geiger-Hawkins.

Hi everyone, I'm from Minnesota and we pronounce it like it rhymes with tiger. Gerri http://community.webtv.net/gt1949/GerrisCorner

Posted on: Geiger/Kiger/Kyger Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Geiger/10294 Surname: Geiger ------------------------- I am doing family study of the Lloyd Geiger family. Lloyds siblings names are, Mable, Charlotte, Cloyce, Faudaline, Faye, Phyllis, Margarite, Henry, Richard, & Martina. Lloyd is my paternal grandfather. He is the son of Charles Geiger, born in Milford, In. 1873, & Nellie Blanche Good 1879. If you have any information, or are a part of this family line please contact me.

Yes, I've seen that on records, too, and thought it might have been phonetic. Sorry, I didn't mean to keep this thread going so long. Anne C. ----- Original Message ----- From: Mary Williams <[email protected]> > One of my grandfathers was Harman Horlbeck Geiger, SC>GA. He is related to > the Geigers who lived around Micanope, Alachua Co, FL. On one of the Jasper > Co, Ga census records, his name is spelled Gigger. I assume it was spelled > this way because it was pronounced like "Tigger." Another cousin who is > researching Geigers told me she has often heard it pronounced "Geeger" in > SC. > > Mary

In einer eMail vom 16.04.01 18:42:48 (MEZ) - Mitteleurop. Sommerzeit schreibt [email protected]: << Guy-jer, >> that's close to the way we pronounce it here in Germany. Replace the "j" with a "g" and pronounce that "g" the way you pronounce the "g" in the first syllable. Than you have it - well, nearly. By the way: here in our area people like to avoid a middle letter like that second "g" - therefore my family in Baltersweiler near St. Wendel was always called "Gäijasch" which could be: the "g" as I wrote about it the "äi" as in "clay" the "j" as in "Yankee" the "asch" as in "flush" My wife's maiden name is "John" (Yankee + "o" like in "Tom" but very much longer - "n" as you like it) and after the change to "Geiger" she heard one pronounce that Baltersweiler talking and didn't like it absolutely - by the way, she just came into my den, telling me it's a quarter past seven (p.m.) and dinner is ready and I have to leave to the world and go back to Alsfassen near St. Wendel in Germany, Europe, before she gets mad and the dinner gets cold or burns so I better leave ... Tschüs Roland

In einer eMail vom 16.04.01 16:59:39 (MEZ) - Mitteleurop. Sommerzeit schreibt [email protected]: << 2) PREE (as in tree) FURN (as in fern, burn) IUM - my guess; can't find this one. The heat source, maybe? +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ <the Public Library at Dansville, NY, >about an hour south of Rochester, NC, +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I'm guessing you mean New York? >> both times yes, ofcourse, New York. Sorry. Praefurnium is a tunnel from a chamber where the fire burns to the hypocaustum where the heat goes so the floor is warm and so are the walls - an under-floor-heating system. And we have it in our garden, 2 feet deep :-) thanks a lot. Roland

Salü, my name is Roland Geiger and I live in St. Wendel, Germany (as sometimes told before). Last year we found remains of a Roman landhouse right in our front yard, informed the specialists (archeologists) and parts of it got excavated. To the end of last year we decided to expand our front yard on the other side and two feet deep we found more ruins plus pottery and a piece of a pillar. If you are interested in more details and see some pictures from what there is and what we found, you may come to the Public Library at Dansville, NY, about an hour south of Rochester, NC, on Thursday, May 24, 2001, 7 pm. There I will perform a slide show and tell some stories and tales about it. Title of the show is "stone-rich" or "the Romans in our garden". CU at Dansville. Roland Geiger, St. Wendel, Germany [email protected]

My Geigers are from Westen PA and we pronounce it to rhyme with tiger, although I have heard it prounced with the long e sound like Gee-ger. I get quite a few salespeople that pronounce it Guy-jer, so when they ask if Mrs. Guy-jer is home, I'm not truly lying when I say no. Ha ha ha Teresa Geiger ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.