Hi Duane, Klein is a very very very common name in Germany, the 15th frequent of all the names in our country. Mostly to be found in south-western Germany along the Rhine-river. The meaning is small-sized, short, little person. Maybe also a person who had a very small farm. Or it's just a nickname. Best regards from Germany Brigitte Am 02.04.2011 22:26, schrieb Duane Giles: > I was doing a lookup for a friend whose relative was Peter > Kline/Klein....married to Mary Peterson. He was born in 1835 and came from > Koblenz. They lived in the Bronx after coming to America. You noted that > this is an unusual name in Germany& I wondered if there is any connection. >

Greetings, Brigette ~ I'm wondering about EWERT. I was told once by a German tourist to the US that it's found in the low lands not far from the coast and it's not that common. For instance, I'm wondering if the EWERTs seen in Cleveland before the arrival of my GF in 1891 may have been some of his relatives. If it's a fairly common name, maybe not. If it's uncommon, maybe so? I read where the name refers to a strong boar (or in my case, a weak bore? .^_^.) (A brother followed GF to Cleveland in 1892, then his parents, 2 married sisters, and 2 teen brothers all came in 1899. That's all of the family that I know of so far.) Thank you! --- On Sat, 4/2/11, Brigitte Jahnke <brigitte@brigittejahnke.com> wrote: Klein is a very very very common name in Germany, the 15th frequent of all the names in our country... Brigitte

Hello Julia, the most easiest: the name Evert comes from an old German given: Eberhard. Short forms in Germany are: Evert, Everd, Everdt, Ewert, Ewerd, Ewerdt, Eberd, Eberdt. It's always pronounced in the same was, although its written in a different way. Most comon surnames are today: Evert: most people live in North-Eastern Germany, also in the Hannover area, almost none in Southern Germany Ewerd: all over Germany, very few in Bavaria, rather huge concentration in Pommern and the eastern parts of Mecklenburg. Ewert: comcentration in Pommern and Hannover area, most parts of Germany few families of this name Ebert: most frequent of these names, in all German areas, most in the Rhein-Hessen, Franken, Hohenlohe, and Rhein-Neckar area. As far as I know there is a big chance that your Ewert originate from Mecklenburg or Pommern. In Germany it's a normal surname, nothing exciting and nothing rare. Even had a Ewert classmate at primary school, don't know where she is today. There is also a request, unfortunately Terri didn't give her address: Terri schrieb am 29.04.2010: /Looking for Ewerts may have come from Karlsdorf. My Grandpa is Frank born 22-3-1880. Came to South and North Dakota. Paper trail in USA is non existent. Franks parents were Frank and Julianna (Mielke)Ewert. Also went by Ebert and Evertt. Heard they were from a villiage near Frankfort or Berlin. Can anyone help. / Brigitte Am 03.04.2011 21:45, schrieb juliasgenes: > Greetings, Brigette ~ > > I'm wondering about EWERT. I was told once by a German tourist to the US that it's found in the low lands not far from the coast and it's not that common. > > For instance, I'm wondering if the EWERTs seen in Cleveland before the arrival of my GF in 1891 may have been some of his relatives. If it's a fairly common name, maybe not. If it's uncommon, maybe so? I read where the name refers to a strong boar (or in my case, a weak bore? .^_^.) > > (A brother followed GF to Cleveland in 1892, then his parents, 2 married sisters, and 2 teen brothers all came in 1899. That's all of the family that I know of so far.) > > Thank you!

Sorry, of course Eberd, Eberst is not pronounced like Evert, Ewert, etc..... Brigitte Am 03.04.2011 21:45, schrieb juliasgenes: > Greetings, Brigette ~ > > I'm wondering about EWERT. I was told once by a German tourist to the US that it's found in the low lands not far from the coast and it's not that common. > > For instance, I'm wondering if the EWERTs seen in Cleveland before the arrival of my GF in 1891 may have been some of his relatives. If it's a fairly common name, maybe not. If it's uncommon, maybe so? I read where the name refers to a strong boar (or in my case, a weak bore? .^_^.) > > (A brother followed GF to Cleveland in 1892, then his parents, 2 married sisters, and 2 teen brothers all came in 1899. That's all of the family that I know of so far.) > > Thank you! > > --- On Sat, 4/2/11, Brigitte Jahnke<brigitte@brigittejahnke.com> wrote: > Klein is a very very very common name in Germany, the 15th frequent of > all the names in our country... > > Brigitte > > For all the latest News, please visit our Homepage: http://www.germanyroots.com > > Please visit and participate in our new forum > http://www.germanyroots.com/phpBB3/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >