Don't you just love these names that can be spelled so many different ways, not to mention transcribed even more ways? I've got another family that can be corrupted into any number of spellings.....it ended up being Yhalkee. It was spelled on one gravestone as Ya-Chalke, and we were told that it was originally pronounced "Jakalkee". I don't know how much stock to put in it. They were also Prussian. The Prussian born ones only show up on the 1870 census, with my husband's ggGrandfather born in 1855 in Ohio. No idea if they were ever naturalized or not. Sometimes I wonder what some of these people were running from. Elaine On 11/21/06, Theholigrail@aol.com <Theholigrail@aol.com> wrote: > Eileen, Have your tried under the name spelling of miers, or meier/s ? > I haven't been able to locate mine in NY either. Sometimes they just lied. > Jo Ann

I just saw your message and thought I might have a reason for your not having luck with the spelling. My Aunts father was from Russia and due to the last name being a toung twister they shorted it to Petrus. Maybe they Americanized it. If my family hadn't noted it I would have never found them. Marie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elaine O'Neill" <elaineoneill1948@gmail.com> To: <germany-passenger-lists@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 6:10 PM Subject: Re: [G-P-L] Myres/Myers/Meyer from Prussia/Germany to Ohio > Don't you just love these names that can be spelled so many different > ways, not to mention transcribed even more ways? I've got another > family that can be corrupted into any number of spellings.....it ended > up being Yhalkee. It was spelled on one gravestone as Ya-Chalke, and > we were told that it was originally pronounced "Jakalkee". I don't > know how much stock to put in it. > They were also Prussian. The Prussian born ones only show up on the > 1870 census, with my husband's ggGrandfather born in 1855 in Ohio. No > idea if they were ever naturalized or not. Sometimes I wonder what > some of these people were running from. > > Elaine > > On 11/21/06, Theholigrail@aol.com <Theholigrail@aol.com> wrote: >> Eileen, Have your tried under the name spelling of miers, or meier/s ? >> I haven't been able to locate mine in NY either. Sometimes they just >> lied. >> Jo Ann > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Eileen, I have an Adam Meyer who came from Wuertemburg to NY in about 1853. He at first spelled his name "Mayer". Have you looked for this spelling? Lynn Elaine O'Neill wrote: > Don't you just love these names that can be spelled so many different > ways, not to mention transcribed even more ways? I've got another > family that can be corrupted into any number of spellings.....it ended > up being Yhalkee. It was spelled on one gravestone as Ya-Chalke, and > we were told that it was originally pronounced "Jakalkee". I don't > know how much stock to put in it. > They were also Prussian. The Prussian born ones only show up on the > 1870 census, with my husband's ggGrandfather born in 1855 in Ohio. No > idea if they were ever naturalized or not. Sometimes I wonder what > some of these people were running from. > > Elaine > > On 11/21/06, Theholigrail@aol.com <Theholigrail@aol.com> wrote: > >>Eileen, Have your tried under the name spelling of miers, or meier/s ? >>I haven't been able to locate mine in NY either. Sometimes they just lied. >>Jo Ann > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > >

I have checked Meyer, Meyers, Myers, Myres, and Mayer/Mayers. I have yet to check Miers or Meirs, but I always go with the soundex so I think those would come up as well. Thanks for the suggestion. Elaine On 11/22/06, Lynn Brandvold <lynnb@nmt.edu> wrote: > Eileen, > > I have an Adam Meyer who came from Wuertemburg to NY in about 1853. He at first spelled > his name "Mayer". Have you looked for this spelling? > > Lynn > > Elaine O'Neill wrote: > > Don't you just love these names that can be spelled so many different > > ways, not to mention transcribed even more ways? I've got another > > family that can be corrupted into any number of spellings.....it ended > > up being Yhalkee. It was spelled on one gravestone as Ya-Chalke, and > > we were told that it was originally pronounced "Jakalkee". I don't > > know how much stock to put in it. > > They were also Prussian. The Prussian born ones only show up on the > > 1870 census, with my husband's ggGrandfather born in 1855 in Ohio. No > > idea if they were ever naturalized or not. Sometimes I wonder what > > some of these people were running from. > > > > Elaine > > > > On 11/21/06, Theholigrail@aol.com <Theholigrail@aol.com> wrote: > > > >>Eileen, Have your tried under the name spelling of miers, or meier/s ? > >>I haven't been able to locate mine in NY either. Sometimes they just lied. > >>Jo Ann > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >