I seem to be looking for three separate King lines. My 2nd great-grandfather was George Koenig b abt 1809 in Baden, Germany. His will shows Koenig but all other documents show King. His children all show King. There seems to be no record of his changing. My wife's maternal grandfather was Charles Joshua King b 1860 in Farley, IA. His father, born in Canada was Roy, which I understand is French for King. They moved to Iowa sometime and sometime, changed the name. Am getting the impression they did whatever they chose and that was that. Our son-in-law's paternal great grandmother was Carolena Henrietta Koenig b ab 1897 in Germany. That is all anyone seems to know about her. Another issue driving me up the wall is the seeming fetish in our son-in-law's family for Frank & Michael. He is Frank Michael and goes by Mike. His son is Frank Matthew and goes by Matt. There are scads of Frank, Thomas, Michael and Matthew names scattered throughout the clan. Of course, my wife's paternal side did a bunch of changing. Her 2 greatgrandfather was Liems, his sons, Lehms until they got into a fight. Then one son changed it to Lames, not officially, of course. On the female side, no one can agree to Niemeyer or Niemeier and the names bounce around with children using what someone told them. 'tis a wonder those of us serious about this "stuff' are not alcoholics--tis about time for a drink. Bill Houdek,Houdeck, Houddk, Hudeck, Hoduck--pick one. Ballwin, MO bhoudek@swbell.net

thanks for the laugh!! I am ready for a drink! ----- Original Message ----- From: "bhoudek" <bhoudek@swbell.net> To: <KING-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 2:07 PM Subject: [KING] name frustrations > I seem to be looking for three separate King lines. > > My 2nd great-grandfather was George Koenig b abt 1809 in Baden, Germany. His > will shows Koenig but all other documents show King. His children all show > King. There seems to be no record of his changing. > > My wife's maternal grandfather was Charles Joshua King b 1860 in Farley, IA. > His father, born in Canada was Roy, which I understand is French for King. > They moved to Iowa sometime and sometime, changed the name. > > Am getting the impression they did whatever they chose and that was that. > > Our son-in-law's paternal great grandmother was Carolena Henrietta Koenig b > ab 1897 in Germany. That is all anyone seems to know about her. > > Another issue driving me up the wall is the seeming fetish in our > son-in-law's family for Frank & Michael. He is Frank Michael and goes by > Mike. His son is Frank Matthew and goes by Matt. There are scads of Frank, > Thomas, Michael and Matthew names scattered throughout the clan. > > Of course, my wife's paternal side did a bunch of changing. Her 2 > greatgrandfather was Liems, his sons, Lehms until they got into a fight. > Then one son changed it to Lames, not officially, of course. On the female > side, no one can agree to Niemeyer or Niemeier and the names bounce around > with children using what someone told them. > > 'tis a wonder those of us serious about this "stuff' are not alcoholics--tis > about time for a drink. > > Bill Houdek,Houdeck, Houddk, Hudeck, Hoduck--pick one. > Ballwin, MO > bhoudek@swbell.net > > > ==== KING Mailing List ==== > List webpage - http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/k/king.html > Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm > >