Hi cousins, Thanks for the very interesting answers. So, if I understand everything well, most of the time in the USA, afroamerican got their family name via pre-civil war events (slavery, emancipation, etc). But it is also possible that the name Maupin was transmitted through wedding ... isn't it ? The last would mean the Maupins could have also roots in Africa. Is there a possibility ? Regards, Patrick Pat a écrit : > > AfroAmericans with the name of Maupin is not uncommon. All slaves were > > given the name of their owners and after the Civil War they kept those > names > > as they had no other. You will find Black Maupins all over the USA. > > Pauline > > I think you are over-reaching a bit, here. My understanding of this matter > is that freed slaves were free to also choose their own names as they saw > fit. > > Pat > > ==== MAUPIN Mailing List ==== > RootsWeb forbids posting of copyrighted material without permission of the author. Read RootsWeb's Acceptable Use Policy at > <http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/aup.html>

___________________ Not trying to be a smarty-pants, but as a good friend of my says, "Anything is possible in the world of sports." Bettye, wife of Max Gail Maupin, Rolla MO. __________________________________ >Hi cousins, > >Thanks for the very interesting answers. So, if I understand >everything well, most of the time in the USA, afroamerican got >their family name via pre-civil war events (slavery, emancipation, >etc). But it is also possible that the name Maupin was >transmitted through wedding ... isn't it ? > >The last would mean the Maupins could have also roots in Africa. Is >there a possibility ? > >Regards, > >Patrick > >Pat a écrit : > > > > AfroAmericans with the name of Maupin is not uncommon. All slaves were > > > given the name of their owners and after the Civil War they kept those > > names > > > as they had no other. You will find Black Maupins all over the USA. > > > Pauline > > > > I think you are over-reaching a bit, here. My understanding of this matter > > is that freed slaves were free to also choose their own names as they saw > > fit. > > > > Pat > > > > ==== MAUPIN Mailing List ==== > > RootsWeb forbids posting of copyrighted material without >permission of the author. Read RootsWeb's Acceptable Use Policy at > > <http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/aup.html> > > >==== MAUPIN Mailing List ==== >Please don't post private information about living people without >permission. All posts are archives. To search RootsWeb list >archives: ><http://archiver.rootsweb.com/archives/search.html>