My father's family had a translated name: Zimmerman to Carpenter My mother's family also had a translated name: Freytag to Friday. Other Germans in my family are Anglicized names like Blanck to Plonk; Rein to Rhyne; Bosshaar to Pasour; Kayser to Kiser, etc. While most German names were Anglicized some like Zimmerman and Freytag were translated. Robert Carpenter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy Gunter Sullivan" <sully1@carolina.rr.com> To: <nclincol@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 5:25 PM Subject: Re: [NCLINCOL] surname of Zimmerman changed to Carpenter in Lancaster Co. PA as well as in Lincoln Co. NC. > In the German language zimmerman means carpenter. The name was not > changed; it was converted to English. > Another example, schnider means tailor. This converted to Snider and > Taylor. > > > rricabee@aol.com wrote: >> Alta: >> >> The surname of Zimmerman changed to Carpenter in Lancaster Co. PA as well >> as in Lincoln Co. NC.? I have an antiquarian?book on the Swiss, and it >> tells how a Zimmerman family who immigrated in the 1700's changed its >> surname, and I think it was shortly after arriving here.? I'm not aware >> of when these names were switched in NC, but its possible they were all >> the same family group and originated from Lancaster Co. PA? >> >> Richard >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCLINCOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >