There is a notation on the signature of the widow of my earliest known ROSS that she signed her surname ROSSEN "in the German manner". So, I guess Germans did as well. Jean Hudson Masco Searching HUDSON surname in Berks. On Jan 23, 2013, at 2:00 AM, PABERKS-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:52:15 -0500 (GMT-05:00) > From: genrsch@earthlink.net > Subject: Re: [PABERKS] PABERKS Digest, Vol 8, Issue 18 > To: paberks@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <9165571.1358887936093.JavaMail.root@elwamui-norfolk.atl.sa.earthlink.net> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Interesting that "Schumacherin" in the feminine ending of the name "Schuhmacher." I thought only Slavic languages used gender endings on surnames.