Tom, Thanks for the suggestion, we are open on this and were hoping that anyone with Schneider , Snider or Snyder would respond. We should have given these alternate spellings. My Grandmother was named Willamenia, and she quickly became Willie....we assume because of anti-German sentiments?? P.S. Morris searching for Snyder ( Snider or Schneider ), Jennings, Tregellas in PA/NY area. ----- Original Message ----- From: <MathTchr96@aol.com> To: <PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 7:55 AM Subject: [PA-LAC] Snyder > I have noticed quite a bit of discussion on the name Snyder of late. As an > aside, many people changed their names in the early part of this century to > avoid being acused of being "German". Hence, those with the name Schneider > became Snyder, Schmidts became Smiths, Schumachers became Shoemakers, etc. > Not suggesting that could be your case, but keep an open mind. > > Tom > > > ==== PALACKAW Mailing List ==== > Visit the Genealogical Research Society of Northeastern PA http://www.cfrobbins.com/grsnp/ > To unsubscribe: http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/index.html#MailingList > >

Annotation from Germany: "Willamenia" is no German name and could therefore hardly have aroused anti-German feelings. The closest German name that this might come to is "Wilhelmine" or "Wilhelmina", female form of "Wilhelm" (William). This indeed might have reminded of German Emperor Wilhelm II. But Wilhelmina with its 4 syllables is just too long a word! Even in Germany in the 1880/90ies, when this name was popular, girls were just called "Mina". (German "Willi" on the other hand - still in use - is the common everyday abbreviation for Wilhelm and corresponds to the English short form "Bill" for William. Pat Morris schrieb: > > My Grandmother was named Willamenia, and she quickly became Willie....we > assume because of anti-German sentiments?? > > P.S. Morris > searching for Snyder ( Snider or Schneider ), Jennings, Tregellas in PA/NY > area. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <MathTchr96@aol.com> > To: <PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 7:55 AM > Subject: [PA-LAC] Snyder > > > > I have noticed quite a bit of discussion on the name Snyder of late. As > an > > aside, many people changed their names in the early part of this century > to > > avoid being acused of being "German". Hence, those with the name > Schneider > > became Snyder, Schmidts became Smiths, Schumachers became Shoemakers, etc. > > Not suggesting that could be your case, but keep an open mind. > > > > Tom > > > > > > ==== PALACKAW Mailing List ==== > > Visit the Genealogical Research Society of Northeastern PA > http://www.cfrobbins.com/grsnp/ > > To unsubscribe: http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/index.html#MailingList > > > > > > > ==== PALACKAW Mailing List ==== > Have you visited the Lackawanna County page lately? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/ > To unsubscribe: http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/index.html#MailingList >

Dear Huttenbergerger, Thanks for the information and for what is probably the correct spelling for my grandmother's name. We were going by old census records that had been microfilmed and very difficult to read. It just goes to show in genealogy how everyone is willing to help and that we should all keep an open mind about close spellings and approximate dates. P Morris ----- Original Message ----- From: Huettenberger <FF.Huettenberger@t-online.de> To: <PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 12:48 PM Subject: Re: [PA-LAC] Snyder > Annotation from Germany: "Willamenia" is no German name and could therefore > hardly have aroused anti-German feelings. The closest German name that this > might come to is "Wilhelmine" or "Wilhelmina", female form of "Wilhelm" > (William). This indeed might have reminded of German Emperor Wilhelm II. > But Wilhelmina with its 4 syllables is just too long a word! Even in Germany in > the 1880/90ies, when this name was popular, girls were just called "Mina". > (German "Willi" on the other hand - still in use - is the common everyday > abbreviation for Wilhelm and corresponds to the English short form "Bill" for > William. > > > Pat Morris schrieb: > > > > My Grandmother was named Willamenia, and she quickly became Willie....we > > assume because of anti-German sentiments?? > > > > P.S. Morris > > searching for Snyder ( Snider or Schneider ), Jennings, Tregellas in PA/NY > > area. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <MathTchr96@aol.com> > > To: <PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 7:55 AM > > Subject: [PA-LAC] Snyder > > > > > > > I have noticed quite a bit of discussion on the name Snyder of late. As > > an > > > aside, many people changed their names in the early part of this century > > to > > > avoid being acused of being "German". Hence, those with the name > > Schneider > > > became Snyder, Schmidts became Smiths, Schumachers became Shoemakers, etc. > > > Not suggesting that could be your case, but keep an open mind. > > > > > > Tom > > > > > > > > > ==== PALACKAW Mailing List ==== > > > Visit the Genealogical Research Society of Northeastern PA > > http://www.cfrobbins.com/grsnp/ > > > To unsubscribe: http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/index.html#MailingList > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== PALACKAW Mailing List ==== > > Have you visited the Lackawanna County page lately? > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/ > > To unsubscribe: http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/index.html#MailingList > > > > > ==== PALACKAW Mailing List ==== > Subscribers -- Off topic postings (particularly political, advertising, or just plain rude) > AND responses on the list are grounds for being Unsubscribed > Please forward any offending email to <mailto:pieroth@ix.netcom.com> > To unsubscribe: http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/index.html#MailingList > >