--WebTV-Mail-17550-425 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit You assume that prejudice and fear is rational. During those periods of war, if it appeared to some people, to be German - than to "some people", it was German. --WebTV-Mail-17550-425 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from smtpin-102-1.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.98) by storefull-166.iap.bryant.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Mon, 18 Jun 2001 10:06:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: by smtpin-102-1.bryant.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix+sws) id B9357A0; Mon, 18 Jun 2001 10:06:54 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: olyphant@webtv.net Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.123]) by smtpin-102-1.bryant.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix+sws) with ESMTP id 13BC0E8; Mon, 18 Jun 2001 10:06:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id f5IGn2P29966; Mon, 18 Jun 2001 10:49:02 -0600 Resent-Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 10:49:02 -0600 X-Original-Sender: FF.Huettenberger@t-online.de Mon Jun 18 09:49:01 2001 From: FF.Huettenberger@t-online.de (Huettenberger) Old-To: PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com References: <ae.16808ec6.285f462f@aol.com> <001601c0f815$18029d00$1ae8c741@5u1yw> Subject: Re: [PA-LAC] Snyder X-Mailer: T-Online eMail 2.34 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 18:48:58 +0200 Message-ID: <15C2Cw-25kbmiC@fwd05.sul.t-online.com> X-Sender: 320037891209-0001@t-dialin.net Resent-Message-ID: <ijNi7D.A.zTH.9DjL7@lists5.rootsweb.com> To: PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/8994 X-Loop: PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: PALACKAW-L-request@rootsweb.com X-PALACKAW-L-Web-Page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/index.html 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 --WebTV-Mail-17550-425--