Julia: I think from what I can remember the word SONTAG means Sunday in German Bob Good ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julie Meloni" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 2:23 PM Subject: Re: [PA-Perry] ancestry of Billy Sunday > > I am interested in the ancestry of the famous evangelist William > > (Billy) Ashley Sunday. He was born in Ames, Iowa on Nov. 19, 1862. > > His father William was from Perry County, Pa. > > From what I gather, the Perry Co. "sunday" family were originally > "Sontag". At least, I have a bunch of Sontags in my ancestry that > moved to Perry Co and eventually turned into Sundays. > > I haven't done very much research at all yet on the Sontag/Sunday Perry > Co folks, but I'm pretty sure that a William will pop up. Didn't know > there was a famous evangelist named Sunday. > > - Julie > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! News - Today's headlines > http://news.yahoo.com > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >