Hi Alan, I don't have any direct information on your lines, but in case it might help, I thought I'd give you a little background on the names, possibly offering a few clues to their origins. Antje is a Dutch name, making this line of Peters also most likely Dutch and pronounced "Pay-ters", or possibly they changed the spelling from Pieters, which would be pronounced "Pee-ters" in Dutch. The "-tje" ending of Antje is used quite often with children's names, similarly to a -y ending in English, such as Becky, Kenny, Larry, Johny, Jimmy, etc. and has a connotation of "cute-little". Her actual given name could possibly have been Annike or something similar. Meester is also a Dutch word, literally translated as "Master", usually used to mean a male school teacher. Ken Whitmore ken@wacom.com.uy -----Original Message----- From: cetasix@erols.com <cetasix@erols.com> To: PETERS-L@rootsweb.com <PETERS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, April 13, 2000 6:05 AM Subject: [PETERS] Meester/Peters >Looking for information a Meester who married Antje Peters. I do not know >the Meester who married Antje but SSDI has her last residence as Wellsburg, >Grundy, IA and born 15 Oct 1885 and died 15 Jul 1966. > >Any help would be appreciated. > >alan :) > > > >==== PETERS Mailing List ==== >Needing some PETERS List Assistance, contact >PETERS Administrator:<commander@inetone.net> > >============================== >Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. >http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ >

Ken, Thanks for the low down on the name. I don't know the exact origin of the Peters surname. I know Antje's father is from Germany, most likely the Ostfriesen area as my other family members are. I don't if or when the name became americanized or the name it might have been before immigrating to America. The Meester name is all new to me. Appreciate all the help. Thanks for the translation. alan :) >Hi Alan, > >I don't have any direct information on your lines, but in case it might >help, I thought I'd give you a little background on the names, possibly >offering a few clues to their origins. > >Antje is a Dutch name, making this line of Peters also most likely Dutch and >pronounced "Pay-ters", or possibly they changed the spelling from Pieters, >which would be pronounced "Pee-ters" in Dutch. The "-tje" ending of Antje is >used quite often with children's names, similarly to a -y ending in English, >such as Becky, Kenny, Larry, Johny, Jimmy, etc. and has a connotation of >"cute-little". Her actual given name could possibly have been Annike or >something similar. Meester is also a Dutch word, literally translated as >"Master", usually used to mean a male school teacher. > >Ken Whitmore >ken@wacom.com.uy > >-----Original Message----- >From: cetasix@erols.com <cetasix@erols.com> >To: PETERS-L@rootsweb.com <PETERS-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Thursday, April 13, 2000 6:05 AM >Subject: [PETERS] Meester/Peters > > >>Looking for information a Meester who married Antje Peters. I do not know >>the Meester who married Antje but SSDI has her last residence as Wellsburg, >>Grundy, IA and born 15 Oct 1885 and died 15 Jul 1966. >> >>Any help would be appreciated. >> >>alan :) >> >> >> >>==== PETERS Mailing List ==== >>Needing some PETERS List Assistance, contact >>PETERS Administrator:<commander@inetone.net> >> >>============================== >>Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >>Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. >>http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ >> > > >==== PETERS Mailing List ==== >Needing some PETERS List Assistance, contact >PETERS Administrator:<commander@inetone.net> > >============================== >Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. >RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi