Guthmann is a good basic German name, and was often anglicized to 'Goodman'. The name Gulhmann looks more like a clerk's error, reading a 't' as an 'l'. Many foreign names were transcribed by a clerk, who was often not looking at the name on paper, not by the way they were written, but how they sounded to the ear of someone who knew only English (sort of). Another example: American dialect played a part in the transmogrification of my 1750s 'Stanborough' family name to the contemporary southern 'Stansberry'. Cheers, Gary in Berkeley ----- Original Message ----- From: <SMITHMTN@aol.com> To: <rowanroots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 2:02 PM Subject: Re: [ROWANROOTS] German families > > In a message dated 8/27/2007 4:57:24 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > NOINTELLG@aol.com writes: > > Georg Ludwig Siffert, Wendel Miller, Peter Edelmann, Johannes > Steigerwalt, > Phillip Grass, Peter Stirewalt, Michael Gulhmann, Christopher Bless, > Leonhard > Siffert, Jacob Klein, Anton Jruhn, George Heinrich Berger, Christoph > Gulhmann, > Johannes Rintlemann, Johannes Eckel, Bastian Lenz, Jacob Benz, George > Eckel, > Franz Oberkirsch, Johannes Jose, Heinrich Wenzel. > > > Thanks for the weatlth of infomraton in your email! My Goodmans > sometimes > spelled the name Guthmann and I wonder if the Gulhmann here is another > spelling of the name. Steigerwalt because Stirewalt as well. > I'm not sure if I am remembering correctly because it's been a while since > I > have been able to spend anytime on my hobbies but I THINK I remember > reading > that a Steigerwaldt built the organ in Organ Church > > Sarah Goodman > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL > at > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >