Thank you Ingolf, One of my surnames is also derived from Matheus or Matthew. Can you tell me what Matheus or Matthew ? Who was this person ? ~malinda The ethomologists don't seem to be quite descided on what the Duis" part means. "Duis-" is quite common in place names in Western Germany and the Netherlands (Düssen, Düsseldorf, Duisburg, etc.) Possibitlity No 1. : the duis stemmes from the old indoeuropeans word "dus" meaning decay or poison. Possibilty No. 2 : Duis is a shorted form of MaTHEUS. Regards, Ingolf Vogel

Hello Malida, Matthias and Matthäus/Mattheus are forms of the Hebrew name Mattai. Matthew was one of the Evangelists. Regards, Ingolf Vogel ----- Original Message ----- From: "malinda" <mthiesse@swbell.net> To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 7:09 PM Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] PAVLAK / VAN DUYSER Thank you Ingolf, One of my surnames is also derived from Matheus or Matthew. Can you tell me what Matheus or Matthew ? Who was this person ? ~malinda The ethomologists don't seem to be quite descided on what the Duis" part means. "Duis-" is quite common in place names in Western Germany and the Netherlands (Düssen, Düsseldorf, Duisburg, etc.) Possibitlity No 1. : the duis stemmes from the old indoeuropeans word "dus" meaning decay or poison. Possibilty No. 2 : Duis is a shorted form of MaTHEUS. Regards, Ingolf Vogel ============================== 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

Thank you kindly, Ingolf. Any ideas why they would use his name as their surname ? ~malinda > Hello Malida, > > Matthias and Matthäus/Mattheus are forms of the Hebrew name Mattai. Matthew > was one of the Evangelists. > > Regards, > > Ingolf Vogel > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "malinda" <mthiesse@swbell.net> > To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 7:09 PM > Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] PAVLAK / VAN DUYSER > > > Thank you Ingolf, > > One of my surnames is also derived from Matheus or Matthew. > Can you tell me what Matheus or Matthew ? Who was this person ? > > ~malinda > > > > The ethomologists don't seem to be quite descided on what the Duis" part > means. "Duis-" is quite common in place names in Western Germany and the > Netherlands (Düssen, Düsseldorf, Duisburg, etc.) > > Possibitlity No 1. : the duis stemmes from the old indoeuropeans word "dus" > meaning decay or poison. > Possibilty No. 2 : Duis is a shorted form of MaTHEUS. > > Regards, > > Ingolf Vogel

Hello Malinda, Patronymical names are quite common in the German language area. In old times people were called by their first name in combination with their father's name (e.g. Peter son of Christian, Peter Christiansohn, Peter Christiansen. In your case, your ancestors came from a place calles Duys or Duysen. That place (possibly a small farm or something similar) was named after (according to theory No. 2) a person called Mattheus. Regards, Ingolf Vogel ----- Original Message ----- From: "malinda" <mthiesse@swbell.net> To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 6:24 AM Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] PAVLAK / VAN DUYSER Thank you kindly, Ingolf. Any ideas why they would use his name as their surname ? ~malinda > Hello Malida, > > Matthias and Matthäus/Mattheus are forms of the Hebrew name Mattai. Matthew > was one of the Evangelists. > > Regards, > > Ingolf Vogel > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "malinda" <mthiesse@swbell.net> > To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 7:09 PM > Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] PAVLAK / VAN DUYSER > > > Thank you Ingolf, > > One of my surnames is also derived from Matheus or Matthew. > Can you tell me what Matheus or Matthew ? Who was this person ? > > ~malinda > > > > The ethomologists don't seem to be quite descided on what the Duis" part > means. "Duis-" is quite common in place names in Western Germany and the > Netherlands (Düssen, Düsseldorf, Duisburg, etc.) > > Possibitlity No 1. : the duis stemmes from the old indoeuropeans word "dus" > meaning decay or poison. > Possibilty No. 2 : Duis is a shorted form of MaTHEUS. > > Regards, > > Ingolf Vogel