It means "his wife." Gatte is husband, Gattin is wife. If you saw "ihrer Gatte" it would mean "her husband." I believe these are probably old terms, as the current verbiage for husband and wife is Mann und Frau. Lynne Bliss gc-gateway@rootsweb.com wrote: >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Surnames: >Classification: queries > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.dane/5664/mb.ashx > >Message Board Post: > >Can someone tell me what seine gattin means. It is on a tombstone. thanks judy > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WIDANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >