Thanks George. Think that pretty much answers my question. I haven't seen any documents yet so really don't know how she actually spelled her name. Haven't really researched the Shown name but when I saw the previous message thought it must be pronounced the same and would give me alternative spellings to check. My aunts must have kept all this family history in their heads I've never seen any of it written down and when I took notes I actually wrote down Shawn or Shown, since they never could agree on how it was spelled we just put down way it sounded. Kinda like census takers huh :) >From: "George W. Durman" <GeorgeWDurman@comcast.net> >Reply-To: WILHITE-L@rootsweb.com >To: WILHITE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [WILHITE] SCHONE or SHOWN? (WAS: WILHOIT / PARMAN) >Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 04:22:35 -0500 > >Nancy, the original German spelling was SCHÖNE; you might find it in >English as SCHONE or SCHOENE. I'm sure that SHOWN is just another >way it was written in English. After all, SCHÖNE, or SCHONE, would >have sounded like SHOWN to an English-speaking person. As to what >it "should" be, that's a matter of preference. We just have to go by >what >is actually entered on legal documents. After all, WILHEIT became >WILHOIT because of the way some English-speaking clerk heard the >name, and BROYLES or BREHEL became BRILES in NC, because of >the way an English-speaking clerk heard it THERE. > >Don't forget that back in the "olden days" in Germany, there was really >no standardized spelling for ANY surname! And, I don't think there is >any standardized spelling for any surname in America today. It's just >how it got written down, and whether or not a particular person or >branch of a family accepted that spelling. > >SgtGeorge > >At 02/13/2002 03:55 PM Wednesday, Nancy Hatcher wrote: >*********START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT********* >(snip) >>My great grandfather was Reubin W. Wilhite b. March 1, 1860, married >>Ida Florence Hardin. He was the son of Nathaniel Mason Wilhite b. >>Nov. 19,1828 and Cassandra Shown b. Sept. 4, 1832. >> >>This information was given to me by an aunt, my question is the >>spelling on Cassandra's name. Should it be SCHONE? Is SHOWN just >>another spelling? Is anyone else researching this line? Would >>appreciate any and all help. >> >>Thanks >> >>Nancy >**********END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT********** >Researching: CHRISTMAS,DILLARD,DUNAWAY,HARDIN-HARDING,HATCHER,HILL,MORELAND,ROBARDS/ROBERTS,ROWELL, SOURBEER,SPAULDING,WILHITE _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx