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in reply to a message by Rob
Hi Rob,
I don't know any Dutch, but if your last name was originally German, it may have been spelt Lamm. Means just what it sounds like: lamb.
For various reasons, German surnames suffered more spelling transformations than most, some to "Americanize" the name (ex: prominent name in this town, Shuford, was originally "Siefert" 120 years ago) and some to hide the German origins, especially at the onset of WW I.
The most glaring example of the latter is the German royal family of the UK, who variously changed "Battenberg" to "Mountbatten" and "Saxe-Gotha-Coburg" to "Windsor" at the onset of 1914 hostilities.
Unfortunately, some Brit taxpayers are fooled to this day.
(Incidentally, I'm a staunch admirer of the "real" German people, who are likable, work hard for a living, periodically take the French down a peg, and don't wear matching hats/coats/purses. Too bad so much got lost in the trip across the Channel...)
I don't know any Dutch, but if your last name was originally German, it may have been spelt Lamm. Means just what it sounds like: lamb.
For various reasons, German surnames suffered more spelling transformations than most, some to "Americanize" the name (ex: prominent name in this town, Shuford, was originally "Siefert" 120 years ago) and some to hide the German origins, especially at the onset of WW I.
The most glaring example of the latter is the German royal family of the UK, who variously changed "Battenberg" to "Mountbatten" and "Saxe-Gotha-Coburg" to "Windsor" at the onset of 1914 hostilities.
Unfortunately, some Brit taxpayers are fooled to this day.
(Incidentally, I'm a staunch admirer of the "real" German people, who are likable, work hard for a living, periodically take the French down a peg, and don't wear matching hats/coats/purses. Too bad so much got lost in the trip across the Channel...)
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