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Some distant relatives names:
Melchior
Joost (odd, because it's a dutch name)
Rustung (odd, because it means 'armor')
Guteherz (can't find anything about this one?)
WDYT?
Melchior
Joost (odd, because it's a dutch name)
Rustung (odd, because it means 'armor')
Guteherz (can't find anything about this one?)
WDYT?
This message was edited 7/22/2009, 8:15 PM
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Guteherz I'm pretty sure means "good heart."
Melchior and Guteherz are just awesome!
Melchior and Guteherz are just awesome!
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Are you sure these are their first names? Well, I suppose you are, they are distant relatives of yours, but normally there's not a big culture of "word names" here in Germany, and most names like that are not even allowed, I'm especially surprised at Rüstung, while I think that Guteherz COULD be a very old first name, like Gottlieb and Gotthilf.
I like Melchior, but it's really a very grand name, and maybe more apt as a mn. And I like Joost very much, especially in the north of Germany.
I like Melchior, but it's really a very grand name, and maybe more apt as a mn. And I like Joost very much, especially in the north of Germany.
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Yes, I thought it was odd as well. Maybe in the past the naming restrictions weren't as harsh? All I'm able to learn from family is that they came from a farm somewhere outside of Riedlingen in Baden-Württemberg.
I also really like Melchior.
I also really like Melchior.
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Guteherz? :-O I guess that could be translated as "good heart", even though it would be bad grammar. What a strange, strange name. Rüstung, too. Those are first names? I kind of like Joost, though.
This message was edited 7/22/2009, 8:33 PM
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Yes they're all first names. Guteherz was born 1849 in Baden-Württemberg, Rüstung was his cousin, born a few years later. The surname was Falkenhainer.
On the baptismal record it was spelt Gutesherz, but on most other records as Guteherz. Once he came to America he used Guther :O
On the baptismal record it was spelt Gutesherz, but on most other records as Guteherz. Once he came to America he used Guther :O
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Melchior is quite a grand name!
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