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in reply to a message by Sara Ruth
Hi!
I think there must be some misunderstandings, f.e. "Dresi": Resi was a very popular nickname in Austria, a short form of Theresia; when they talk about persons, people often add an article, f.e. "der Thomas", "die Anna" etc, like "the Catherine", something like that. In dialect it often is shortened, like "d´Anna"; so if I read "Dresi" it´s like "die Resi", but I don´t know if it´s possible that such a form appears in an official document.
I.H. could really mean Juda Hirsch, in the documents of former times they weren´t as strict as today;-)
Malke is used in northern Germany, also Silesia and so on. I could imagine that it´s just a short form, just like Malte and so on; it stand for Mark, or a form of Malachy, I think there are a few possibilities. Try to ask sb. of the region over there, in Austria this name is not known.
It´s like that: if your parents aren´t married, you get the name of your mum; if you get married, you take the name of your husband (in former times it was always like that, today it´s possible to take a double name or to keep your own name, but most women still take the name of their husbands). If you divorce, you can choose: either you return to your own family name, or you keep the name of your ex.
If you divorce and decide to take your original surname, your children will still wear their father´s name. You can change it, but normally they will keep it.
And so on; I hope you got the system somehow, but in fact there are many possibilities. I can explain more if you want to, but I don´t want to confuse you.
If a woman took the name of her husband, in her documents will always appear "geb. Einmaldank" means "born ...". And so on.
There is no title in Austria beginning with Cha. Maybe it´s an abbreviation of Chaya? Or any other hebrew name? Or maybe there are jewish titles beginning with it, but I think it´s more the first syllabe of a first name, because in those times women had rarely titles, I guess.
I hope I could help you a bit. Sorry if my explanations are a little bit confuse:-) Miriam
I think there must be some misunderstandings, f.e. "Dresi": Resi was a very popular nickname in Austria, a short form of Theresia; when they talk about persons, people often add an article, f.e. "der Thomas", "die Anna" etc, like "the Catherine", something like that. In dialect it often is shortened, like "d´Anna"; so if I read "Dresi" it´s like "die Resi", but I don´t know if it´s possible that such a form appears in an official document.
I.H. could really mean Juda Hirsch, in the documents of former times they weren´t as strict as today;-)
Malke is used in northern Germany, also Silesia and so on. I could imagine that it´s just a short form, just like Malte and so on; it stand for Mark, or a form of Malachy, I think there are a few possibilities. Try to ask sb. of the region over there, in Austria this name is not known.
It´s like that: if your parents aren´t married, you get the name of your mum; if you get married, you take the name of your husband (in former times it was always like that, today it´s possible to take a double name or to keep your own name, but most women still take the name of their husbands). If you divorce, you can choose: either you return to your own family name, or you keep the name of your ex.
If you divorce and decide to take your original surname, your children will still wear their father´s name. You can change it, but normally they will keep it.
And so on; I hope you got the system somehow, but in fact there are many possibilities. I can explain more if you want to, but I don´t want to confuse you.
If a woman took the name of her husband, in her documents will always appear "geb. Einmaldank" means "born ...". And so on.
There is no title in Austria beginning with Cha. Maybe it´s an abbreviation of Chaya? Or any other hebrew name? Or maybe there are jewish titles beginning with it, but I think it´s more the first syllabe of a first name, because in those times women had rarely titles, I guess.
I hope I could help you a bit. Sorry if my explanations are a little bit confuse:-) Miriam
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