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From: "Todd Kohel" <>
Subject: RE: [Czech-Surnames] question
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 08:30:09 -0500
In-Reply-To: <014d01c282ca$ce2f3480$bc324ad1@u6h7v5>


Hi Christi,

While researching my ancestors from Czechoslovakia I found that when they
settled in the U.S. they changed the spelling of their names to John, Jacob
and Mary. Originally they spelled it Johann, Jan, Jakub, Jake, and Marie.

-----Original Message-----
From: Christi Timm [mailto:]
Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 6:52 PM
To:
Subject: [Czech-Surnames] question


One of my ancestor's surnames was Seviar/Sevian/Seviur/Seviun (difficult to
read). Do any of those sound like a Slovak name? Has anyone ever come across
one of those variations?

Also--what would the names John, Jacob, and Mary translate to in Slovak?
Were those common names for Slovaks in the mid- to late-1800s? Both sets of
my ancestor's grandparents were "John and Mary."

Thank you,
Christi
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researching
from Switzerland: BORNER, CHALLANDES, HUBER, MEIER, SCHILD, SCHLECHTER,
WAFFLER, WALDER
from Germany: HERMANNI/HARMONI, TIMM, TONSING, TRABA, YUNKER
from Prussia: DIEBALL, RETICKA
from Scotland/N.Ireland: AIKEN, BORLAND/BORELAND, CAMPBELL,
CHRISTY/CHRISTIE, DIVEN, GLENN, HALL, MAGEE, MONTGOMERY, SMITH
from England: LOWE
from Czechoslovakia: HANISEK, POLCHA, DUBINSKY, SEVIAR/SEVIAN/SEVIUR/SEVIUN
from Wyoming Co./Lackawanna Co., Pa: DUNLAP, DAVIS, HUNTER, POST
from Scranton, Pa: BELSKI, GREEN, McCALL, MILLER, STANKO, WARGO


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