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From: "Gerre Byrd" <>
Subject: RE: [ENYART] Surname Origin
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 13:11:12 -0400
In-Reply-To: <004701c545b3$58c9a640$0e02a8c0@WorkGroup>


Okay Gale, sounds good. Does he have any idea about how the ENYART spelling
originated in Holland? Has anyone on the LIST ever found any ENYARTS in
Holland or Germany 1600's, 1700's ????

Gerre

-----Original Message-----
From: Blacksnake [mailto:]
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 9:15 AM
To:
Subject: Re: [ENYART] Surname Origin


Hi Gerre,
We don't speak German but my husband speaks Dutch if you ever need that
translated or explained. Gale
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerre Byrd" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 9:29 AM
Subject: [ENYART] Surname Origin


>
> Folks, I don't know GERMAN, but have a German friend. He explained to me
> that the "d" in a name is pronounced like a "t" in German.
>
> So ENGARD comes across like ENGART to an English speaking speller.
>
> I've not asked him how an "e" becomes an "a" when interpreted by the
> English.
>
> Nor have I asked him how an "s" becomes a "d" or a "t".
>
> It's possible that my ENGARD descends from Peter ENGERS who migrated from
> Kreigsheim, HOLLAND to an area around Worms, GERMANY. (Worms is
pronounced
> VARMZ). It's also possible my Philip was Philip ENGERS, son of Heinrich
> ENGERS and wife, Appolina in Alsenz, Phalz, Germany, as found in the LDS
> records.
>
> For more information on the migration of many German families from
> Kriegsheim, pull up the UMSTADTT website. It's awesome.
>
>
> I'm sure the list would appreciate hearing from someone who is fluent in
> German who can confirm or deny some of the above information.
>
>
> Gerre Engard Byrd
>
>
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>
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