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From: Roselyn George <>
Subject: Re: [GEORGE] Origins of GEORGE
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:37:25 -0600
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Vicki, did we have some correspondence several years ago? I think it
was about the George family. You had plans to move to Colorado at
that time.

Roselyn George
On Aug 15, 2008, at 2:55 PM, Vicki Stewart wrote:

> Shirlee..... The name Gerloch is definitely German. I have been
> told that
> he went by Kellogg here in U.S. (maybe Kellogg is the English
> version of
> Gerlach??)
>
>
> Vicki Stewart
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [mailto:george-
> ] On
> Behalf Of Shirlee Lee
> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 4:39 AM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [GEORGE] Origins of GEORGE
>
> Dawna...
> In this email what is "Gerloch"?
> I believe that Jans Christian and Christian are probably
> the same.....
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dawna lamb" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 7:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [GEORGE] Origins of GEORGE
>
>
>> Do you have any dates on Gerloch and Christian born, and who they
>> married
>> and where you found this information in SLC? I have a Jans Christian
>> (Kristien) and this is the first time I have seen any reference to a
>> Christian. I am heading to SLC main library Monday and would love to
>> research this .
>>
>> Thank you
>> Dawna
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Vicki Stewart" <>
>> To: <>
>> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 8:33 AM
>> Subject: [GEORGE] Origins of GEORGE
>>
>>
>>
>> I have been reading the rantings about being teased about your last
>> name.
>> I
>> too experienced the same "nicknames" that everyone else has had
>> happen.
>> So
>> guess it's more common than I thought.
>>
>> As for the origin of the name George: I had always thought it was
>> English,
>> but when I started researching, I found that my George ancestors
>> immigrated
>> to the U.S. in 1850s from Germany. In German, the last name was
>> spelled
>> without the last E........ Georg. The E was added here in the U.S.
>> Gerloch
>> George and his family landed at Leavenworth, KS where there was
>> quite a
>> large number of German immigrants; in fact they started a German
>> Lutheran
>> school for the children.
>>
>> I have found a lot of info on my gg grandfather and his immediate
>> family,
>> but I have "hit with the brickwall" when looking for his brother,
>> Christian
>> George, who, I think, came a few years after Gerloch and his
>> family. I'm
>> certain that he didn't settle in Leavenworth, KS, but where??? Both
>> Gerloch
>> and Christian were born, baptized, and married in Leibenscheid,
>> Germany.
>> I
>> have found those records from Salt Lake City.
>>
>> I am curious if there is anyone out there from this line of the
>> GEORGE's.
>> Vicki George Stewart
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [mailto:george-
>> ] On
>> Behalf Of Alexa K Richard
>> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 5:17 AM
>> To:
>> Subject: [GEORGE] Origins of GEORGE
>>
>> I began my genealogy quest way back in 1975. My mother had claimed
>> her
>> GEORGE roots were Irish, but most everyone would tell me, "GEORGE
>> is an
>> English name". So I began my quest. I've found my paternal lines with
>> ease. My mother's maternal lines were a breeze. Here it is more
>> than 30
>> years later, and I've only gone back as far as the early 1800s
>> Philadelphia
>> with my GEORGE line and can't find what happened to my GEORGE
>> great-grandparents in the after 1907. My grandfather died in 1934
>> and took
>> all his knowledge with him. The lines connecting to the GEORGEs
>> have been
>> easier to trace, but those GEORGE people are tough.
>>
>> I remember telling my mother I thought her family name was really
>> JAMES
>> and
>> her grandfather must have been Jesse and his brother was probably
>> Frank,
>> so
>> to be on the safe side, the family changed their name to GEORGE. She
>> didn't
>> appreciate my humor.
>>
>> Washington GEORGE? Oh, that must be a killer to do searches on.
>>
>>> From my research, I've found many GEORGEs in the Philadelphia and
>> Pittsburgh areas of Pennsylvania and the surrounding counties. I
>> don't
>> know
>> if they were ultimately related.
>>
>> Alexa
>> Not a GEORGE by name but one by bloodline
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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