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From: "Muriel M. Davidson" <>
Subject: Dutch
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 21:11:51 -0400
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To all:-

My place of birth was near Liverpool, Nova Scotia -- not far
from Bridgewater and other people of Lunenburg County.
In 1940, all who were 16 had to register on the National
Registration --I remember it well!!
However, there were many upset residents of Lunenburg County
who had always stated they were of "Dutch origin" but in truth,
it was their pronounciation of Deutsch -- and like some of my
ancestors (Conrad, Rhodenizer, etc.) their ancestors came from
parts of Germany.
Another reason they thought they were of Dutch origin, the vessels
sailed from Rotterdam, Holand -- and with German immigrants,
the travel route was (for my people) the River Main, then the
Rhine River to Rotterdam -- arrived on the Murdoch 1792.

Muriel M. Davidson
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sandra Thorne (by way of List Admin <>)"
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To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 6:53 PM
Subject: [NB] Dutch


> The following is from a non-subscriber. If you'd like Sandra to see your
> comments, please write to her directly as well as to the list.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Don't ignore the word "Deutsch" (German) either. Many New Brunswick
> Loyalists were of German descent, spoke German and referred to themselves,
> as did those in Pennsylvania, as "Deutsch". This became mispronounced by
> English speakers as "Dutch". The area around Sussex, New Brunswick,
known
> as the "Dutch Valley", was settled by members of the New Jersey
Volunteers,
> among whom were the Snyder/Sniders, the Cougles, and the Stovers - all
> families of German origin from Pennsylvania.
>
> Sandra Thorne



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