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From: "guy grenny" <>
Subject: [SWITZ] Voluse name
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 09:26:59 -0700
References: <410-22003619152237796@earthlink.net>


Yes, Wolf is a gem and so patient. I don't know how he manages to be
sooo patient with us through all these years. 'must be a saint ;o)

Weird thought on "Voluse".....Could that surname have been "Wolhusen"
to begin with and later- as they found themselves among frenchspeakers
(maybe in the frenchspeaking region of Valais) , it was
trans-pronounced to "Voluse" ??? ....... Thats about the best
frenchspeakers on the average would bother with such a name. By the
time F.sp. get through with any word, it sounds French ;o)

Now I know that Wolhusen is the name of a town in Kanton Luzern, but
is it a surname also?
Hanneli

----- Original Message -----
From: "ernest hurst" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 8:22 AM
Subject: RE: AW: [SWITZ] Frustrated--->and humorous
> Wolf,
> Thank you for all of the great information you've posted in the last
few
> days. Now I'll probably be able to find more on my great grandfather
who
> came to USA in 1873, using some of your "tips".
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Ernie Hurst

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