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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Dirksen, Theresa |
| Title, Analytic | The Importance of German Farm Names: A Case Study |
| Journal Title | Germanic Genealogy Journal |
| Date of Publication | Spring 2009 |
| Volume ID | 12 |
| Issue ID | 1 |
| Location in Work | 12-14, ill. |
| Language or Document Type | English |
| ISSN | 1548-3150 |
| Abstract | Farm names in Germany were often retained unchanged; "the farm and its name were so important that if a man married the heiress to a farm, he dropped his surname in favor of his wife's surname, that is, the farm's name." This article brings this custom to light by examining the search for an immigrant ancestor's village of origin, as well as the location of settlement in the U.S. the immigrant's name was George Eganhouse [Eggenhaus/Eggenhues]. The author discovered the town of origin to be Ennigeloh, in Westphalia. One of the ancestors there had, upon marrying an heiress to a farm, taken her name: Osthockelmann. Searching passenger indexes for this surname revealed the immigrant Gerhard Osthockelmann, who had arrived in New Orleans in 1847 and had purchased land in Bellevue, Jackson County, Iowa. |
| Call Number | MKI Periodicals |
| MKI Terms | Family History/ Genealogy/ Eganhouse/ Westphalia/ Osthockelmann |