Re: [Cz-L] Why I joined the list

Nigel,

Pepi - in Bukovina this name was short for Perla, while in more southerly R=
omanina it seems to have been used as a nickname for Josephina. Many, many=
 people went by their 'second' name, if they had two first names i.e. - Yo'=
el Shlame was called Shlame by everyone who knew him in the town, Chana D'v=
ora was Dora, Chaim Anchel was Adolf etc.=20

Also the diminuative "le" was added to names - resulting in Moshele, Yosele=
, Mendele, Ettele, Adele. Another pattern was chopping off the first sylla=
ble and paring down the rest of the name and adding a vowel [I don't know h=
ow the vowel as determined] Emmanuel - Manu, Jacob - Kubi, Meshulem - Shilu=
, etc.

I have quite a list for decoding people & relationships in my family.

Regards,
Shellie Wiener
San Francisco, CA

On Sun, 9 Aug 2009 13:04:39 +0100 "Nigel Siederer" <NigelSiederer_at_good-foun=
dations.co.uk> wrote in part:

"... Is it possible to check the burial registers for the name Riemer, spec=
ifically Mechachem Mendel Riemer and his wife Perl, who were my other Czern=
owitz great-great grandparents (and CH Siederer's parents-in-law)? Perl Rie=
mer might have been listed as Perl Freier.=A0 The only other name of intere=
st would be my grandfather's oldest sister Pepi Goldenberg and her husband =
Leon, who might have died in Czernowitz in the early 1900s or just possibly=
 the 1890s.=A0 (We think it was Goldenberg not Goldenburg, and heaven knows=
 what Pepi was short for.=A0 The family were strong on nicknames.)..."=0A=
=0A=0A

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