Many Jews chose their profession as their name...ie Kraemer (Merchant),
Schlosser(Locksmith) etc. Cornel.
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[mailto:bounce-122195659-8441035_at_list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Peggy Walt
Sent: 15 January 2018 19:03
To: lapidotm_at_inter.net.il
Cc: Ilana Halpern; teller; carlos hecker; czernowitz-l_at_list.cornell.edu
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Did Austro-Hungarian Jews buy their surnames?
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My husband=E2=80=99s family name from Czernowitz was Hite (or Chayet), =
but at some point it was changed to Walt. He believes his grandfather =
was a tailor and the sign was over the door, meaning both tailor and the =
family name. The name change was attributed to his grandfather having =
to serve on a jury where some fascists were convicted and wanting to not =
be so conspicuous, were were told. I did find his grandmother=E2=80=99s =
grave in the cemetery records, hand-written =E2=80=9CWalt=E2=80=9D on =
her headstone. But haven=E2=80=99t found much else in JewishGen in =
terms of family birth, marriage records with that name.
Thanks, Peggy
Peggy Walt, Owner/President
Cultural Affairs Consulting & Promotion
1240 Edward Street Halifax NS B3H 3H4
(902) 422-5403 office (902) 476-1096 cell
peggy_at_culturalaffairs.ca
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