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Dear Edgar,
Thank you. That=E2=80=99s very informative. Perhaps there is a legal docume=
nt, much
like your grandfather=E2=80=99s, that would similarly explain it.
Boaz Weintraub
On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 12:34 AM Edgar Hauster <bconcept_at_hotmail.com> wrote=
:
> Dear Boaz,
>
> The name change for my grandfather from Elias Silber to Elias Hauster
> happened in 1898 when he enrolled at the Technical University in Vienna.
> I've posted his certificate of enrollment at our Ehpes Blog
>
> http://ehpes.com/blog1/?p=3D10612
>
> displaying the following note by the dean in the upper left corner: "Name
> change from Silber to Hauster effected in accordance with margin number 1=
75
> 2/3 [?] by the rectorate of the Imperial and Royal Technical University".
> As a matter of fact this was a change from the maternal family name (Chan=
e
> Jente Silber) to the paternal one (Isak Hauster, initially Hausthor).
> Still, according to the Austrian laws and notwithstanding the name change=
,
> Elias was illegitimate in 1898, since his parents Isak and Chane Jente ha=
d
> their civil marriage, at an advanced age, only in 1902; no doubt about, p=
er
> Jewish rite, their were married for decades earlier.
>
> A similar situation, dear Boaz, may apply for your great-grandfather too?=
!
> Just my two cents...! Warmest wishes!
>
> Edgar Hauster
> ________________________________________
> From: bounce-122920198-8322570_at_list.cornell.edu <
> bounce-122920198-8322570_at_list.cornell.edu> on behalf of Dad <
> weinboaz_at_gmail.com>
> Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2018 20:05
> To: Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu
> Subject: [Cz-L] Question regarding surname change
>
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>
>
> Hello listserve,
>
> My great-grandfather was originally named Isaac Ravitz (Rawitz) and was a
> rabbi/teacher in Rabbi Friedman's court in Sadagora, Bukovina. Around
> WW1, he moved with the his family, along with Rabbi Friedman, to Vienna
> Austria. At the time, he changed the surname from "Ravitz" to
> "Weintraub". I'm wondering if the surname change was a common practice t=
o
> integrate better in Vienna, Austria (or even in Bukovina where the surnam=
e
> is not uncommon).
>
> On a sidneote, I enjoy this listserve and the valuable information it
> provides.
>
> Boaz Weintraub
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