Does anyone have information on a man taking his new wife's maiden name upon his marriage?
For years there has been a story in our family that a hundred or more years ago, a male member of our family was required in Germany to take his new wife's maiden name if he chose to marry a farmer's daughter if he wished to live on her family's farm. For years I have been looking for evidence of this and yesterday I came across what I believe may be an important piece of genealogical history to support this theory. I am perplexed because in my nearly 40 plus years of research of German families, I have never seen the following written into a baptism record. In the birth and baptism record of Theodor Franz Konermann, born and baptised in July 1864 in Lengerich, Landkreis Lingen, Niedersachsen
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS8Y-VS8J-V?cc=3015626 it states the following in the column of the parents' names: Bernard Heinrich Konermann . . . . (unknown few words) geborne Thünemann und Anna Maria Thersia Konermann. Has anyone ever seen this documented for the name of a male person? Was this a common practice in Germany at that time? Any assistance would be deeply appreciated. Thank you.
KG Thienemann, (private information removed)
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URL rescued from the auto-mangler https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS8Y-VS8J-V?cc=3015626
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@Keith Thienemann Mod note: Community is a public online forum. For your privacy, your post was edited to remove private contact information. Please see the Community Code of Conduct for more details.
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The procedure you describe was typical for the area called Westphalia in northwestern Germany. It is known as "Hofname" (farm name). See
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Herr Neitzel,
vielen Dank für Ihre prompte Antwort auf meine Frage. Ich hatte noch nie von dieser Praxis des „Hofnamens“ gehört - ich habe eine neue Tatsache in der deutschen Geschichte und Genealogie gelernt. Ich schätze Ihre Antwort sehr.KG Thienemann
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