Meaning of an abbreviation
The record in question is on the left-side page, 4th from the bottom for Maria Pankoke
What is the meaning of the abbreviation right after her name? I see the same abbreviation in several other records on that page.
THANKS
https://data.matricula-online.eu/en/deutschland/muenster/albersloh-st-ludger/KB004/?pg=4
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I looked at a few pages and occasionally the last letter of the abbreviation is written out as dicte, dicta and dictug (possibly dictus?). A surname invariably follows the abbreviation. It may be the abbreviation for "genitus dictus" meaning "said born" (the surname called at birth) but I am only guessing at what the first letter stands for.
Note: some of the men in this document have this abbreviation followed by a surname. I'm understanding that in some areas men did sometimes take the name of a farm or the name of their wife if they moved to the wife's farm.
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I agree with @JohnsonGreg that the abbreviation (or rather shorthand symbol) has the meaning of "[also] called". A Latin word for this (used particularly in the Münster area) was "condictus/condicta". Note that the first "letter" looks like a mirrored "c".
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In the Versmold area, Hof names are usually written as "Müller d. Selchert". The 'd.' is for dictus/dicta. An assortment of words can be used to indicate a Hof name, such as alias, modo, gennant. I have never seen dictus/dicta included where the Hof naming system is described. Perhaps it was only used in a few locations.
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If I am understanding this correctly, you are saying that this abbreviation is the same as saying "geboren" followed by their maiden name or the name they were born with?
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If you check the first page you find genannt, dictus and yet another abbreviation.
Maiden name can be excluded: you find these mentions also for men.
Genannt = named, mentioned: so these are a sort of nickname, possibly related to a farm. Note also that the names are occasionally combined with Vader or Moder, which I assume to be the local dialect for father and mother.
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I've seen that symbol that looks like an 'H' on the entry for the 21st. It was used to denote 'Grosse', as in the name "Grosse Dingwert"
It is probably a 'g' followed by a mark to indicate abbreviation. So it could mean genannt here.
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