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Subject:
Jacob Smil Sir becomes Jacob Smelser
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Lee Anne Center <[log in to unmask]>
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Lee Anne Center <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 26 Feb 2005 22:38:53 -0500
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A witness to a 1849 will signed his name Jacob Smil Sir.

The last paragraph of the will written by an official restated the
witnesses' names, writing Jacob Smil Sir's name as Jacob Smelser.

Does anyone have enough experience with old German names to tell me why
Jacob's surname was signed in two parts, one being Sir?

Lee Anne

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