Serious answers pls. Before WW1 my forebears to the UK from Germany. They had to change their surname,?

Question

and anglicise their first names because of abuse and persecution (even tho their eldest son served in the army). They changed their surnames from Schultz to Shutt (which was a known surname locally) Anyone know of any other similar changes in your families??
Serious answers please

Answer 1

Since WWII, there are practically no Hitlers in Germany - you can understand why an innocent Hitler wouldn't want to hang onto the name.

My husband's father was from the Shetland Islands, which is actually closer to Norway than to mainland Scotland - their ancestors anglicised (well, Scoticised!)their surname from Bjorn to Burns. I have no knowledge of the reasons behind this though.

Answer 2

Around the universe...but temples were built in the places that were accessible, on earth and where people knew the importance of the place. You don't know for sure that there were no such temples in other parts of the world. There has been destruction of a lot of religious monuments during the spread of the Abrahamic religions. So we can't comment on it. Also, these temples did not sprout up at the time the pieces fell. For thousands of years, these sites would have been venerated as holy places, until some king decided to build a temple. Also this knowledge could be lost before a temple was built. So we don't know how many cities we might have visited without realizing the importance of the place. Do you know that Harishchandra and Satyawan were Indians? Where has it been mentioned? Those ancient names could have referred to any part of the world. Indian civilization has never been limited to these geographical boundaries. Did you know that at Kurukshetra, armies from Russia and China also came? God permeates through everything not limited to India or even the earth. He truly belongs to all Lokas and the entire Universe. I'll add this question to my watchlist so that I can address any further queries you might add as additional details. EDIT: I do not know much about the armies. It's just been mentioned in the Mahabharata that the armies were present on the Kaurava side. GAndhAri means from "GandharA" which is present-day Kandahar in Afghanistan. Even Vikramaditya's empire extended well into the middle-east (I don't know where exactly on the netI've heard this.) In Egypt, 10,000 year old tombs have been excavated, showing Indian fabrics and textiles. Even today, Russian maintains similarities to Sanskrit, despite having different script. The Roma language of the gypsies in Eastern Europe and Russia is remarkably similar to Sanskrit. Maybe that's why the Periodic Table was discovered by Russian Dmitri Mendeleev (he would have had less difficulty interpreting ancient Indian scriptures.) and Kirllian photography (enables to see the aura) was also made by Russians. I am also just a seeker and do not know everything. All I know for sure is "Indian" civilization was a world-wide civilization until other countries stopped practicing it. Also the Mayan civilization is South America is said to be that of the architect of Asuras Maya, who helped to build Indraprastha. This might be a theory worthy of investigation.

Answer 3

In some case it was not the immigrant who changed the name but instead the immigration person / people who either could not understand the immigrant, could not spell it or were too lazy to write it.
- My step father's ancestors immigrated to Canada from Sweden with the name Warnelius, now you tell me how they got Paul from that?
- My father's anestors were part of the "Planatation" people sent from Scotland to N.Ireland and changed their name from Mac to just Mc thus loosing the Scottish connection.
- My husband's family dropped the "a" from Da after the Spanish inquisition because of association and now are D'.

Answer 4

I believe many Polish families anglicised their names too when they came over to Britain, maybe to fit in better or just because the British could neither pronounce nor spell these names!

Answer 5

Not to my family but you have to remember that the Royal family also changed their name during WW1.The Royal family were originally known as the house of Saxe-Coburgh-Gotha (not Battenberg as incongru stated - that is the name of a cake) but King George changed the name to Windsor in 1917.

Answer 6

My father's mother's parents came over from Germany - not sure of the date but my father born in 1913 (he is now deceased),They changed their surname from Hellman to Hillman, but i believe kept all their first names. I dont know if they did it to avoid abuse or because they had been subjected to abuse.

Answer 7

Raminsky which actually was a polish name changed to Ramsay
Schmitt also was changed to Smith

Answer 8

My great grandfather changed the pronounciation of the family's last name because of ridicule after they arrived in Boston in 1904. Cirinna was pronounced "Chi-REE-nah" and he changed it to "Se-re-nah." Hope this helps.

Answer 9

Ceck out the Royal family - why do you think they chenged their family name to Windsor.

Answer 10

my grandparents moved to the states during the hungarian revolution and my grandma had to change her first name from Rosa to Rose (now my name), but they kept their last name because it wasn't very long and it was easy to pronounce