my husband's last name is spieles, i know that spiel is a german word that can be translated as 'game' or 'play' or something like that, but i can't find any info on a family name. i know it's spelling may have been changed, but i don't know how to go about finding out what it was changed from. only his mother is living, and she has no idea.
Anyone have any ideas?
2007-02-19 10:35:30 · 3 answers · asked by ♥Sweet♥ 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
mama_tee
I believe that Spieles is in fact German. I took a look on Ancestry.com and it appears that all of the immigrating Spieles in the 1900 census listed Germany as their birthplace. I also checked the immigration records on Ancestry and most of them there were from Germany/Prussia too. There are 213 Spieles listed on Ancestry in various family trees. If there is a certain family you would like for me to try to locate, let me know and I will do what I can. Take care
2007-02-19 13:56:44 · answer #1 · answered by HSK's mama 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It may be a shorter version of the original, my fiances last name is a combo of two German last names Brieten and Bucher. It looks like they cut the beginning. Good luck in your search.
2007-02-19 18:44:54 · answer #2 · answered by mslorikaraoke 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's probable that if his family came over in the 1800's or early 1900's that his last name was changed. It was policy to "Americanize" names back then.
2007-02-19 19:01:42 · answer #3 · answered by chaseunchase 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋