Okay good i have your attention, my dads surname is 'Oschman' and i believe this is a german name, i was wondering if there is a possibility of it being a german jewish surname, his grandparents came over to england in the 30s and i was wondering could they be jewish!
2007-06-13 08:37:07 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
Yep, Jimmy... I don't often do abuse reports, but I was getting ready to hit that button.
If my name is Smith... does that make me Methodist, Catholic, or Buddist?? I could be any of those. Check out my ancestor, John Smith... and see if he appears in Baptist records (and don't forget... his daddy could have disowned him, if daddy was of another church affiliation.)
My friendly message is to not link a name to any certain religious affiliation (or even nationality for that matter). Given the political climate just prior to WW2, yes, many persons left Germany, and for many reasons.
Work your SPECIFICS. Meaning, the exact names of the grandparents, their ages, and any possible records you can confirm. Especially if you can link them to siblings, and a town. It is possible then to zoom in on possible records in that town (or maybe buried in archives on a national level). With more details, you are much more likely to find accurate documentation.
2007-06-13 08:59:23 · answer #1 · answered by wendy c 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
As far as I know, Oschman is a German name, of Bavarian origin. It's also spelled with two n's (Oschamnn). Also, many non-Jewish Germans fled the country in the 30's. Several members of my family did.
2007-06-13 18:03:49 · answer #2 · answered by Letizia 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ancestry.com lists the following ports of origin for the surname Oschman:
1 Russia
1 Ireland
1 Germany
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/fact.aspx?&fid=Oschman
You might also want to look at http://www.cousinconnect.com/p/a0sOschman
Again, these findings also demonstrate that researchers shouldn't to jump to any conclusions about either their ancestors' religion or their nationality. For instance, in researching my own family history, I have seen family names move from one country to another and then back again a couple a generations later. In my case, it was Scotland to France and back to Scotland or from Scotland to the Netherlands and then back to Scotland.
Similarly, religious affiliation is comparatively fluid; often it depends upon what the ruler of the country requires of his or her subjects; for example, many principalities in Northern Germany became Protestant during the Reformation while most southern German principalities stayed Roman Catholic. Sometimes a family will emigrate in order to escape persecution, but they still might not belong to a faith for which the researcher thinks he or she is looking. For example, I have met Germans who escaped from Nazi Germany because they had become Latter-Day-Saints, but I've also met German Jews, Roman Catholics, and Lutherans--all who all fled the Nazis.
Much earlier some Palantine Germans (who were usually Anabaptists or Mennonites) eventually immigrated to Ireland to escape religious persecution and then on to the New World. Among their descendants are Richard Nixon. The Nixons, incidentally, were members of the Society of Friends, or Quakers.
2007-06-13 17:35:09 · answer #3 · answered by Ellie Evans-Thyme 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
One learns about one's family one generation back at a time.
2007-06-13 16:19:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
yeah, you're a jew you got a problem with that?!?
2007-06-14 01:38:45 · answer #5 · answered by esthie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋