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Subject: Re: [JOHNS] john/johns
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:13:22 EDT


The name JOHN or JOHNS does not exist in Germany. Many emigrants with
German names that could be translated into the Welsh-English name JOHN or JOHNS
adopted the English spelling. These German emigrants are not related, in any
way, to the Welsh-English John or Johns..


In a message dated 10/31/2008 8:39:52 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
writes:

the orginal name was john, from wandehausen germany. johns was added when
the come into the port of baltimore because there was 7 of them. johns i
welsh.
charles
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