Re: Any information to my family history
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Any information to my family history
11/09/99
Hi Matthew
I don't know if the informatin I give you will be of any use but thought I'd give it a try.
My maiden name was Leeder.When my greatgrandparents came to Canada from Germany the people filling out the forms and documents were all english speaking folks and to them to change the spelling made much more sense than to leave it the way it was,called"anglizing it"With us Leder became Leeder or Leader. You'll notice this with many or rather most european names.
During the wars also it was not very popular to have a foreign sounding name for obvious reasons,so in many cases the families changed the spelling themselves.
Not sure if this will help but I hope so.
Good luck
Donna