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Thread #84356   Message #1558518
Posted By: Wilfried Schaum
07-Sep-05 - 11:00 AM
Thread Name: BS: US personal names
Subject: RE: BS: US personal names
engl. foam; the surname of the cook. Can also be Schaumlöffel = skimmer, from his tool.
There are some stories spooking in the family about a bowman fighting in the second crusade called in combat: "schau um" = look behind you, but I don't believe this. My ancestors are well documented as innkeepers from the 14th to the 17th centuries, then a younger son had to go to university. So they changed to Lutheran ministers.