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To: Tax-chick
My mother, born 1913:

Winifrieda Katharina Emma Yochim.

Went by "Wynne" (pronounced "Winnie.")

133 posted on 12/09/2012 5:57:58 AM PST by Mrs. Don-o (asdfg)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

We had a lady called Winnie in our church. She was very old, died a few years ago. I figured her real name was some variant of Winifreda, since she was from Belgium.

We get some interesting names in the Spanish congregation, because they’re often named for the feast day on which they’re born. One of my best friends is Asuncion, “Assumption,” and the father of one of my Cub Scouts is Dolores, for Our Lady of Sorrows; his wife is Maria Amparo, “Mary, Help of Christians.” Both men and women are commonly named Guadalupe, which sometimes confuses the record-keeping for Sunday School: my list is off on the boy/girl count, because whoever entered them thought both Guadalupe and Genesis were boys, but they’re girls!


134 posted on 12/09/2012 6:18:27 AM PST by Tax-chick (More than you ever wanted to know, right?)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Mom’s original given name was reputed to be “Goldie.” As an adult, she went by another first name, but used the middle initial of “G” (only).


146 posted on 12/09/2012 9:56:38 AM PST by Erasmus (Zwischen des Teufels und des tiefen, blauen Meers)
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