Re: Stuth to Lange mid/late 1800s
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Stuth to Lange mid/late 1800s
Susanne Hagan 9/20/11
It is often difficult to pin down exact reasons for a name change, and in many cases there aren't official records. If the change only happened after they arrived in the US, the reasoning was probably "to fit in", same as Joachim becoming Joseph.
If you can find the family in France or Germany (do you know where they were from originally more exactly?), you might find that Lange was a family name somewhere.
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Re: Stuth to Lange mid/late 1800s
Susanne Hagan 9/21/11