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Re: CHRISTIAN HAM IN PA - 1880 CENSUS
Posted by: Thomas Humm (ID *****7227)	Date: August 03, 2008 at 11:15:25
In Reply to: CHRISTIAN HAM IN PA - 1880 CENSUS by Leon Stebleton	of 1764

I would like to help you on why the name change. The German pronunciation of Ham, Hamm and Hamme is Haum not ham as a "ham" sandwich. As "A" in German is pronounced "ah". I have found this out after wondering why the name Hamm was changed to Humm when Hamm's migrated to MD from PA. It was an Americanization sounding of the name.

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