Re: Kirckof/Kirchhoff
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Kirckof/Kirchhoff
Donna Kirckof 7/06/01
I think we might be related.My name is Alexandra Beatty, and my grandmother was Pauline Kirchoff, who was born in Oregon to Louis Kirchoff, who was the son of Heinrich Kirchhoff (who emigrated to the US), and he was the son of Gustav Kirchhoff.Somewhere along the line the second "f" in the surname was dropped, I was told it was to disguise the fact that the family was of Jewish descent. Pauline Kirchoff married George Beatty, and had children Charlotte, Robert, and my father, John Louis who became a professor at UC Riverside.My father and his siblings are all deceased now, but I do know of a cousin in the Astoria, Oregon area. Feel free to contact me at [email protected].