Re: attempting to find family
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Re: attempting to find family
Sidney Persing 5/10/12
I have only looked at the association briefly. I have seen several cases where people born with the surname Pershing and the census enumerator wrote down Persing. I have also seen the reverse. Recently I was contacted by someone that insisted their ancestors were Pershing. Upon further examination his ancestor was actually descended from Persings. During the time of the popular General Pershing, the family suddenly accepted the spelling of "Pershing" for their surname and that spelling persisted till today. So not all Pershings are related. Best to the knowledge of Pershing genealogists across the country, the only surviving line of Pershings descends from the immigrant Friederick Pfoershing (Frederick Pershing) and any others are results of spelling changes of other surnames. I know that sounds awfully definitive, but I have yet to see any evidence to the contrary.
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Re: attempting to find family
Sidney Persing 5/11/12