[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Elisabeth and Luise

[Eleanor L Haas]

We know an Elisabeth in Alsace but she goes by "Lise" pronounced "Lisa".
. . Eleanor

On Tue, 15 Apr 2003 10:19:35 -0700 Rose Ingram <roseingram at shaw.ca>
writes:
> I have seen much of this too.  I can only think she was called 
> "Lizzie or
> Lissie" and the recorder mistook took it for Luise.
> 
> Rose Ingram
> 
> 
> >     There appears to be a considerable frequency of 
> interchangeability
> between the given names of Elisabeth and Luise in German Lutheran 
> church
> records from Poland.
> >     For example, a birth record might indicate the child's name as 
> being
> Elisabeth but in a death record it might be recorded as Luise.  This 
> occurs
> frequently enough to make one believe there is some sort of 
> connection
> between the two names.
> >     Does anyone have a likely explanation for this?
> >
> > With many thanks,
> > John Marsch
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