[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Schleger LEIR or LIER?

[Günther Böhm]

Am 03.11.2011 00:30, schrieb Jack Milner:
> Is the name Leir or Lier?
>
> There is a Jacob Leir 1856 - 1959 and an  Emilie Leir 1866 - 1941 buried
> in the Yellow Grass Cemetery.  A photo of the headstone can be viewed at:.
>
> http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=521&GScid=2198633&GRid=55718819&
>
>
> Jack Milner

Hello Jack,
I think LEIR is an americanized version of LIER.
There is just on LEIR entry in the German telephone directory and he seems to be of Russian origin:

    LEIR Vitalij
    Grollmannsweg 14
    44357 Dortmund
    phone (02 31) 9 26 97 41

but 1046 LIER entries.

Günther