Question:
Off topic but Steve I was wondering if you’re related to anyone that attends or works at Princeston? Got an email from someone there with the name Walz. Never seen that name before so I don’t know if it’s common or not. — Michael Nelson
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>Off topic but Steve I was wondering if you’re related to anyone that >attends or works at Princeston? Got an email from someone there with the >name Walz. Never seen that name before so I don’t know if it’s common or >not. >Michael Nelson
I know an astronaut named Carl Walz, and an actress that has been on soaps named Walz, and there are still lots of Walz’s in Deutschland, I see them on German DW-TV in the credits all the time. There are 5 in this town whom I am entirely unrelated to, as far as I know, and I moved here out of the blue. "Walz" refers to rolling or pressing with a roller "walzen" in Deutsch, like a barrel, like Cooper means barrelmaker in english. There have been at least one in every town of 50,000 that I’ve ever visited. It’s not that uncommon. Steve
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Steven Walz) declared in alt.parenting.solutions, > I know an astronaut named Carl Walz, and an actress that has been on > soaps named Walz, and there are still lots of Walz’s in Deutschland, > I see them on German DW-TV in the credits all the time. There are 5 > in this town whom I am entirely unrelated to, as far as I know, and I > moved here out of the blue. > "Walz" refers to rolling or pressing with a roller "walzen" in > Deutsch, like a barrel, like Cooper means barrelmaker in english. > There have been at least one in every town of 50,000 that I’ve ever > visited. It’s not that uncommon. Steve
And I thought Nelson was common! Okay was just curious since I got that email. — Michael Nelson Yahoo Groups: Parenting and child Behavior http://groups.yahoo.com/group/childbehavior/ Philosophy of Human Behavior http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PhilosophyOfTheMind/
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Steve, on a totally unrealted topic. My husband is adopted from Germany. His mother’s maiden name was Matzke. I’ve been telling him all his life he is jewish. What do you think? I know you know a lot about Germany. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Off topic but Steve I was wondering if you’re related to anyone that >attends or works at Princeston? Got an email from someone there with the >name Walz. Never seen that name before so I don’t know if it’s common or >not. >Michael Nelson > I know an astronaut named Carl Walz, and an actress that has been on soaps > named Walz, and there are still lots of Walz’s in Deutschland, I see them > on German DW-TV in the credits all the time. There are 5 in this town whom > I am entirely unrelated to, as far as I know, and I moved here out of the > blue. > "Walz" refers to rolling or pressing with a roller "walzen" in Deutsch, like > a barrel, like Cooper means barrelmaker in english. There have been at least > one in every town of 50,000 that I’ve ever visited. It’s not that uncommon. > Steve
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>Steve, on a totally unrealted topic. >My husband is adopted from Germany. His mother’s maiden name was >Matzke. I’ve been telling him all his life he is jewish. What do you >think? I know you know a lot about Germany.
Why do you think he’s jewish? Many people have German names besides jews in the USA, you know, though this is how Americans think of these names! Oftentimes they are German! That may not even be a German name, it may be Polish, Czech, Hungarian, or Yugoslavian, but especially Austrian, as I found many references to a prominent Matzke family from Vienna. These names all have common central European bases and grew up together in many nations at once from Prussia and Poland down to Austria and east. The jews often took existing German names merely to blend in, or have their name pronounced repeatably. There is no reason to believe he is jewish unless his family has reason to believe that. Matzke is common in the region of eastern Germany and the lands of the old Holy Roman Empire. It has no meaning in Deutsch I can find, however, but many are out of use as to their distant origins. Steve – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> >Off topic but Steve I was wondering if you’re related to anyone that > >attends or works at Princeston? Got an email from someone there with the > >name Walz. Never seen that name before so I don’t know if it’s common or > >not. > >Michael Nelson > I know an astronaut named Carl Walz, and an actress that has been on soaps > named Walz, and there are still lots of Walz’s in Deutschland, I see them > on German DW-TV in the credits all the time. There are 5 in this town whom > I am entirely unrelated to, as far as I know, and I moved here out of the > blue. > "Walz" refers to rolling or pressing with a roller "walzen" in Deutsch, like > a barrel, like Cooper means barrelmaker in english. There have been at least > one in every town of 50,000 that I’ve ever visited. It’s not that uncommon. > Steve
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His adoptive father said he believed his mother was Jewish. If this is true or not or merely his speculation, I do not know. His given name was Manfred, very uncommon in America but quite common I understand in Germany. He could speak three languages fluently at the age of 3, but has long forgotten them all. Sometimes I could swear I hear snatches of other language in his sleep (he’s a talker) but I cannot make it out. Since his mother was quite young and he also had a brother two years older I’ve enouraged him to find out about his ancestry if he can, such a rich heritage to not know about. However, he’s always been happy with his life and has no desire to do so. Thanks for the info. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Steve, on a totally unrealted topic. >My husband is adopted from Germany. His mother’s maiden name was >Matzke. I’ve been telling him all his life he is jewish. What do you >think? I know you know a lot about Germany. > Why do you think he’s jewish? Many people have German names besides jews in > the USA, you know, though this is how Americans think of these names! > Oftentimes they are German! That may not even be a German name, it > may be Polish, Czech, Hungarian, or Yugoslavian, but especially Austrian, > as I found many references to a prominent Matzke family from Vienna. > These names all have common central European bases and grew up together in > many nations at once from Prussia and Poland down to Austria and east. > The jews often took existing German names merely to blend in, or have their > name pronounced repeatably. There is no reason to believe he is jewish > unless his family has reason to believe that. Matzke is common in the > region of eastern Germany and the lands of the old Holy Roman Empire. > It has no meaning in Deutsch I can find, however, but many are out of use > as to their distant origins. > Steve >> >Off topic but Steve I was wondering if you’re related to anyone that >> >attends or works at Princeston? Got an email from someone there with the >> >name Walz. Never seen that name before so I don’t know if it’s common or >> >not. >> >Michael Nelson >> I know an astronaut named Carl Walz, and an actress that has been on soaps >> named Walz, and there are still lots of Walz’s in Deutschland, I see them >> on German DW-TV in the credits all the time. There are 5 in this town whom >> I am entirely unrelated to, as far as I know, and I moved here out of the >> blue. >> "Walz" refers to rolling or pressing with a roller "walzen" in Deutsch, like >> a barrel, like Cooper means barrelmaker in english. There have been at least >> one in every town of 50,000 that I’ve ever visited. It’s not that uncommon. >> Steve
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