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  • Boyer-Is this a German surname?

    From jjason9942@gmail.com@21:1/5 to DLPolzin on Mon Mar 16 18:02:49 2020
    On Sunday, January 5, 1997 at 1:00:00 AM UTC-7, DLPolzin wrote:
    Ronald Boyer wrote:

    George Boyer, An ancestor, who shows up in Dale, Wisconsin in the 1850 Census,
    indicates that he was from Germany. I have been informed that this is not true since
    Boyer is not a German name. Can anyone confirm this for me?
    I'm not sure who told you that, but I fail to see the logic behind
    saying he could not have come from Germany because his name isn't
    German. Someone's name doesn't necessarily indicate where they are from
    and has very little to do with where they are not from. Someone named Schmidt could have been born in Tokyo and just because their name isn't Japanese doesn't mean they are not from Tokyo. If George said he was
    from Germany, that's where I would look.

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  • From jjason9942@gmail.com@21:1/5 to DLPolzin on Mon Mar 16 18:11:42 2020
    On Sunday, January 5, 1997 at 1:00:00 AM UTC-7, DLPolzin wrote:
    Ronald Boyer wrote:

    George Boyer, An ancestor, who shows up in Dale, Wisconsin in the 1850 Census,
    indicates that he was from Germany. I have been informed that this is not true since

    I AM a Boyer. For years, I agonized over my grandfather saying his name was French. As I knew the family was hiding any German heritage over discrimination during WW II in Pennsylvania. Finally, I located Boye Germany. My mind clicked. I agree that
    the immigrant experience caused many names to be misspelled. I am still curious as to what the real story is and wont give up.






    Boyer is not a German name. Can anyone confirm this for me?
    I'm not sure who told you that, but I fail to see the logic behind
    saying he could not have come from Germany because his name isn't
    German. Someone's name doesn't necessarily indicate where they are from
    and has very little to do with where they are not from. Someone named Schmidt could have been born in Tokyo and just because their name isn't Japanese doesn't mean they are not from Tokyo. If George said he was
    from Germany, that's where I would look.

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  • From jjason9942@gmail.com@21:1/5 to DLPolzin on Mon Mar 16 18:03:04 2020
    On Sunday, January 5, 1997 at 1:00:00 AM UTC-7, DLPolzin wrote:
    Ronald Boyer wrote:

    George Boyer, An ancestor, who shows up in Dale, Wisconsin in the 1850 Census,
    indicates that he was from Germany. I have been informed that this is not true since
    Boyer is not a German name. Can anyone confirm this for me?
    I'm not sure who told you that, but I fail to see the logic behind
    saying he could not have come from Germany because his name isn't
    German. Someone's name doesn't necessarily indicate where they are from
    and has very little to do with where they are not from. Someone named Schmidt could have been born in Tokyo and just because their name isn't Japanese doesn't mean they are not from Tokyo. If George said he was
    from Germany, that's where I would look.

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  • From Chr. Maercker@21:1/5 to jjason9942@gmail.com on Tue Mar 24 20:59:21 2020
    jjason9942@gmail.com wrote:
    Boyer is not a German name. Can anyone confirm this for me?

    Think so. I've never heard the name Boyer here. But HOYER is known in
    Germany. Another similar name is Bayer (also written Baier).


    CU Chr. Maercker.

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