Ignatz John Kollain
b: 23 JUN 1867 in Isak or Saboch, Austria
Various records of Ignatz and his offspring show many forms of spelling: Kollain, Kollian, Kollein, Kollien
Fortunately, the 1920 Monroe Township, Middlesex, NJ, census taker did not speak German and simply wrote their name phonetically; and the record confirms the pronunciation of our surname as Coline.
That must explain why one of my husband's lines - D'Arco - comes out as Docco on one of the censuses - New Jersey accent, I guess!
ReplyDeleteExcellent use of census information!
ReplyDeleteOne of my connection surnames - BATTICE - is sometimes spelled - PATTICE. Since his origins are still a 'genealogical mystery', I have sometimes wondered what kind of accent he had.
There are about 4 different spellings of my Rome line in the censuses (Draughn, Rhone, Roan, Rome). Luckily for me, this is the only line that actually stayed put, at least until mid 1900's. Otherwise, I would have never found them.
ReplyDeleteYou are lucky - those spelling variations are different enough to give you a few research headaches.
ReplyDeleteIgnatz is my great grandfather as well. Do you have a email I can contact you with?
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