The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-09
After that period some Of them formed

AN'NNA s'i'b BNAlob oJnlO VI bHClil lDlIuCdi
surnames with the Hebrew word Ben,
sslgnifylng son, as per example, Moses
Ben Solomon. Some centuries later
they adopted regular surname, andin
ninety-nine cases out of hundred
with some slgniiican O. Eng ish read
ers not conversant with the German
tongue will pr BIZ Jly be surprised when
they learn that all of the Hebrew
names beginning with "Rosenn have
some beautiful meaning. The names
OF Essential, very common one
among Jewish people of German de-
scent, translated into English means
Rosedale; Rosenbaum signifies Rose
tree Rosenberg, Rosenill hosenzweig,
Rosebranch; Rosenield, Roseield;
Rosen arten, Rosegarden; Posenblatt,
Roseleaf; / osenbluth, Rosebud; Rosen.
valid, Rosewood; Rosenwasser, rose
water. The last name has been trans
lated into ,nglish by some, and others
have compromised matters by calling
it Rosenwater. Nearly all the names
can be translated with ease, o., for in
stance, Steinfeld, which translated
would read StoneGeld; Nussbaum,
Nuttree; Mandebaum. Almondtree;
Steinberg, Stonehill Felsenheld, Hero
OF the nock; .ilienthal, Lilydale; " ell
denbaum, Willowt ee; Wiengarten,
Vineyard; Morgenthal, Morningdale;
Sonenschien, unshine; fothschild,
Redsign; and so on through the long
list of Hebrew names. The above
would indicate that number of these
names we're chosen owing to some Pc
culiar circumstance connected with
their surroundings. A number o. the
surnames were evidently taken from
the name of the city they occupied at
that time, as the following few exam
pies VIII show: Guggenheimer Rohr-
heimer, Tiemendorfer, Hamburger,
Lahrheim, Berliner, Alsbacher. etc.
They also ado tie the names of coun-
tries, such as Englander, Englishman;
Deutsch, German, and Others without
number. In the animal kingdom are
found such cognomens as Leow, lion;
kalb, calf; Cans, goose; Wolf, bear;
Katz, cat. Among the birds very
common name is that of Strauss, os-
trich, which can a so be translated into
nosegay; Vogel, bird; Hahn, rooster
and Adler eagle. A number of Jew
ish people have adopted for the family
name the first name, VIII oh explains
the presence all over the world of PEG.
pc bearing such surnames rs Abrams,
lsaacs, Moses, Levi, >amuels, Solo.
mons, Aarons, Jacobs, and others.
Some annexed the "son.h custom
common with other people, producing
such names as Aaronson, olomonson,
and Others Surnames, slgnifying
some occupation, are MT COM
mon IN the Hebrew race, al
though such names as Smith, Koch.
ook, Lederer, l.eatherman. Mailer,
Painter, Schoenlaerber, Dyer, Schlos-
ser, l.ocksmith, naufmann, Merchant.
and others Of like import are occasi n.
ally found. Some OF them have part
ly or in whole been An 5lici ed, which
accounts for such surnames anon
American Hebrews of German de mt
as Austrian. Oestrelcher, Black,
schwart Goodheart, Guther,, etc.
The name of ashberg was doubtless
written originally kirchberg, hurch
hill and thus a number of name,
viii h Rave no particu ar significance
can be counted for Colors of eve Y
description are also foul among jew
lsh names, such as Weiss white 10th
red Gruen green Bau blue l..
The sizes a dist nguished by Gross
(arge), niein (Anglicled occasion
ally to Kline, signifying small or
little. Among the curious names can
be found such as Iutentag good day,
Grosskopf big head and a few 9TH
ers. ohm, ohen, Kohn or Kahn, q
name often found, has its derivation
from the title given in biblical days to
the jewish people who OBLIGATED as
high priests. Those bearing that sur
name claim to be direct descen ants
of the chosen among the ''chosen peo-
pie of cod" There are also Neu-
mann and Altman new man and old
mani, Grossmann and Klelnmann big
man and little man -, Bergma noun
tain man , and so on through the long
list. Surnames such as ,amplner and
and Schesinger have their origin in
Hun rarian towns and counties. The
number is almost without limit Col
umns might be printed on the subject
and the end could never be reached
Clecetand Hera d.
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