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From: Rockne Johnson <>
Subject: Re: [DK] Naming
Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 21:56:41 -0700
In-Reply-To: <20020401.214831.-3957449.2.acordovac@juno.com>


Hi Charol,

His father's name would have been Marcus. The way to find his father's
patronym is to find his baptism. If you have a line back to 1700, that is
pretty good.

Remember, oral tradition is not worth the paper it is printed on.

Rock

At 09:48 PM 4/1/02 -0800, Charol L Cordova wrote:
>Hi Everyone.
>
>Have a quick question. My original root of the Volder family was named
>HANS MARCUSSEN VOLDER. He was born about 1713 - but not sure if it is in
>Denmark. The family legend is that they were originally from Germany,
>but there could have been several males in the family. My hypothesis:
>maybe there were 3-4 brothers - one went to Holland, one went to
>Ringkøbing and one went to Rudkøbing.
>
>My question is: What might his father's name have been? Would it have
>been Marcus Hansen? or some other variation?
>
>I have run into a brick wall trying to get back further than 1700.
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks.
>Charol Cordova

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