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>Subj:	Grolemund?!
>Date:	96-09-12 19:29:10 EDT
>From:	Dgrolem@aol.com
>To:	WGrolemund@aol.com

>Hi,

>My name is Dan Grolemund. I live and work in Fremont CA, and I 
>found your name in a member search of AOL. My impression is that 
>there are only a few Grolemunds in the country and we all came 
>from Switzerland and the INS changed our name from Grolimund to 
>Grolemund. I am originally from Texas, my father was from Oklahoma, 
>but his grandparents and kin were from Pennsylvania. 

>Drop me a line. 

>DAN G.

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Subj:	Grolemund?!

Date:	96-09-24 18:29:10 EDT

From:	WGrolemund@aol.com

To:	Dgrolem@aol.com

 

 

Hi cousin,

   Yes, I guess the source is Switzerland.  I found the same to be
true that it was originally spelled "Grolimund" and that the name is
from the South East section of Switzerland where the spoken language 
is ROMANSCH.

 
   Years ago, I spoke with an elderly man (70+?) in the Hofbrauhaus 
in Munich.  He told me that my name was definitely DEUTSCH and that 
it translated  from altdeutsch as GOLDEN MOUTH (equivalent of silver 
tongue).
 
   A few years later, I was in Lucerne and I was talking to a member 
of the burgermeister's staff.  He told me my name was definitly 
SCHWEIZ. and gave me the information about the location and the 
language of ROMANSCH that I had never heard of before. 
 
   A cousin of mine, on my mother's side, has done a lot of research 
on her ancestry.  She told me that she saw my greatgrandfather listed 
in the county records.  In one census, he listed as being from Baden, 
Germany; and in another as being from Switzerland (don't remember the 
town). 
 
   If you're interested, we can compare notes.  I am originally from 
Snydersburg, Clarion County, in mid-western Pennsylvania. I was 
baptized at St. Joseph's Church in Lucinda, where I also attended 
school with the Benedictine nuns for 12 years before I went to West 
Point in 1959.  My parish recently published a very detailed history 
of the Knox township listing all of the begats and begots, maybe 
leaving out a few or giving the credit/blame to the wrong father in 
some cases, who knows. It was extremely informative.
 
    My father was Sylvester Bernard.  Some of his brothers were 
William Henry (aka Harry), Claude or Clyde, Howard, and a total of 
about 12 children.  His father was Andrew, his mother was Rose Gannon,
and that's all I remember without looking it up.  I have cousins 
named Don and Bob  (Harry's sons) who were from Rochester, NY.
 
    Maybe you've already connected me with this bit of data.  My 
birthdate is Sept 24, 41 and my dad, the youngest of his family, was 
1917, his father was 1862.
 
    Nice to meet you.  I hope to hear more from you.  My full name is 
William Joseph and most people call me Bill.  Some call me Will.  
Some call me names I don't care to repeat at the moment.    
 
 

Bye.    Auf wiedersurfen auf das web. 
 
BILL 

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