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Larry King | Name Changes

Robert-Benjamin Patriotsbarrel March 19, 2022 No Comments

Lawrence Harvey Zeigler (1933-1959) He was born to Orthodox Jewish parents in Brooklyn, New York. His mother was a garment worker from Lithuania and his father was a restaurant owner…

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Flavius Zeno | Name Changes

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From an Anatolian soldier to a Byzantine emperor.

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Moses Mendelssohn | Name Changes

Robert-Benjamin Patriotsbarrel January 20, 2022 No Comments

From a Germanized surname, a name change occurred.

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Tokugawa Ieyasu | Name Changes

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Matsudaira Takechiyo (1542-1562) Tokugawa was born into the Matsudaira clan. He was given the name Takechiyo, which became temporary. His parents were teenagers, with his father Hirotade marrying a second…

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Daniel Featley | Name Changes

Robert-Benjamin Patriotsbarrel October 30, 2021 No Comments

I did some ancestry research, and it turns out that I am a descendant of Daniel Featley. Richard Fairclough (1582-?) He was born in Charleton-uopon-Otmoor, Oxfordshire to the cook of…

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Repnin | Name Changes

Robert-Benjamin Patriotsbarrel October 26, 2021 No Comments

Prince Ivan “Repnin” Mikhailovich Obolensky This Russian family name originated with a member of the Obolensky royal family. Prince Ivan was given the nickname Repnyna, which is Russian for “bad…

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U Dhammaloka | Name Changes

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Laurence Carroll (1856-1884) He was born in Dublin, Ireland. He would work as a migrant worker throughout the Atlantic Ocean, including the United States. Dhammaloka eventually found his way to…

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Avraham Even-Shosham | Name Changes

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Avraham Rosenstein (1906-1925) He was born in Minsk, Belarus. His father ran a Jewish school which he attended prior to entering a yeshiva. While he emigrated to Palestine, his father…

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Jack Roy | Name Changes

Robert-Benjamin Patriotsbarrel October 15, 2021 No Comments

It's time his name got a little respect

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Leon Kengo wa Dondo | Name Changes

Robert-Benjamin Patriotsbarrel October 14, 2021 No Comments

Leon Lubicz (1935-1971) He was born to a Polish Jewish father and a Rwandan Tutsi mother in the Belgian Congo–what would become the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Leon Kengo…