Re: [cybalist] Linguistic Mathematics?

From: Gerry Reinhart-Waller
Message: 2260
Date: 2000-04-28

What about Waller referencing salt cellar? Supposedly my birth
certificate says Walukevich which is the name my father changed to from
Waller when I was in 2nd or 3rd grade. My parents wedding certificate
uses the name Walukewicz. My mother and maiden aunt used the name Wasel
but the cemetery plot stone uses Waseleski.

Any help would be most appreciated.
Gerry

Hope this helps,
Gerry

Piotr Gasiorowski wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gerry Reinhart-Waller" <waluk@...>
> To: <cybalist@egroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 9:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [cybalist] Linguistic Mathematics?
>
> You'd have to give me some details about your family
> background. "Waller" is etymologically more than ambiguous.
> The most naive and probably incorrect guess would be that it
> is derived from English 'to wall', but from you've told me
> about yourself so far, your family has Jewish and East
> European roots, and "Waller" may be a reshaped Slavic name.
> Do you happen to know what its spelling was a few
> generations ago?
>
> Piotr
>
> Gerry asks:
> Do you know anything about the name Waller?
>