[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Tischler

[Gary Warner]

Jan,

As always you teach me something new every time you make contact.  Too bad 
German is not as cooperative as English in regard to capitalizing nouns.

Gary



At 10:56 AM 11/25/2004, Jan Textor wrote:
>You can find an excellent German-English & English-German online 
>dictionary at http://dict.leo.org/.
>According to this a Tischler is a cabinet maker or joiner or 
>carpenter.  By the way, all nouns start with a capital letter in German, 
>so a capitalized T in Tischler will not tell you whether it is a surname 
>or an occupation.
>
>Jan Textor
>
>
>Gary Warner <gary at warnerengineering.com> wrote:
> > Nelson,
> >
> > It still works.  The link from our site is
> > http://worldroots.com/brigitte/occupat.htm
> >
> > Gary
> >
> >
> > At 10:29 AM 11/25/2004, Nelson Itterman wrote:
> > >I just looked it up. The german-English is no longer
> > available.
> > >
> > >Nelson
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org
> > >[mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On
> > Behalf Of Gary
> > >Warner
> > >Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 11:17 AM
> > >To: Bill Fife; ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org
> > >Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Tischler
> > >
> > >  Delores,
> > >
> > >There is also a list of occupations on our web site at
> > >http://www.sggee.org/TranslationHelps.html (near the bottom
> > of the page-
> > >use the second link, as it is in English.
> > >
> > >The entry shows
> > >
> > >Tischer, Tischler, Tischmacher, Tischner - tablemaker;
> > joiner
> > >
> > >Be aware, however, that German surnames often are a
> > profession or
> > >occupation.  For instance, my surnames include Jaeger=
> > hunter or rifleman
> > >and Geiger= violinist
> > >
> > >Perhaps you can tell more if you can tell if the T in
> > Tischler is
> > >capitalized or not?  A lower case would likely mean an
> > occupation, but an
> > >upper case letter would like really mean a surname).
> > >
> > >Gary Warner
> > >
> > >At 09:44 AM 11/25/2004, Bill Fife wrote:
> > >
> > >   Delores,
> > >
> > >   I have compiled a list of occupations that I have been
> > using while
> > >   extracting information from the records.  One day I hope
> > to have it
> > >   printed
> > >   in the SGGEE Journal.
> > >
> > >   My list shows Tischler as a cabinet or furniture maker.
> > >
> > >   Bill
> > >
> > >   ----- Original Message -----
> > >   From: "Delores Stevens" <deloresstevens at sasktel.net>
> > >   To: <ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>
> > >   Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 8:20 AM
> > >   Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Tischler
> > >
> > >   Behind one of my ancestors names in brackets is
> > written(Tischler).
> > >   Is this
> > >   a name or an occupation or the maiden name of a previous
> > spouse.  I
> > >   assume
> > >   that he may have had one as he was 30.
> > >
> > >   Delores Maduke
> > >   Saskatoon
> > >
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