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Anglicised german name?
« on: Monday 21 July 08 17:56 BST (UK) »

Hi all

Can anyone come up with a likely name that 'DICKS' may have been anglicised from?
The family where from Stargardt in then germany c1829.

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Re: Anglicised german name?
« Reply #1 on: Monday 21 July 08 18:00 BST (UK) »
"Dick" is, I understand, a common German surname (meaning "fat", I'm afraid  ;))

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Re: Anglicised german name?
« Reply #2 on: Monday 21 July 08 18:01 BST (UK) »
Dix ?? Dichs ?? Dichsen (the 'ch' is pronounced gutturaly, like the welsh 'ch') ??

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« Reply #3 on: Monday 21 July 08 18:03 BST (UK) »
... and if anybody calls out to you "Hallo Dicke !"(*)  then you need to think about your diet.


(*) Hello Fatty !
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Re: Anglicised german name?
« Reply #4 on: Monday 21 July 08 18:07 BST (UK) »
DICKE, DICKES, DICKER, and all sorts of names beginning DICKE/R
(Dickerhof, Dickersohn, etc), DICKOW

Could even be a simplification of DIEK... , DIECK....... DEIK..., DEICK.... etc.

Do you have any other details about them, which might give us a clue ??

Bob
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Re: Anglicised german name?
« Reply #5 on: Monday 21 July 08 20:24 BST (UK) »
Hi there

Thanks for your replies! I was aware it meant fat! lol

All the info i have about this particular chap is that his name was Louis (sometimes Lewis) Dicks he was born c1828 Stargardt, Germany.
He came to England i know not when but appears to be marrying a Leah Lemon (Lehman?) of Holland in London City 1854. They were Jewish. Louis was a tailor and they resided in the Spitalfields/Stepney/Mile end area of London. They had 10 children. Most of whom i have found records for attending the Jewish free school in Stepney.
Isaac, Lipman, Solomon, Rebecca, Lena, Amelia, Samuel, Elias, Simon and Lionel.

I have them from the 1861 census on.

Regards  ;)
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Re: Anglicised german name?
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 02 August 08 16:27 BST (UK) »
Is Starrgardt right?  Wouldn't Stuttgart be more likely?  Sorry if I am showing my ignorance. Best wishes
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« Reply #7 on: Saturday 02 August 08 16:52 BST (UK) »
Its Stargardt on the census. Apparently now part of Poland.  :)
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« Reply #8 on: Saturday 02 August 08 17:29 BST (UK) »
.... and before that it was part of .....

well, here there and everywhere:
http://gov.genealogy.net/relations/STARDTJO71JV.png?full-size=1

there is a link to Stargardt here, but only in German
http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Stargardt

it also has a map, showing where (in present day Europe)
i.e. in Poland, close to the borders of Germany

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