What name was she known by?
Some women had a very flexible policy with regard to the personal names that they used. One of my favorite examples is Anna Magdalena Smith (Smith was spelled various ways in the Hebron records, so I will simply use Smith), who married Georg Crisler (Crisler also spelled various ways in the Hebron records, so I will simply use Crisler). Georg and Anna Magdalena were married shortly before the start of Communion Lists in 1775, and they appear with some regularity in the Communion Lists until 1810. Throughout this period they appear as a couple. He appears as Georg and she uses different combinations of names, to wit:
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The abbreviations are due to the persons writing out the lists and it was up to them how to abbreviate the name.
(22 Aug 03)
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