[Leica] Nathan's PAD 29/11/2015: my French family

[Nathan Wajsman]

Thanks, Douglas. The name change is due to a French immigration official in 1920 who had trouble coping with Polish spelling of Yiddish names, similarly to what often happened at Ellis Island in New York.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
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> On 01 Dec 2015, at 22:29, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
> 
> I see - per Wikipedia - they seem to have changed the family name to Weisman. Any reason?