LIVSHITZ versus LIVSHITCH

[David E Goldman lugman@verizon.net]

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Hello, Jewishgenners. It has been brought to my attention that some families
known by the name of LIVSHITZ from Ukraine may actually have had their name
spelled/pronounced LIVSHITCH (as in the word KVETCH). My great-great-grandmother is
identified as having a maiden name of Livishitz, but now I wonder about this second
new possibility. I don't really think it shojuld make any significant difference
though in archival research in Ukraine. Does anyone have any thoughts on this? I
have seen Lipshutz, Lipshitz, Lifshitz, and Livshitz, but never Livshitch.

David Goldman
NYC
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[Alan Greenberg alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca]

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The names are all the same. Spelling often has more to do with where you live, how
others near you spelled their similarly sounding name or what shipping line you
arrived on.

If you arrived on a German of Dutch ship, there is a good chance that a SH sound
would be spelled SCH, because that is how the shipping company staff and ticket
agents spelled it.

For reasons that I have never understood. TCH endings are common in Canada but less
so in the US where it is more likely TZ. I have Hymovitch relatives who moved from
Montreal to New York and immediately started spelling their name Hymovitz. And
those who moved to Argentina spelled it Jaimovich.

Alan Greenberg
Montreal, Canada

David E Goldman lug...@verizon.net wrote:
>It has been brought to my attention that some families known by the name
>of LIVSHITZ from Ukraine may actually have had their name spelled/pronounced
>LIVSHITCH (as in the word KVETCH). My great-great-grandmother is identified
>as having a maiden name of Livishitz, but now I wonder about this second
>new possibility.