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LancYorkYankee · 19-07-2007, 15:13

My Great-Granddad, Charles Stoeffler, was a Tin-Smith with the State of Rhode Island in the 1900s into the 1920s. When The War broke out, there was alot of anti-German sentiment over here from the very start.

It was "sugggested" he Americanize his name. This really infuriated him. He had left Germany in the 1880s because he greatly disliked the Kaiser and the road Germany was taking. However, he was very proud of his heritage and refused to change it. When he became an American (1890s), he became an American: no more speaking German, dressing German, yearning for Germany.

In spite of that, he was let go. However, we can still go to different buidings around that State and see the copper/tin domes that he worked on.

Brian Von Stoeffler and Berner (shhh don't tell the English blokes, they'll disown me for sure!)

19-07-2007, 15:13	#12
LancYorkYankee Yank in King Art's Court! Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Culpeper, Virginia, USA Posts: 1,403 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 265	Re: Foreign sounding names My Great-Granddad, Charles Stoeffler, was a Tin-Smith with the State of Rhode Island in the 1900s into the 1920s. When The War broke out, there was alot of anti-German sentiment over here from the very start. It was "sugggested" he Americanize his name. This really infuriated him. He had left Germany in the 1880s because he greatly disliked the Kaiser and the road Germany was taking. However, he was very proud of his heritage and refused to change it. When he became an American (1890s), he became an American: no more speaking German, dressing German, yearning for Germany. In spite of that, he was let go. However, we can still go to different buidings around that State and see the copper/tin domes that he worked on. Brian Von Stoeffler and Berner (shhh don't tell the English blokes, they'll disown me for sure!) __________________