The Americanization of Raetic ( Romanish, German, Italian Family Names from the Canton Grisons, Switzerland

Authors

Keywords

Family Names, Dr. Maissen, Romansh

Abstract

The Secretary of the SAHS, Dr. Augustin Maissen, has sent us a copy of " Studia Raetoromanica I", Ediziums Della Revista Retoromontscha. 1965 (Editor: Alfons Maissen, Chur). It consists of a study by Augustin Maissen on "L' Americanisaziun dils nums de schlatteina romontschs e grischuns" with an Abstract in English (19) pages. It is astonishing how many Bundner names, some of them extinct in Grabunden, have been preserved in the U.S., either in the original or in a somewhat anglicized form. There are even Romansh sepulchral inscriptions, e.g. at Badus (Romansh geographic name!) in South Dakota.

Recommended Citation

(1965) "The Americanization of Raetic ( Romanish, German, Italian Family Names from the Canton Grisons, Switzerland," Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter: Vol. 1: Iss. 2, Article 9.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sahs_newsletter/vol1/iss2/9