Name ending in “qvist”: Believe this is likely Norwegian.
From: Charlotte Sellers via
Sent: Monday, June 29, 2015 7:05 AM
To: Support Team ; in-south-central(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Name Information
Without more context I don't know if this is relevant but, if it's
handwriting, could either V be U (especially second since it follows Q)?
Also here in Jackson County we have Vehslage which I'm told was pronounced
phonetically in German VEESLOGGA and in Hoosier FESSLOGGIE or FESSLOGGER
where it also became Feslar and Fislar. Might be worth trying a variety of
pronunciations (V=F or W) but I confess had I not been told I never would
have guessed Fe/islar came out of Vehslage. Google Translate didn't help
with either.
Good luck with the search.
Charlotte
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Charlotte Sellers
Jackson County, Indiana
historian / genealogist
digging into local & family history
On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 3:43 PM, Support Team via <
in-south-central(a)rootsweb.com> wrote:
Recently I located a family surname but have not been able to locate name
heritage. The family name is Vesterqvist.
Is this German of ?
Thanks
WH