Dear Ms. Briggs,
My mother's line is all passed on. I'm the last. I'm trying to confirm the bits & pieces of ancestry she proudly would tell me. I am also trying to trace back the Dayan line as well. Jane A. Dayan is my Great-Great-grand mother,married to Jeremiah Klock, she was the mother of Walter Klock. My mother told me of Austrian royalty? Is this Dayan/Daun, the line? Is it truly a relation to Count Leopold Joseph von Daun (Prince of Thiano). I'm currently tracing a likely candidate to have arrived in 1780. Leopold Karl Joseph Daun changed to Dayan, might be this person. In 1780 he would have been age 11 or 12. Could he have changed his entire name to hide in the New World. Wondering if this royal line needed to hide and start over. Your ideas would be appreciated.
Thank you,
Marlyn (DAYAN-Klock-Simon-Swirczynski)