When my ancestor arrived in America our name was changed from Haag to the surname Hawk. I was wondering if anyone has more information on this lineage?
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Hello, There are so many Haags in America it is difficult for anyone to connect unless there are specific names involved. My immigrant ancestor, J. Georg Haag had 2 sons, Nicholas and George Jr. George Jr. did not receive his inheritance so he left Berks Co, Pa to move to Dauphin Co, Pa. Most of his offspring and subsequent relatives changed their name to Hawk. I have many of those folks in my database of about 13000 names. Tell me who you are related to and I will search my database. Jerry Haag
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That's interesting. Our first generation ancestor in America was Han Jerg Haag. At some point he changed it to George Hawk. There is debate if the named change happened at Ellis island or later on.
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If your immigrant ancestor was Hans Jerg Haag you are related to me and no, he and family probably did not come through Ellis Island, but rather through Philadelphia 1733. Jerry
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I have seen that in a book about the Hawk family, also spelled Hawke. When the German immigrants came to the USA they were asked for their name and in German it is similar to Hawk. Haag is pronounced in Germany with a guttural G and the A is a short A, so it could and has been mistaken as Hawk and Haack and other variations.
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My name is Raymond Hawk. I am 60 years old. I remember as a child older members of my family said our real name was Haag. My great grandfather was Isaac, his father was Jacob, I was told we went all the way back to Conrad, and I believe Jerg,? My father was from Butler county. A lot of what I was told as a kid lines up with information on this site.
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