Are Maurice Goldenthal and Maurice Morrison one in the same? Jewish?

Question

I am looking at a DNA ancestor tree for Morrison-7420, Doctor David Morrison. His parents are listed on an ancestry tree as Maurice Goldenthal and Ruth Whiting. I am wondering, could they be the same as the Morrisons?  Where would the Morrison name have come from?

Answer 1

Sounds like a patronymic: Morrison < Morris's son < Maurice's son

Comments

Hadn't thought of that but yes that makes sense.

[[Goldenthal-21|Maurice Goldenthal]] [[Morrison-7424|Maurice Morrison]] both married a woman named Ruth Whiting.

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I don't suppose Maurice was his original name.

Large numbers of Jewish refugees from eastern Europe arrived in England in the 19th century, and mostly settled in Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool and rhe East End.

Many of them Anglicized their names, and Barnet, Harris and Morris were among the most popular choices.  Sample here

https://familysearch.org/search/collection/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3Amorris~%20%2Bbirth_place%3ARussia~&collection_id=1865747

The same names were used for both given names and surnames

https://familysearch.org/search/collection/results?count=20&query=%2Bsurname%3Amorrison~%20%2Bbirth_place%3Arussia~&collection_id=1865747

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I have a Moshe that became Morris; Hinde Lena became Helen Louise; Haskiel became Haskell; and Barukh became Barnet.

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Lance, When I first read your question, I thought of Scotland. But many Jews were changing their names as a part of a disguise in the face of real danger. With the addition of information from Robert Hvitfeldt and the Goldenthal surnames, then it seems to be more in the scope of Time to be Jewish.

Would you be interested in signing up for the Jewish Roots Project?  That is a place where all of us who are discussing the problems of finding our lost or invisible Jewish Ancestors are collaborating inside of WikiTree.  There's also a Jewish cemeteries person Star Kline who might be able to assist.  If all this fits please sign up for Jewish Roots Project. (HOW to get started today on JEWISH ROOTS PROJECT? in "G2G Help": under Requests for Project Volunteers for posting questions like this one.

In the profile of Maurice [[Goldenthal-21|Maurice Goldenthal]], Please put his label of belonging to our group's roots, this way:  {{JEWISH_ROOTS}} , near the biography of this man.