ChallengeAZ 2017—A Bangle Dictionary | B for Bangle

Bangle is the spelling I have come to adopt for the standardization of our featured family’s surname. The signature of Adam Bangle makes me wonder if he was literate, because his name seems to be Bingel or Bengil, depending on the document. In the United States, Bangle was largely used. In Québec, the priest would first write Pingle or other variations as the B is pronounced as a P in German. Afterwards, Bengle and Bingle were mostly used. Adam’s grandsons Andrew and Charles used Bangle, but—interesting fact—they were both married to women of English heritage.

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The 2017 Challenge A to Z is proposed to the French community of bloggers by Sophie Boudarel of La Gazette des ancêtres