In the numerous documents
where our ancestors are mentioned it is noticeable that since 1528 (> History
‘origin’) the way of spelling our family name often diverges from
the original and correct way.
Instead of “from the Bornbusch” there
is exsists “of the Bornbusch” and
the variety Bormbusch was also discovered. Moreover,
even in former times there was often already an “e”
inserted which made it Bornebusch instead of
Bornbusch. Additionally, Dornbusch and Dornebusch were found in some documents.
It´s proven though that a Bornbusch family member was concerned as the
reverence to the Bornbusch location was given and in other parts of the documents
that were added later it goes back to the correct way of spelling. There are
several examples available on the matter.
We can only guess what caused the different ways of spelling. In former times,
people that weren´t able to read or write would give their name, origin
and type of issue in official places to a clerk that most likely didn´t
know the person he was dealing with and probably sometimes ended up understanding
and consequently spelling names incorrectly. In turn, the illiterate person
concerned wouldn´t have been able to check on the spelling and then
again maybe did not notice the mistake when the written words were read out
to him.
The reason why the progenitor of the family, Gerd Bornbusch (1700-1776), registered
himself as well as his children as Bornebusch
is unknown and as we are lacking reasonable explanations on the matter, we
are only left with guesses.
