So, if my last name is spelled Ringer, why is my blog called “Wringher’s Wargaming Blog”? Well, when I was creating this blog account, the URL ringer.blogspot.ca was already taken, so as a tribute to earlier generations of my family, I choose wringher.blogspot.ca.
The earliest known spelling of my family name is Wrinher carved on a hand held chalkboard from 1842. The Ringers have apparently always used cutting edge technology. Be that as it may, my paternal grandfather spelt his last name Wringher/Wringer, but sometime around World War I he changed it to Ringer. I never talked about it with him and he has been dead for almost 50 years, so it is much too late to ask now. I assume that Grandpa changed the spelling of our family name because, as an American during the Great War of 1914-1918, he wanted our family name to look more English rather than German.
The earliest known spelling of my family name is Wrinher carved on a hand held chalkboard from 1842. The Ringers have apparently always used cutting edge technology. Be that as it may, my paternal grandfather spelt his last name Wringher/Wringer, but sometime around World War I he changed it to Ringer. I never talked about it with him and he has been dead for almost 50 years, so it is much too late to ask now. I assume that Grandpa changed the spelling of our family name because, as an American during the Great War of 1914-1918, he wanted our family name to look more English rather than German.
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