dorothea

[springtime 60]

can anyone help is dorothea a german name
                              ann

[ev]

hi

http://www.behindthename.com/name/dorothea

ev

[frankowolf]

Hello, kpnuts

dorothea is real a useal name for a girl or woman in Germany.

I wish you a happy new year!
Smiley

wolfgang from Berlin / Germany

[Berlin-Bob]

Hi kpnuts,

as Wolfgang says, Dorothea is quite a common name in Germany.

According to the site Ev mentions
"Dorothea was the name of two saints, including the patron saint of Prussia."
which makes it a "given" for many religious families 

On the german Wiki page, http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothea ^(*) it mentions Theodora as variant, and also Dorothee
Another variation is Dörthe (Doerthe)

regards,
Bob

^(*)there is an english Wiki page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothea as well. It doesn't mention any german connections there, but it does give a link to the german Saint Dorothea:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothea_of_Montau

[springtime 60]

thankyou.i thought it maybe as my greatgrandmother wilhelmina had a daughter named dorothea.
                        ann

[Berlin-Bob]

... and as Wilhelmina (female form of Wilhelm , i.e. William) is very definitely a german name (lots of Queens and Princesses), then it's more than likely that your Dorothea was named after german ancestors.

Bob

[springtime 60]

thank you.i know little of my wilhelmina i have written several different places  in germany wiyhout reply to try and trace her origin.
i am determined to trace her one day ,hoping to get a birth cert for her
is there anywhere in london where she had to register whenever she came to england, that i can trace anything of her origins
she married in reading in 1887.
                      ann

[frankowolf]

Hello, kpnuts,

what a nice picture! Very fine, that you have this portrait .

I also have a picture of my grandmother, he was died, as I was a child of three years. This picture of my grandmother is "holy" for me!

Greetings from Berlin /Germany        frankowolf

[Evelina]

Happy New Year  .  Just thought I would mention my cousin (Scottish) has Dorothea as her middle name. Named for her grandfather the nearest they could get to Theodore.  Cheers Evelina