Talk:Moses Carver

Full ethnocultural background?
Was this man perhaps not Jewish German American? His given name seems unusual for someone who was simply "German American" as the article states. (I ask because the possibility of Jewish slave owners in the American South is not something one often hears about, while discussion of its possibility is maybe downplayed for political reasons.)

If this is also a name which members of for example Old Testament-type Christian denominations use that would also be interesting. (I'm not familiar with that practice but it doesn't seem implausible.) Critic9328 10:17, 5 October 2007 (UTC)


 * I have never heard of any non-Jewish Germans with the name Moses. It's not impossible there were some in the 18/19th century, but it seems very unlikely. But Moses Carver was born in Ohio and his second name isn't German too. Perhaps only his mother was an immigrant from Germany. --:Slomox:: &gt;&lt; 21:51, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Moses father was Revolutionary veteran Christian Carver, son of Michael. I doubt if Moses was Jewish simply because of the first name of his father. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.194.145.20 (talk) 20:47, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Removed german-american reference
I removed the german-american reference since this is not proved with any reliable source. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.99.132.30 (talk) 16:56, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

Moses Carver's father Christian was originally from Pennsylvania and his surname was a variant of Gerber/Garber/Garver. They were Palatine Germans and possibly of Amish/Mennonite descent. http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/65131/person/-333029268/story/ab741030-b557-4bde-b6b9-f7005fccd198?src=search 142.59.113.80 (talk) 23:00, 9 April 2011 (UTC)