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Morgentaler Family name Meaning Probably "Person from the Morning Valley" Region of origin Poland Language(s) of origin Germanized Yiddish Related names Morgenbesser, Morgenheim, Morgenländer, Morgenlicht, Morgenrad (Morgenrath, Morgenrat), Morgenroth, Morgenstein, Morgenstern (Morgenshterin), Morgenstrauss, Morgenthal, Morgenthau Footnotes: [1] Morgentaler may refer to:
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A family name
Morgentaler is a family name (or surname) of Jewish families from Poland.
Origin
The family name Morgentaler developed among Ashkenazi Jews in Europe.
Distribution
Until World War II in Poland, mainly in Łódź. The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names [1] enlists many Jewish Morgentaler victims of the Holocaust. Few Polish Morgentalers survived and emigrated. Today's spreading is relatively high in Canada and Serbia.[2]
People
- Dr. Henry Morgentaler (1923, Łódź), Canadian gynecologist and abortion activist
- Morgentaler v. The Queen, 1976 Supreme Court of Canada decision
- R. v. Morgentaler (1988), Supreme Court of Canada decision
- R. v. Morgentaler (1993), Supreme Court of Canada decision
- Goldie Morgentaler (born 1950), Yiddish author
Other
- Me Mom and Morgentaler, a Canadian band
See also
This page or section lists people with the surname Morgentaler. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link. - ^ The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names Website Yad Vashem The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority
- ^ "World Family Names" Part of the website PublicProfiler
Categories:- Surnames
- Jewish surnames
- German-language surnames
- Surnames of Polish origin
- Dr. Henry Morgentaler (1923, Łódź), Canadian gynecologist and abortion activist
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