Georg Korte was born under the name Korte-Holthöfer. He married under the Holthöfer name only; therefore his children had the Holthöfer name. “Descendants of Georg Korte-Holthöfer have until today the name Holthöfer maintained although the leadership of the name Korte would have been better.” In other words, the name Korte would be more accurate than the name Holthöfer.
Because of the name change, Georg Korte-Holthöfer is sometimes known as Georg Holthöfer (natus Korte, where natus means born named), Georg Korte gt Holthöfer gt Arenz (or Arens) or Georg Holthöfer gt Arenz (or Arens); where Genannt, abbreviated (gt) means ‘named, having the name, identified as term, title, cite, is called, so called’ It is written in some of the old church records in this manner by the priest when indentifying his children to keep track of the lineage.