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Re: origin of surname
by Siegfried (guest)
8/2/2010, 3:12 AM
in reply to a message by Karen
The book "German Names" by Hans Bahlow has Gronemann/Grohmann/Grohnemann. It means "from Grone, near Göttingen" (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grone_%28G%C3%B6ttingen%29).
The "oe" in Groeneman is a way to write the German letter "ö".
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origin of surname  ·  Karen  ·  8/1/2010, 2:14 PM
•Re: origin of surname  ·  Siegfried  ·  8/2/2010, 3:12 AM
•Re: origin of surname  ·  _0TophasNails_1  ·  8/1/2010, 6:27 PM
•Re: origin of surname  ·  Karen  ·  8/2/2010, 10:25 AM