Stortenbeker
It's a family middle name that was once a family surname. Majority of heritage is English, German, Dutch and Polish. I think it's Dutch, but could anyone please confirm this? Thanks heaps.
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Thank you! That's incredibly interesting. xD

This message was edited 9/29/2007, 8:13 AM

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Störte(n)be(c)ker is a German surname. It contains a whole sentence: "(Ich) stürze den Becher" (I gulp down the cup). It probably started out as a nickname for a drinker.Th pirate Klaus Störtebeker from Wismar was beheaded in 1401 in Hamburg.Source: Rosa und Volker Kohlheim, Familiennamen, DUDEN Mannheim, 2000
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