German surname RETHER
Rider? shipowner? someone working with reeds? Any other ideas?
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I found a site saying it is from Rother, a Germanic firstname, composed of hrod and her , meaning "famous army".
sources: http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/voornamen/VNB/index.php?id=16199&act=zoeken
http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/voornamen/VNB/index.php
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bgwiehle/siebenburgen/sbs-namen/sbs-namen-cat12.htm
sources: http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/voornamen/VNB/index.php?id=16199&act=zoeken
http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/voornamen/VNB/index.php
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bgwiehle/siebenburgen/sbs-namen/sbs-namen-cat12.htm
I found a site saying it is from Rother, a Germanic firstname, composed of hrod and her , meaning "famous army".
sources: http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/voornamen/VNB/index.php?id=16199&act=zoeken
http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/voornamen/VNB/index.php
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ ~bgwiehle/siebenburgen/sbs-namen/sbs-namen-cat12.htm
sources: http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/voornamen/VNB/index.php?id=16199&act=zoeken
http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/voornamen/VNB/index.php
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ ~bgwiehle/siebenburgen/sbs-namen/sbs-namen-cat12.htm
Thank you, Menke! Andy ;—)