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ArchivesLinde de Arenspries. where does this name come from?
My grandfather Rudolph Linde Arenspries, where did he and his surname come from? He had 3 children called Eyolf. Rudolph and Solveig. Died ? at sea heading for Punta Arenas, Chile.According to childs baptismal certificate he was a civil engineer. My mother Solvieg thought he was Norwegian, he died before she was born (May 1912.)
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What variant spellings have you found of the surname in your records? Those might possibly provide a clue. I myself was able to find Ahrenspries in this document from the government of the Falkland Islands:
https://www.fig.gov.fk/archives/jdownloads/Shipping%20News/News%201889-1946%20A-Bian.pdf
I wonder if it could perhaps be a corruption of the German word Ehrenspreis meaning "prize of honour". Alternatively, it could come from Ehrenpreis, the German name for the Veronica plant. See its German article on Wikipedia:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehrenpreis
Note that Ehrenpreis is an actual surname in Germany (also variantly spelled as Ehrenpreiß):
- Andreas Ehrenpreis (1589-1662): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Ehrenpreis (in German)
- Leon Ehrenpreis (1930-2010): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Ehrenpreis (in English)
- Mordecai Ehrenpreis (1869-1951): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordecai_Ehrenpreis (in English)
The change from E- to A- might have happened through the latter Ä, which is pronounced the same as E and so the two letters could be used interchangeably when trying to transcribe the same sound. As such, the process might have been like this:
Ehrenpreis --> Ährenpreis --> Aehrenpreis --> Ahrenpreis (once your ancestor or one of his own ancestors went to Scandinavia, because Ae is pronounced as A over there) and then ultimately Arenpreis.
https://www.fig.gov.fk/archives/jdownloads/Shipping%20News/News%201889-1946%20A-Bian.pdf
I wonder if it could perhaps be a corruption of the German word Ehrenspreis meaning "prize of honour". Alternatively, it could come from Ehrenpreis, the German name for the Veronica plant. See its German article on Wikipedia:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehrenpreis
Note that Ehrenpreis is an actual surname in Germany (also variantly spelled as Ehrenpreiß):
- Andreas Ehrenpreis (1589-1662): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Ehrenpreis (in German)
- Leon Ehrenpreis (1930-2010): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Ehrenpreis (in English)
- Mordecai Ehrenpreis (1869-1951): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordecai_Ehrenpreis (in English)
The change from E- to A- might have happened through the latter Ä, which is pronounced the same as E and so the two letters could be used interchangeably when trying to transcribe the same sound. As such, the process might have been like this:
Ehrenpreis --> Ährenpreis --> Aehrenpreis --> Ahrenpreis (once your ancestor or one of his own ancestors went to Scandinavia, because Ae is pronounced as A over there) and then ultimately Arenpreis.
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I'mn o expert, butfrom what I know..Linde is a tree: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilia
Aren comes from Arend, which means eagle.
Spries, I have no idea.
Aren comes from Arend, which means eagle.
Spries, I have no idea.
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