Hello Paul!
There is no Rowold, Rowolt or Rodewolt on this book. Rowold is no noble
family and this book only deals with noble families in Oldenburg in the Middle
Age. But in the book "Bürgerbuch der stadt Oldenburg 1607-1740" I saw the name
Eilert Rowolt in the year 1626 and Robcke Rowolt in 1660-1672.
Best regards!
Gunter
Gunter
Thanks
I will post the question about this book.
Paul
I was curious about which German names are "royal".
As far as I know, all members of my Grote family have been farmers, but I
once read of somebody named "von Grote" who apparently came from a noble
family back in Germany. Are there any resources out there I could consult,
and just what does "von" signify, if anything?
Thanks,
Chris Grote
Chicago
One of my ancestors from my mother's side was given a noble titel by the
king of Bavaria. He became "Freiherr von". Since then he used the word 'von'
in front of his last name. My mother used it as well. So 'von' is added to
the family name of people raised to nobility status. So that person you read
about was probably raised to nobility or else one of his ancestors was.
Emile Knetemann
The Netherlands.
Von is simply the German word for "from" as in from Chicago. A German
living in Chicago would be
von Chicago. It was used often used to identify someone who had moved into
a community from another one.
Gene "von" Minneapolis
Good morning Listers,
I suppose that different uses evolved regarding the "von", but I understood that generally it was used as an honorific in one's name, for example, Otto von Bismarck. The same sort of usage occurs with the French, using the "de". Honore de Balzac, the French writer, was often criticized for appropriating to himself the "de" since in fact he was not of noble parentage. Ah, language, how rich and how wonderful!
Joe Tiemann, "aus", "von" "de" New Orleans...
Moin,
Gene Janssen's explanation is a little misleading and incomplete.
"Von" does not mean only "from", it means also "of", besides being a part of a German last name!
Sincerely,
Hans-Georg Boyken
I have a examples for not noble history of his name:
- "von Handorf", today a surname, former means; the person lived on a farm in Handorf (of Handorf)
Handorf is a part of the parish Holdorf.
In Bakum-Elmelage was former a Grote farm, 1568 he was named Johann de Grothe, but 1669 Henrich Grothe, later Grote.
"de Grothe" is low german, in high germann is it "der Große", english = "the great one".
Werner
Hello,
My father's ancestors were allegedly named von Otto, but as far as we know,
the name was changed to Otto in the mid-1850s. Does this mean that there
was a town named Otto from which we came? My GG Grandfather fought with the
Prussian army, but we do not know where exactly he was from.
Thank you,
David Otto
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In Germany is not a place named Otto. But Otto is a very common first- and lastname in Germany.
I think the origin is the Emperor Otto I. anno 936-973.
Have a nice weekend,
Werner Honkomp
Hi Listers.
While the term 'von" is in fact "From or Off" using lower case
lettering the term "Von" in capitals usually indicated that the user was
some form of minor Noble or even a large land owner.
This usage of "Von/von" varied in different parts of the then
German Nation, which was in these times made up of many "Dukedoms" & Free
Cities.
Regards Bill HINTE
Danke Herr Werner Honkomp!
David
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