Dear Jo Meyer
It seems the family name Luhmann needs geography carifications
Luhmann frequently from Hamburg L German Ludemann
Rule being that a consonant might drop between vowels
Thus Ludemann Middle Ages Ludolf there is a Ludeman/Ludolf in Stralsund
1300
Luhn river East Frisia
Luhnen on the Lippe River at town
Brese/ Breese
See word for coal in several languages
Spanish brasa= a coal, ember: from Old French brese "a coal" (Modern French
braise),
probably from Germanic (*)bres-, (*)bhres-, from the IE root (*)bhreu- [26]
http://en.wikipedia.org origin of spanish words from Germany
Breese a town in Germany near Wittenberg north west of Berlin
Von Brese - enobled German name of unknown origin
There are 2 DANNENBERGs towns one near Elbe river ill fated in 1214
Or the village near Marienheide
But what type of church? Lutheran Catholic
Dannenberg is a town in the district L�chow-Dannenberg,
in Lower Saxony. It is situated near the river Elbe, approx.
30 km north of Salzwedel, and 50 km south-east of L�neburg.
See private coat of arms for Landcress Dannenburg to see if it came after
1214 or not
* The coats of arms of the German town of Dannenberg and Landkreis
Dannenberg
* And village of Dannenberg at Marienheide is located about 50 km east of
Cologne.
1214 Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II issued a Golden Bull surrendering all
German territories north of the rivers Elbe and Elde to Valdemar the
Victorious. An action provoking many German nobles. In 1223, the fates were
reversed when Count Henry I of Schwerin (a.k.a. Heinrich der Schwarze)
abducted Valdemar and his eldest son and imprisoned them in the Waldemarturm
of Castle Dannenberg. Henry demanded that Valdemar should surrender all of
his conquests in Germany and instead swear allegiance to the Holy Roman
Emperor. In fact, Emperor Frederick II tried to intervene and arrange
Valdemar's release, but he was rebuffed by Count Henry.
Sorry I could not help more.
I don't know enough
Pam Sullivan Arkansas USA