"Marianne Powell" <Marianne.Powell@lvogt.de> schrieb:
I came across the older versions of MARAHRENS, for example, a name also
frequently occurring in the same area as the MARHENKES. It was with great
surprise that I noticed an earlier version of the name of Marahrens (same
place): It was MEYERAHRENDS. I found this quite interesting as this would
add an entirely new version with regard to the prefix of "Mar-". It could,
and this is my very personal approach and might be heavily doubted by the
real experts, explain that a certain Ahrends came from a Meyer-Hof,
describing a status and function of the farm-owners.
Kindly tell me that/if I am wrong.
Marrie
Hello Marrie,
you are right.
Meier-, Meyer- becomes Mar-. Meyer means a farmer (in German: Berufsname zu mittelhochdeutsch 'meier': Meier, Oberbauer, der im Auftrage des Grundherrn die Aufsicht über die Bewirtschaftung der Güter führt, in dessen Namen die niedere Gerichtsbarkeit ausübt; später auch einfach 'Bauer').
Henke means 'Heinrich'. First name (in German: althochdeutsch 'hagan-rihhi' = 'umfriedeter Ort' + 'Herrschaft, Herrscher, Macht, Gewalt, Reich').
Ahrens means 'Arnold'. First name (in german: althochdeutsch 'arn-walt' = 'Adler' + 'Gewalt, Macht').
Greetings und schönes Wochenende
Wilfried
Wilfried Petersen schrieb:
"Marianne Powell" <Marianne.Powell@lvogt.de> schrieb:
> I came across the older versions of MARAHRENS, for example, a name also
> frequently occurring in the same area as the MARHENKES. It was with great
> surprise that I noticed an earlier version of the name of Marahrens (same
> place): It was MEYERAHRENDS. I found this quite interesting as this would
> add an entirely new version with regard to the prefix of "Mar-". It could,
> and this is my very personal approach and might be heavily doubted by the
> real experts, explain that a certain Ahrends came from a Meyer-Hof,
> describing a status and function of the farm-owners.
>
> Kindly tell me that/if I am wrong.
> Marrie
>
>
>Hello Marrie,
you are right.
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And I think so too. "Mar" out of "Meyer" does fit much better then my earlier
suggestion out of "Moor". Your example is a bit of what one may call a scienti-
fical proof for that thesis. Which place and dates were it ? Perhaps Bob Marhenke
wants to add this as a source for his name history, as also the name of the
source of Wilfried Petersens wonderful explanations below. Also being in this
affaire only an generally interested one in the middle, I'm curious too, as I
can use very well the ongoing "Heinrich"-explanations.
Greetings Hans Peter Albers
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