Andrew,
Very interesting. I have often wondered if the family could have originated
from Holland. Holdorf isn't that far from the Dutch border. Do you know if
there were any dykes in Germany?
I am actually kind of new to this genealogy research addiction and am not
on Ancestry.com. I was encouraged by a relative genealogist to use Roots
Magic but have yet to learn how to use it. Lack of time mainly.
I really appreciate your help with this and thank you for taking the time
to reply to my post.
As for the Imdieke connection, I would very much like to discuss this with
you further. Our family knows of some Imdieke's in Ohio but we do not have
good data due to the condition of the records in Hamilton County Ohio. All
of the Imdieke's we know of are related to me, being descendants of my
great great grandfather from Holdorf. The name Haverkamp does crop up in a
distant Imdieke relative's chart. A 1st cousin of my grandfather Imdieke
married a Haverkamp.
If you would like to communicate directly, my email address is
_geimdieke@aol.com_ (mailto:geimdieke@aol.com) .
Geri
In a message dated 1/5/2011 12:27:29 A.M. Central Standard Time,
lakerphoto@gmail.com writes:
Geri,
You may have seen this on Ancestry.com, but I thought I'd share:
Imdieke: German: unexplained; apparently a topographic name for
someone who lives im diecke ‘in (or ‘at’) the dike’ (see Dieck).
Dieck: North German: topographic name for someone who lived near a
dike, Middle Low German dik. See also Dieckmann.
Dieckmann: topographic name for someone who lived by a dike, typically
for someone whose job was to control pumps and water levels, a variant
of Dieck, with the addition of man ‘man’.
from the personal name Dieck, a reduced form of the old personal name
Theodicho (see Dick).
Dick: Scottish and English: from a short form of Richard. Although
found in every part of Britain, the form Dick is especially common in
Scotland, and it was from there, in the 17th century, that the surname
was taken to northern Ireland.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname from Middle High German
dic(ke) ‘thick’, ‘strong’, ‘stout’, or in the case of the Jewish name
from modern German dick ‘fat’ or Yiddish dik.
German: topographic name for someone who lived by a thicket or patch
of thick undergrowth, from Middle High German dicke, a special use of
dic(ke) ‘thick’.
North German: from a short form of a Germanic personal name Theodicho,
formed with theud ‘people’, ‘race’.
Hope that helps. To me, Imdieck sounds very, very Dutch/Low German. In
fact, I have an Imdieke (last name only) in my Family Tree Maker. I
have record of an Imdieke being married to Anna Hubbert, daughter of
William Hubbert and Katherine Haverkamp. Anna was born abt. 1865 in
Srpingfield, Ohio and died between 1920 and 1939. I wonder if there is
any connection. I'm related to the Hubbert side.
All best,
Andrew
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