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[Surname] Re: Meaning of Kalchbrenner
by Andy ;—) (guest)
10/17/2007, 9:25 AM
in reply to a message by Russ
The German surname KALCHBRENNER or (more common) KALKBRENNER literally translates "chalk burner", i.e. someone working at lime works ("burning" the chalk to make mortar).Source: R. and V. Kohlheim, Familiennamen, Mannheim 2000
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Menaing of Kalchbrenner  ·  Russ  ·  10/17/2007, 6:37 AM
•Re: Meaning of Kalchbrenner  ·  Andy ;—)  ·  10/17/2007, 9:25 AM
•Re: Meaning of Kalchbrenner  ·  Jim Young  ·  10/18/2007, 5:23 AM