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[Surname] Re: What does the surname Beckmann form a German background mean?
by The LP (arrowhead909)
9/6/2005, 5:11 PM
in reply to a message by Beckmann
It means "one who dwells at a stream."______________________________"....A simple I love you means more than money...."- Frank Sinatra
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- Reg Niles (guest)
9/13/2005, 4:45 PM
There is a book titled, "German-American Names," by George F. Jones, c1990. Page 76 offers two meanings for BECKMANN : 1) dweller on a brook (which agrees with the meaning posted by The LP) and 2) baker. I was unable to find further etymology for baker in that book.Reg Niles
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