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[Surname] Other related names
Searching for John and Fredericka Martens
From: Horst, Prussia in 1867
Immigrated between 1868-1870
Looking for different spelling of the names to further search immigration records.
as I have had no results searching the spelling of the above names. Nona Martens
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The surname Martens sounds very Dutch to me. In Dutch it means "son of Marten". "Marten" is a short form of Martinus. Maybe you can post your question in Dutch genealogy forums.
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