What was the surname "Burkhardt" derived from?
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I answered you other question more thoroughly. You may want to go back and look at my response there.\n\nBurkhardt is German and Dutch in origin.
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it comes from the name Rebecca....
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I looked it up on Ancestry.com. 100% of the Melynks I found that were not born in the U.S. were born in Austria. Some say Pol/Austria, meaning Poland/Austria. This depends upon the year because borders changed, wars redefined countries such as Poland, Russia, Germany and Austria.
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well the easiest way is to search on yahoo/google etc. (i did)\n\nelse check out these links:\n\nhttp://genealogy.about.com/library/surnames/bl_meaning.htm\n\nhttp://www.last-names.net/\n\nhttp://surnames.behindthename.com/\n\nhttp://www.surnameguide.com/surnames.html\n\nand there are many more ...
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The surname Lawson is taken from 'Law' and denotes someone who is the 'son of law'. The most likely source of the name is either from the name Lawrence believed to have originated from a person who lived near a laurel tree or from the Old English word hlaw meaning a hill and therefore a person 'the son of who lived on or near the hill'.
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First of all, congratulations. Daughters are precious, as are the old names from our family's past. I'm going to stick my neck way out here and give you my best guess. \n\nOcerna, coming from the same root as ocarina which is a small flute of a type found in many cultures around the world. \n\nThe noun ocarina is the diminutive form of oca (Italian dialect -goose) from the late Latin auca. It translates as "little goose" or gosling. \n\nThe name would have had to cross over from Italian into German in the Tyrolean region, which includes parts of both Italy and Austria. And, yes, the Austrians speak German.
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Probably Scottish, but there could also be a French or Dutch connection.  Check out these websites.  I hope this helps.
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It's Polish, sorry I don't know the genealogy of that specific name or I would help you out with more info.  But i do know that generally speaking; surnames ending in "wicz" are Polish
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This is a last name. It's origin is Scottish.\nDefinition: 1) One who came from the district of Buchanan, a location near Loch Lomond in Scotland. From the Gaelic elements buth, meaning "house" and chanain, meaning "of the canon." \nDefinition: 2) An anglicization of the German buchenhain, meaning "beech wood."
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Origin: Dutch \nMeaning: Surname form of Richard.  \nGender: Male
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My cousin did our genealogy and discovered our family descended from English royalty. I don't know his name, I was young and was kind of ho-hum about it at the time but other family members were real excited about it. Sorry, no link.
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Try Wikipedia. I found the ethnicity of my last name from there.
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I had always thought the word was "mitre" but another spelling is "miter".  You see it spelled different ways in different places.  It actually comes from the Greek word "mitra", meaning "turban".  \n\nI hope this helps.
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Dictionaries give the origin of "church" as the Anglo-Saxon root, circe. Circe was the goddess-daughter of Helios, the Sun-deity. The word circe is related to "circus," "circle," "circuit," and "circulate."\n\nCirce was originally a Greek goddess whose name was written and pronounced as Kirke. The word "church" is known in Scotland as kirk, in Germany as Kirche, and in Netherlands as kerk.
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The name Barratt only follows your father's heritage along the paternal branches of your family tree. It doesn't take into account at all the fact that your mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, etc. could have been directly descended from the Viking tribes.\n\nSorry I couldn't just say "Yes, Barratt is definitely a Norse surname". You've got more homework to do.
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You can find it right here!  I'm an archaeologist with the University of Akron and I have had a great deal of contact with the Burkhardt brewing history.\n\nThe original brewery was opened by Frederick Gaessler in 1865 and it was called the Wolf Ledge Brewery. In 1879 the brewery burned down and the property was sold to Gaessler's partner Wilhelm Burkhardt.  He rebuilt the brewery and by 1880 had an annual production of about 4,000 barrels.\n\nWhen he died, his wife, Margaretha, took over the business.  She successfully ran the company for the next 40 years.  In 1902 the brewery was incorporated under the name M. Burkhardt Brewing Company to finance expansion.\n\nThe well-known six story brewhouse, which can still be seen off of I-77 in downtown Akron, was built in 1904.  Around this time the company began to bottle beer for individual consumer sale and to distance itself from the negative saloon image during the temperance movement.  The Burkhardts also owned a Realty and the City Ice & Coal Company.\n\nDuring Prohibition, they produced root bear, ginger ale, parfay, and other soft drinks.  After prohibition ended, the company changed its name again to the Burkhardt Brewing Company (the era your artifacts date from).  This company name was in use from 1933-1956.  Its capacity was 150,000 barrels, it employed 100 men, and it was the first air-conditioned brewery.  Some types of beer in production during this time were Burkhardt's Select Beer, Burkhardt's Special, XX Dark Special, Old German, Old Scout Beers, and Mug Ale.\n\nBurkhardt beer was one of the most important companies of Akron and most of its inhabitants claimed it as their favorite brewery.\n\nI could go on, but I'm sure you've heard enough!\n\nFor more information check out the sources below!
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Landrace,\nBerkshire,\nSaddleback,\nTamsworth,\nMiddle White, Large White