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Origin And Meaning Of Family Names – Wabnitz & Splettstoesser

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Henry1949

Beginner

Location: Australia

Tuesday, November 4th 2014, 4:51am

Origin And Meaning Of Family Names – Wabnitz & Splettstoesser

Hello,I am tracing my German roots and looking
for the name origin and/or name meaning for WABNITZ and SPLETTSTOESSER.

Any assistance is appreciated.

Regards,

Henry

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Detlef05

Trainee

Location: Hamburg

Tuesday, November 4th 2014, 8:29am

Hello Henry,

Wabnitz is determinating the local origin of birth which is the village of Wabnitz/district town Oels/Silesia/now Poland (634 inhabitants in 1933). Polish name: Wabienice.
Splettstoesser is a north German occupation name meaning merchant dealing with chipped wood, firewood, clapboards.

Kind regards
Detlef

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