Re: Schwerdtfeger (1734-1798) name
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Re: Schwerdtfeger (1734-1798) name
Ann Hamilton 7/10/04
The Schwerdtfegers of my ancestors have been in Hannover since 1668 (at least notified so). Then part of them went in 1740 to Schleswig-Holstein (Northern region of Germany). My Ancestor Jost Hinrich Schwerdtfeger ist the first one, who went there.
As far as I know, all those were written Schwerdtfeger (with D). Maybe is has been originally Schwertfeger, as the german word for SWORD ist Schwert.
Please excuse my poor English!!
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