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Origin of Enberg Total Records: 18  Origin of Enberg, Meaning of Enberg Origin: Lichten - light berg - mountain or hill. Surnames: Lichtenberger, Lighthill Submitted by: Richard Lighthill Origin of Enberg, Meaning of Enberg Origin: Spangenberg is a 'name of origin,' relating to the town of Spangenberg, southeast of Kassel in Central Germany. In the Middle Ages, people started leaving the small villages of their birth and moving to towns. When they arrived in the towns all they were known by was their Chirstian name - Hans, Fritz, Klaus, etc. However, there were a lot of people named Hans and Fritz and Klaus. To differentiate from one another, they took their birth town as their surname. For example, Hans von Spangenberg. The 'von' indicates 'from.' Eventually, the 'von' was dropped from the name. Surnames: Spangenberg, Spangenberger, Von Spangenberg Submitted by: Clayton D. Spangenberg, III Origin of Enberg, Meaning of Enberg Origin: looking for my fathers parents,george and mary cook,my fathers name was Elmer l cook of sioux ciy,iowa.Elmers sisters name was dorothy,Elmer was born in ElDoaro Mo.in 1912 and died 9-7-88 in sioux city iowa.can anyone help me out, tank you very much.i hear that they called my dad cookie,if that helps. Surnames: Hanenberger Submitted by: Robert Kermit Cook Origin of Enberg, Meaning of Enberg Origin: All Knappenbergers of the US are tied together as one family back to Wuerttemberg (Germany) Surnames: Knappenberger Submitted by: Sue Knappenberger Appleton Origin of Enberg, Meaning of Enberg Origin: Family history/family tree from 1500's in Wuerttemburg to America up to present day. Surnames: Knappenberger Submitted by: Sue Knappenberger Appleton Origin of Enberg, Meaning of Enberg Origin: Searching for ancestors/descendants of Andrew (Andreas) Miltenberger. Known residence St. Louis. 1870-1824 (born Germany 1839) Wife: Mary Diedrich. Children: Elizabeth, Mary, Josephine, William, Dina. Surnames: Miltenberger Submitted by: Colleen Miltenberger Origin of Enberg, Meaning of Enberg Origin: The Streitenberger family of Pike and Ross Co., Ohio and Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany Surnames: Streitenberger Submitted by: Robert N. Thompson Origin of Enberg, Meaning of Enberg Origin: a rare Dutch name: the family in Canada descend froom Pieter who brought his wife and children in 1925 and settled in Vancouver BC. Surnames: Van Snellenberg Submitted by: Marty Origin of Enberg, Meaning of Enberg Origin: Waayenberg families from the provinces Gelderland, Limburg and Noord-Brabant in the Netherlands Surnames: Waayenberg Submitted by: Rob Waayenberg Origin of Enberg, Meaning of Enberg Origin: Wayenberg families from the provinces Gelderland, Noord-Brabant and Limburg in the Netherlands Surnames: Wayenberg Submitted by: Rob Waayenberg Origin of Enberg, Meaning of Enberg Origin: Weyenberg family from provinces Gelderland, Noord-Brabant and Limburg in the Netherlands Surnames: Weyenberg Submitted by: Rob Waayenberg Origin of Enberg, Meaning of Enberg Origin: Scharfenberger is a German surname meaning "sharp mountain person". This could mean mountain climber or dweller. Surnames: Scharfenberger Submitted by: Erven Thoma Origin of Enberg, Meaning of Enberg Origin: Family name from 'Knapsack Mountain' in Westphalia, Germany. Jews from Eastern Europe were not required to use surnames until 1800's. Surnames: Ransenberg Submitted by: Ilana Ransenberg-Priest Origin of Enberg, Meaning of Enberg Origin: The name "GERSTENBERGER" means merely 'someone from the town of Gerstenberg. The town is just a few kilometers north of Altenberg, which lies midway between Leipzig and Zwickau, in Saxony. Surnames: Gerstenberger Submitted by: Duane F. Gerstenberger, M.D. Origin of Enberg, Meaning of Enberg Origin: I believe the name is German. However, I do not know it's meaning. Surnames: Hachenberg, Hackenberg, Hackenburg Submitted by: Bob Hackenberg Origin of Enberg, Meaning of Enberg Origin: "Mountain of Thought" is the literal English translation of Trachtenberg. I have no info. on how the name came about. Surnames: Trachtenberg Submitted by: Zara Calvente-Chazanoff Origin of Enberg, Meaning of Enberg Origin: Origin is Switzerland. Meaning is the following: Otto's son's mountain pasture, or Otto's mountain pasture. Surnames: Otzenberger/Ozenberger Submitted by: Otzenberger Origin of Enberg, Meaning of Enberg Origin: German...means rolling hills. Derived from the Limburg family, had to choose a new name to increase land holdings without causing a war. Chose Laufenberg because of the hills where the castle was built. Surnames: Laufenberg Submitted by: 10/11/2008 11:39 AM Page 1 of 1

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