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Origin of Oen Total Records: 9  Origin of Oen, Meaning of Oen Origin: The progenitor Francois Villion was a French Huguenot refugee who settled at the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, in 1671 and married Cornelia Campenaar in 1676. The surname is derived from the same word from which the word 'villager' is derived, i.e. someone living in a village. Surnames: Vilion, Viljoen, Villion Submitted by: Christo Viljoen Origin of Oen, Meaning of Oen Origin: The surname is Dutch. Meaning Green Dyke (Dijk) from the area of Groningen and branching out from there. There are several still in the area residing the towns of Uithuizermeeden, Uithuizen, Oosternieland, and 't Zandt. Surnames: Groendijk, Groendyk, Groendyke, Groenendijk, Groenendyke Submitted by: Gayla Artibee Origin of Oen, Meaning of Oen Origin: The progenitor was Francois Villion, a French Huguenot refugee who arrived at the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, in 1676 and married Cornelia Campenaar from Middelburg, Netherlands, in 1676. The surname is derived from the same word from which 'villager' is dericed, i.e. somebody who lives in a village. Surnames: Vilion, Viljoen, Villion Submitted by: Christo Viljoen Origin of Oen, Meaning of Oen Origin: Rutger Koenders (around 1800) Surnames: Koenders Submitted by: ludo koenders Origin of Oen, Meaning of Oen Origin: Of German origin meaning 'nice spring' (Sch?n=nice, born= old German for spring) There are four important towns in the mid-european area that bear the name Sch?nborn. The biggest is the city 'Bad Sch?nborn' in Germany. There also are towns called that name in CZ. The counts of Sch?nborn-Wiesentheid (which are also of Austrian origin)and the counts of Sch?nborn-Buchheim. Until 1883 there were also the counts of Sch?nborn-Heussenstamm but the line terminated because of no male successors. Surnames: Schoenborn Submitted by: Nora Magdalena Fritsch Origin of Oen, Meaning of Oen Origin: Trying to help connect anyone with the surname BOEN and various spellings at any time and any place. We descend from Hiram Boen b: abt. 1821 TN married to Elizabeth Hodges b: abt. 1825 TN. They were married abt. 1840 Franklin County, Arkansas. Settled in Hunt and Hopkins County, Texas by 1846. Connected to the Boen families of Johnson and Newton County, Arkansas. Visit The Boen Researcher Website for more information: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brendaboen/index.html Surnames: BOEN Submitted by: Brenda Boen Origin of Oen, Meaning of Oen Origin: Schoenbach is German and means "beautiful brook" Many Schoenbach are from Galicia, Austria-Hungarian Empire Surnames: Schoenbach Submitted by: Origin of Oen, Meaning of Oen Origin: common Surnames: Coenen Submitted by: Lisa J. Roth Origin of Oen, Meaning of Oen Origin: Beautiful head Surnames: Schoenkopf Submitted by: 2/17/2012 12:53 PM Page 1 of 1

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