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Techentin from Germany

Techentin from Germany

Posted: 25 Oct 2003 9:20PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 7 Sep 2004 4:02PM GMT
Surnames: Techentin, Driever, Peters, Dankert, Trappe, Bergmann, Brueggemann
Searching for information on anyone with the name of Techentin from Mecklinburg-Schwerin, Germany, especially from Bruel.

Re: Techentin from Germany

Larry Warkentin (View posts)
Posted: 19 Jul 2006 8:44PM GMT
Classification: Query
You will notice the similarity between our names. I have discovered both names in the Matriculation Book of Rostock University. Marcus Techentin appears in 1567 and is from Lubecensis (probably Lubeck). and in 1574 appears Johannes Werkentin from Sternebergensis (Sternberg).

Also on the list are Sankentin, Scharentin, Roggentyn, Parkentin, Dubbertin, and Buckentin. I am curious about the final syllable "tin". The nearby city of Stettin and a few neighboring villages also end in "tin." Do you have any information on this syllable.

I am rather certain that Warkentin has a Dutch origin. There is a village named Warken (Werken) in Gelderland. Many Dutch people lived along the Baltic. In 1674 Arndt Warkentin was married in a Dutch speaking Mennonite Church in Danzig.

Re: Techentin from Germany

Posted: 2 Oct 2006 7:26PM GMT
Classification: Query
The word "techentin" comes from the Wendish language and means "compassionate." The Wends were a Salvic tribe who settled in eastern Germany and western Poland long before there were any Germans around. In the 1600s, many neighbors, including Dutch were brought to the area to get the Wends to adopt modern ways, including The Church. In the mid 1800s, efforts to pacify them led to a large group sailing to Galvaston, TX, move inland and established several communities which still exist as well as the Missori Synod of the Lutheren Church. Try Googleing "Wend."

Several centuries ago there were three towns with the name in Meklenburg. One still exists as a crossroads near Goldburg. The second has become a neighborhood in Ludwigslust, The third disappeared, apparently in the dust of the 100 Years War.

Forty years ago there were many Techentins in Saginaw, MI, and one family each in Chicago (mine) and one in Los Angeles. Iowa had a bunch 100 years ago and Indianapolis had a Techentin luggage shop in the 1860s.

Re: Techentin from Germany

Posted: 2 Oct 2006 7:28PM GMT
Classification: Query
The word "techentin" comes from the Wendish language and means "compassionate." The Wends were a Salvic tribe who settled in eastern Germany and western Poland long before there were any Germans around. In the 1600s, many neighbors, including Dutch were brought to the area to get the Wends to adopt modern ways, including The Church. In the mid 1800s, efforts to pacify them led to a large group sailing to Galvaston, TX, move inland and established several communities which still exist as well as the Missori Synod of the Lutheren Church. Try Googleing "Wend."

Several centuries ago there were three towns with the name in Meklenburg. One still exists as a crossroads near Goldburg. The second has become a neighborhood in Ludwigslust, The third disappeared, apparently in the dust of the 100 Years War.

Forty years ago there were many Techentins in Saginaw, MI, and one family each in Chicago (mine) and one in Los Angeles. Iowa had a bunch 100 years ago and Indianapolis had a Techentin luggage shop in the 1860s.

Re: Techentin from Germany

Posted: 14 Jun 2014 10:57PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Techentin Peters
My great grandfather, Herman Franz Heinrich Gustav Techentin was born in Grevesmuhlen in 1861 to Carl Friedrich Techentin and Luise Henriette Katherina Peters.
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