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From: "D. Stussy" <>
Subject: Re: About my surname
Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 08:03:03 GMT
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On 1 Oct 2002, [ISO-8859-1] Verónica Gómez Detjen wrote:
>I am from Uruguay in South America, I have always been told that my
>surname; Detjen; comes from Germany. Could anyone tell me about it?
>Thank you so much.

I believe from Hannover (more than just the city - as in when it was a
principality in the 19th century). It could be in other areas too. I haven't
researched the surname, but I have encountered it via spouses of the lines I was
interested in.


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