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From: "Edelgard Strobel" <>
Subject: Re: [POSEN] Word meaning
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 15:55:34 +0200
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Hello Matthias,

Bette means the surname Caro or Karo. I supposed that it is of Italian
origin, but maybe Bette's information of Jewish roots is right. Another
possibility could be that it is a form of Karow, which is a place name in
Pomerania and Saxonia. The pronounciation of Karow and Karo is the same.

We have found some Karo/Caro in the Wladyslawow (Turek) records at the
beginning of the 19th century.

Regards from Solingen (Germany),

Edelgard



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