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Re: Bachmann surname; Swiss in origin
Posted by: Nancy Smedley	Date: July 30, 2000 at 21:14:34
In Reply to: Bachmann surname; Swiss in origin by C. Farkas	of 126

Bachmann could possibly be Swiss in origin, but I would guess that it is German mainly because that whole region speaks German (including parts of Italy and France). My family came directly from Germany, but Germany once covered a large portion of Europe, so the name is in various countries. By the by, Bach means brook or little stream, and Mann, of course, means man, so John Bachmann was probably "John, the man who lives by the brook"

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