Posted By:	Hans Okkerman
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	Subject:	Re: ANNA MARIA OCKERMAN/LANCASTER PA/1759
	Post Date:	December 25, 1999 at 09:32:18
	Message URL:	http://genforum.genealogy.com/ockerman/messages/36.html
	Forum:	Ockerman Family Genealogy Forum
	Forum URL:	http://genforum.genealogy.com/ockerman/

Ackerman (Akkerman) is a name that exists in the Netherlands. I don't think it is a misspelling of Ockerman since Ackerman means something like 'plough man'. Ockerman or Okkerman has no comparable meaning. Okkerman is the Dutch spelling of the German Ockermann. I think Ockerman is the English version, since mann (in German) means man (in Enlish and Dutch). The name Okkerman exists in the Netherlands, although it is a rare name, I also found it in Norway (through the net).