View source for Harms (Harm, Harmssen, Harmsen) family

This Dutch Prussian Mennonite family name is still common in the [[Netherlands|Netherlands]] as a given name (Harm). The name occurred in the Mennonite congregations of Danzig, [[Elbing (Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland)|Elbing]], [[Thiensdorf and Preußisch Rosengart Mennonite Church (Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland)|Thiensdorf]], Orlofferfelde, [[Tragheimerweide (Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)|Tragheimerweide]], [[Montau (Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)|Montau-Gruppe]], and [[Deutsch-Kazun (Poland)|Deutsch-Kazun]]. From these congregations the name was transplanted to [[Russia|Russia]], [[United States of America|United States]], [[Canada|Canada]], and [[South America|South America]].
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