Rosenfeld family
Rosenfeld (Rosefeldt, Rosfeld, Ro(o)sevelt, Roosenfelt), a family name found among Mennonites of Prussia, Russia, and South America. The name occurs in the Montau-Gruppe congregation as early as 1586 with the coming of Hendrik (van) Roosevelt to Montau from Antwerp, Belgium. The name was also found in Lithuania and Kazun. A contemporary of this family is the Mennonite Brethren Elder G. Rosenfeld of Brazil.
Bibliography
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. III, 540.
Reimer, Gustav E. Die Familiennamen der westpreussischen Mennoniten. Weierhof: Mennonitische Geschichtsverein, 1940.
Author(s) | Cornelius Krahn |
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Date Published | 1959 |
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Krahn, Cornelius. "Rosenfeld family." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 19 Aug 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Rosenfeld_family&oldid=120619.
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Krahn, Cornelius. (1959). Rosenfeld family. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 19 August 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Rosenfeld_family&oldid=120619.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 359. All rights reserved.
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