Mrs Johan De Rode Van Hekeren was born about 1342, in Doesburg, Gelderland, Netherlands. She had at least 3 sons with Johan De Rode Van Hekeren.
Some characteristic forenames: German Otto, Erwin, Ewald, Hans, Heinz, Oskar, Viktor, Claus, Frieda, Fritz, Gerhard, Horst.
German and French: from a short form of any of various ancient Germanic personal names with the first element hrōd ‘renown’. Compare Robert , Rudiger .
North German, Danish, and English: topographic name for someone who lived on land cleared for cultivation or in a clearing in woodland, from Middle Low German rode, Danish rothe, Old English rod. There are a number of places in England named with this word, for example Rode in Cheshire, and the surname may derive from any of these. Compare Rhode .
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