Hello, ERMENTRAUT - female name made up of the Germanic roots "erm/irm" = all-comprising, complete, large, and "trut" = strength HOFFMANN/HOFMANN - person living on/owning a farm DECKMANN - person that made/produced blankets IRVEN/EHRVEN- probably a dialact version of Erwin (Roots ebur = boar & wini = friend) Regards, Ingolf Vogel ----- Original Message ----- From: <Chfigaro1@aol.com> To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 1:39 PM Subject: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Surname Help > I am looking for assistance on the origins of the following German surnames: > > ARMENTROUT/EHRMENTRAUT > HOFFMANN > DECKMANN > IRVEN/EHRVEN > > Assistance with any of these names is tremendously appreciated. Thank you. > > Cynthia Burchell Hoffman > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >