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Question:The Creeks, the ones Andrew Jackson fought.

Bachman

Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German Bach ‘stream’, ‘creek’ + Mann ‘man’.

Respelling of German Bachmann.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4


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Bachman

Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German Bach ‘stream’, ‘creek’ + Mann ‘man’.

Respelling of German Bachmann.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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