The schenkel Surname
schenkel Name Meaning and History
German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for someone with
long or otherwise notable legs, from Middle High German
schenkel, Middle Dutch schenkel, schinkel
‘thigh’, ‘lower leg’, German Schenkel ‘thigh’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Schenkel Ties to Tarnow and Newark NJ | Etta Rosenblatt | 2 |
| SCHENKEL/BROWN ancestors | Jamie Schenkel | 3 |
| Schenkel - Michael and Adam - Sandhofen Germany |
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| Leopold Schenkel, b. abt. 1857 PA |
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| Schenkels of Tenafly, NJ | Andrea | 1 |
| Philip Carl Schenkel (Schenckel) |
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