The wanamaker Surname
wanamaker Name Meaning and History
Altered spelling of Dutch Wannemaeker ‘maker of winnowing
baskets’. A winnowing basket is a type of object that is now quite
unknown, except perhaps in a few museums, but was familiar on every
farm in Europe in bygone centuries. Compare the German cognate
Wannemacher.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Wanamaker parent to Ellen/Ella Wanamaker |
 Rachel Schaffhauser
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| WANAMAKER Walter L 1907-1992 |
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| Wanamakers of Tennessee |
madewelleh
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| Wannemaker/Prowse | Carol Huey | 6 |
| Matilda Wanamaker | Mikala Stephens | 2 |
| Rodene Wanamaker |
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| The Wanamakers of Eastern PA | nicole Wanamaker | 12 |
| Alma WANAMAKER Pics |
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| Benjamin Wanamaker - Lehigh Co. PA born ~1871 |
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| John Wanamaker founder of the Wanamaker Dept.Store | Angela | 10 |
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