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Old 01-30-2019, 05:03 PM
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Originally Posted by SIRE1 View Post
To all of you who have responded to my post, I say thank you. I just received an email from Fraugoofy with a translation of the mystery word - HAKK. Our last name is spelled HAAKE, but the german pronunciation is more like Hack. That makes sense. We couldn't imagine the chest would only be identified by a first name only. And come to think about it, we don't know if our relative actually wrote the info on the chest or if someone else might have written it when they boarded the ship. So they might have spelled it like it was pronounced. So thanks to all on the forum. You've solved a mystery.
Hak Name Meaning, Family History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms, German

That's good that you got the help and solved the mystery.

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