What does the name "Kraase" mean?
Can anyone tell me about the surname "Kraase?"
I have an ancestor that doesn't follow the Danish custom of the patronymic pattern. The lineage is: Peder Kristensen 1789-1899, Jens Pedersen Kraase 1815-1894, then Mette Marie Jensen 1813-1850. So, where does "Kraase" come from?
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Hi Ann
The word Kraase originates from the Latin word Crassus meaning "gross"of "coarse, in German the word literally means "blatant" or "stark" .If you think something is really fantastic it can be described as Krass the same for dreadful. The word Kraase comes from Estonia
Anthoneyphilipclarke
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The name Jens Pedersen Kraase is most likely related to a place in the parish, where he lived, or the place where his family came from.
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I was wondering if Kraase was added to distinguish him from another Jens Pedersen from the same town/village or even extended family. When we look at our family tree and search for records we often find several people with the same name, born in the same place at the same time. I often wish that our ancestors had a bit more imagination when it came to naming their children. Having this Jens Pedersen with the addition of Kraase is probably a God send.
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You have a good point here - to distinguish from other in the area by the same name.
When the young men were in the military, they would be named by the place, where they came from. This name often followed them in the time after militaryservice, and even become a familyname.
And why this in the military? Because whenever the troops would come to a new area, they could ask one of the local servicemen, where the horses could be fed and placed in a stable, where the men could be fed and sleep as well.
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That is so true with the military especially in regiments from Wales where there are so many by the name of Jones in particular. Often it was Jones and his last three army numbers or they were known by a nickname. We knew a Jones who's nickname was 'Odd Socks' shortened to 'Socks.' So many people knew Socks. So as Jens Petersen is quite possibly a fairly common name your comment bares thinking about.
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Jens Petersen is a very fairly name in Denmark, so is Jens Jensen, Peter/Peder Petersen/Pedersen, etc.
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