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Ohlhausen is a German surname. The name has several variations but the origins are one of the oldest in Europe and can be traced to 186CE to its first mention in the Franco-Roman Census found near Jagsthausen. The ancient hamlet of Olnhausen, Germany near Heilbronn is still in existence.
The name's meaning is 'house of eel'. Several Ohlhausen family crests bear a house and eels. Ael/ahl/ohl are all Germanic etymological variations of the English word "eel".
Variations of the name: Olnhausen, Ohlhausen, Olhausen, Aelhausen, etc.
People
- Henrich von Olnhausen -Knights Templar of the Crusades, conferred the Order of the Golden Spur in 1388 at Jerusalem
- Mary Phinney von Olnhausen (1818–1902) Civil War Nurse, whose exploits during the American Civil War were chronicled in "Adventures of an Army Nurse in Two Wars: Baroness von Olnhausen"-by Mary Phinney, 1903
- Maureen Ohlhausen -Attorney, Federal Trade Commissioner appointed by Barack Obama
See also
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