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Lechmere Surname Origin
(Locality). This family originally came from the Low Countries. Lech is a branch of the Rhine, which parts from it at Wyke, and running westward, falls into the Maes, before Rotterdam; mere, a lake.
Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import; Arthur, William, M.A.; New York, NY: Sheldon, Blake, Bleeker & CO., 1857.
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