Bartels

Bartels is a German and Dutch patronymic surname.[1] The given name Bartel is a vernacular shortform of Bartholomeus.[2] Notable people with the surname include:

Ghanaian family

Bartels is an important Euro-African family on the Gold Coast, founded by Cornelius Ludewich Bartels (d. 1804), Governor-General of the Dutch Gold Coast between 1798 and 1804, and his son Carel Hendrik Bartels (1792–1850). Members of this family include Francis Lodowic Bartels (1910–2010), a Ghanaian diplomat, Kwamena Bartels (born 1947), a former Ghanaian Interior Minister, and Peggielene Bartels (born 1953), a Ghanaian chief.

See also

References

  1. Hanks, Patrick (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. 1. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4. OCLC 51655476. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  2. "Nederlandse Familienamenbank". Nederlandse Familienamenbank (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 June 2019.
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