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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 10270936, member: 2844&quot;]Marke is not a Dutch surname.</p><p>In the Low Countries a &#039;marke&#039; was a border, and as such it can be found as (part of) a place name if a town or village was situated near a border. Those borders may be gone now, but the names remain.</p><p><br /></p><p>In Medieval times &#039;marke&#039; was also the name given to an organisation of independent farmers who worked together in every way necessary. This &#039;marke&#039; also continues in place names, especially in the east of the Netherlands.</p><p><br /></p><p>To me it reads as J. Martre.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/confused.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ditto.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think it is period clothing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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