Hesse's odd name, which had been her mother's, her grandmother's, and her great-grandmother's before her, was originally borrowed from that of the old German town whence the first Reinike had emigrated to America.
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- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Not Quite Eighteen. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/33927/pg33927-images.html
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