What is the origin of the name Bartanen?

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What is the origin of the name Bartanen?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: The social security death index only has 29 people with the name.. discount maybe half as women who are not Bartanen by birth, then look at the oldest listed males, both born in the 1890's. Almost all these deaths were related to Michigan. This will not include those who died prior to the 1960's.
If this is your extended or direct family, it should be very easy to 'work' your line back to grandfather or gr grandfather, maybe he is in the SSDI. Once you verify your "immigrant" ancestor, zoom in on his records, especially death certificate, obituary, and hopefully he will have been a naturalized citizen. If you can locate his application for becoming a citizen, it should be a gold mine for you.