Bartels

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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

The Bartels family was an important Euro-African family on the Gold Coast, founded by Cornelius Ludewich Bartels (died 1804), Governor-General of the Dutch Gold Coast between 1798 and 1804, and his son Carel Hendrik Bartels (1792–1850). Descendants of this family include Charles Francis Hutchison (1879–ca. 1940)[3] Francis Lodowic Bartels (1910–2010), a Ghanaian educator and diplomat, Kwamena Bartels (born 1947), a former Ghanaian Interior Minister, and Peggielene Bartels (born 1953), a Ghanaian chief, who is married to a descendant.

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