I believe it has Huguenot origins and relates to refugees from Rennes in western France escaping from persecution from the catholic majority.The church in Rennes was burned by the Catholics in1654. By the end of the 17th century, roughly 200,000 Huguenots had been driven from France during a series of religious persecutions. They relocated primarily in England, Switzerland and the Dutch Republic.
(Eingesendet von Yasni-Nutzer)
