This person has a double surname conjoined with the prefix (Affix, Tussenvoegsel) 'Or' indicating association with an Estate Farm or House.
"Deutschland Heiraten, 1558-1929," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JHQM-QMS : accessed 18 March 2016), Johann Fredrich Bartelheimer and Anne Marie Oberste Meyer, 12 Oct 1830; citing Evangelisch, Huellhorst, Westfalen, Prussia; FHL microfilm 1,051,761.
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Categories: North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | German Roots
In pre-1800s NW Germany in was not uncommon for names to include the prefix (affix or tussenvogsel) "Or"; eg Forename Surname Or Surname, where "Or" means "Of" sensu lineage or parentage, much like the Celtic "O'."
Thus " Forename Surname Or Surname" IS a single legitimate surname, NOT an expression of two possible surnames, & there is no confusion about lineage.
The practice died out in the early to mid 19th century.