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August 11, 2020

V is for Van Names

Olive Tree Genealogy is continuing a new Alphabet Genealogy series of blog posts. I'm not following the usual way of going A-Z surnames. Instead I will create a one word "tag". Then I will share an ancestor (mine, my husband's, an inlaw's or one of my children's) who fits the tag

Today's letter is V for Van Names. I have several, all from Holland. They all ended up in New Netherland (present day New York) in the 17th century. You can read about some of them on my New Netherland Settlers section.

Vanderburg
Van Alstyne
Van Horn
Van Rottmer
Van Slyke
Van Schaik
Van Woert
Van Valkenburg

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2 comments:

  1. Unknown6:01 PM

    OK Lorine - here is my list: (direct ancestors only)
    Van Norden
    Van Schlichtenhorst
    Van Alstyne
    Van Antwerpen
    Van Apperloo
    Van Bommel
    Van Der Bogart
    Van Der Linde
    Van Der Volgen
    Van Deusen
    Van Dyck
    Van Eps
    Van Hoesen
    Van Northstrand
    Van Patten
    Van Rottmers
    Van SLyck
    Van Vechten
    Van Vranken

    There is some overlap with yours, as we already knew.

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  2. Unknown5:52 PM

    We have 27 different van names, primarily from Belgium with a few Dutch and German thrown in. Sometimes pronunciation is difficult though!

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