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Jean Mulder

Gender:Female
Age:60's
Country:
 USA
Joined:October 12 2009 (2 years ago)

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Van Der Slik Mulder Web SiteSite manager, since Oct 27 2009
Wiersma Web SiteMember, since May 7 2011
Heacock Web SiteMember, since May 5 2011
Stamboom van de familie KOKMember, since May 31 2011
Familiestamboom Spruit en van der WaalMember, since June 9 2011
Families Kruithof en BarendregtMember, since Sep 23 2011
Flikkema WebsiteMember, since May 27 2011
Wolda Web SiteMember, since July 31 2011
Reinders Web SiteMember, since Aug 22 2011
van Haren Web SiteMember, since Oct 18 2011
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Jean Mulder Thank you for inviting me to join your website. This is a great program and I love being able to get in touch with other websites to find answers to my questions. I have been busy adding a lot of photos to the Mulder/Korendijk and van der Slik/ Bogema aka Boegman members of my tree. Feel free to look at it and see if any apply to your tree.
Jean Mulder
347 days ago
Frans Albert Kok Dear Jean , here is my answer on your question today.In 1811 Napoleon Bonaparte who invaded Holland and most part of Europe ordered families to have a familyname. Some inportant families already had one , but most families did NOT.Before 1811 if somebody was born and they called him Jacob and his father was called Thies....than his full name would be Jacob Ties , meaning Jacob , the son of Thies. The son or daughter of for instance Jacob would be named .... Grietje Jacobs or Hendrik Jacobs. The S after Jacob means son or daughter of Jacob. (Jacobsson) After 1811 everybody was ordered to have his own familyname. Some choose their professing as familyname (Smit , Timmerman) which means smith , carpenter. Some familynames remained Jacobs for instance. The same for Pieters , Stevens etcetc.Some families choosed their names after the region they lived (van Groningen , van Delft ) etc etc.Most of the familynames can be explained. I hope you are satisfied with this answer. If NOT , dont hesitate to mail me for more questions. Dutch regards Frans Kok.
290 days ago
 
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