> Chris BONDE wrote:
> >FWIIW, far back on my father's side there were a few like that but > >only for women Anna's dotter, Katrine's dotter. One bad case was > >Hans Jepsen, Jep Hansen, Hans Jepsen, and Jep Hansen. Some people > >have the middle name of their mother's or mother's mother's surname. > >Such as Kale Thorpe Henderson, where, Thorpe is the matrilineal. > > > > > > > One of my cousins traced our family name back to 1754 in Holland. But > they couldn't go any farther for several reasons, one of which was > that prior to that point the Dutch used the Scandanavian? system of > naming where a daughter's surname was the father's first name with > "dottir" (or the Dutch equivalent) added and a son's surname was the > dad's first name with "son" added. > > I'm sure that's why there are so many Johnson's running around. My > dad's name was John so that would be my surname with that system. > > Rod Yes, it was prevelant in the Scandinavian countries, probably more so in Denmark. It was easy for the people to find the out info for my father, just one step at a time. As in the example I gave. There was a lot of commerce between Denmark and Holland awhile back. People moved back and forth with the merchant ships. Sven's dottir was good. but, I think Anna's dottir was not. Daniel: So the 'de' is 'of' the male family surname, not of a place which is usually for nobility. della Casa Noir. van ??? Chris
