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Re: Laurens



On Wed, 2 Oct 1996, olle siljeholm wrote:

> Someone told me his family came from europe. 
> But, the name HAMMOND, is'nt that a common US/english name?
  
> Theo Fokkema wrote:
> > 
> > The last couple of days i saw some messages on the list mentioning the name
> > of Laurens Hammond. Just out of curiosity: is there anyone here who knows
> > how he got this name? Laurens is a Dutch name. Does he have Dutch ancestors
> > or something like that?

I could be way off the mark here, but in old (and not-so-old) New York it 
was quite common to have that mix of English and Dutch, given the 
original white settlers of the area.   


Heshy
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