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CustomSawdust t1_jbyi705 wrote

For those interested, please search for Adrian Vanderdonk. His work in New Amsterdam and New York left a lasting impression.

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ThwompNL t1_jc2pql0 wrote

Fun fact, Dutch surnames are written with spaces in between. His name in Dutch would be “van der Donck”.

“van der” (sometimes also “van de” or just “van”) means something like “of the”. It is always written in lowercase.

Source: am Dutch with a similar last name.

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HaoDasShiDewYit t1_jcie5d0 wrote

learned this when i was reading abt cornelius vanderbilt and i found out his name just means "from de bilt", which is a town in holland

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