ThwompNL t1_jc2pql0 wrote on March 13, 2023 at 4:42 PM Reply to comment by CustomSawdust in 1664 New Amsterdam becomes New York, English warships in the harbor. Looking S on Broadway from the Wall. wwwsavingny.com for reconstructions, 3/15 NYC Fire Museum Opening by Impressive_Run_6557 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. Permalink Parent 6
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Reply to comment by CustomSawdust in 1664 New Amsterdam becomes New York, English warships in the harbor. Looking S on Broadway from the Wall. wwwsavingny.com for reconstructions, 3/15 NYC Fire Museum Opening by Impressive_Run_6557
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.