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[@SVRSVR-b2q]

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[@Tjalie-j6i]

As a Dutchman myself, I have to ask; van Way ? Did an ancestor Anglicise that name or was it a case of "Smith" but not actually really knowing Dutch when arriving in New York ? Anyway- Cool watch 👍.

[@brianvanway]

@@Tjalie-j6i they were Dutch when they arrived in the US 🙂

[@Tjalie-j6i]

@@brianvanway So it originally was "van Weg" but got bastardized to "van Way" in the colonies. Normally that doesn't happen. van Weg means "from the road" or "the way". That must have happened a century or so later after leaving the fatherland 🇳🇱.

[@brianvanway]

@@Tjalie-j6i for whatever reason I was lead to believe it was "from the meadow" but I'll check that out. My family is very small and my dad is the oldest male in the line - I don't think he really knows anything about it.

[@Tjalie-j6i]

@brianvanway That would be van Weide or van der Weide. That doesn't mean the same thing or even sound the same way.⬅️sorry 😆 Weide in Dutch or meadow in English is pronounced "Wide-the" Weide if you had to make a similar English sound for it. From Weide to way sound is quite a big leap. Hey, who knows. If multiple generations after lost their own language skills it could have bastardized to something like way eventually,...Interesting 🤔. Anyway- Groeten vanuit het vaderland Nederland 🇳🇱 👋.

[@brianvanway]

@Tjalie-j6i thank you for the info. I definitely would like to know more about my heritage and visit some day