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BECOMING KUIPER – Part 11: A Name, a Mother, a Mystery
In 1811, during the French occupation of the Netherlands, Napoleon Bonaparte introduced regulations requiring people to register a fixed family…
BECOMING KUIPER – Part 10: The Name That Wasn’t His
We all come from somewhere. Behind every name stands a mother and a father, and behind them, countless others whose…
BECOMING KUIPER – Part 1: Patronyms and the Birth of Surnames
Grietje Alberts was the daughter of Albert Martens and lived in the province of Groningen, Netherlands, from 10 January 1794…