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Op den Graeff (Dutch pronunciation: [ɔb də(ŋ) ˈɣraːf]) is a German and American family of Dutch origin. [1] They were one of the first families of the Mennonite faith in Krefeld at the beginning of the 17th century. Various family members belonged to Original 13, the first organized immigration of a closed group of Germans to America in 1683.
Dorus received his nickname Grandpa (Dutch: Opa) while still a young man: he had married Neeltje Huisman, a fisherman's widow who already had six children.Shortly after the marriage, the oldest of Neeltje's daughters had a child of her own, and so at only 23 years old Dorus became known as "Opa" in Den Helder where he lived.
Breck’s is a mail order gardening company and importer of Dutch flower bulbs. Based in Guilford, Indiana, and Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands, Breck’s was founded in 1818. Originally a family-owned garden supply business, Breck’s gradually expanded into a catalog company. [1] Breck’s is now the largest U.S. importer of Dutch bulbs. [2]
Defunct manufacturing companies based in Indiana (2 C, 45 P) N. Defunct newspapers published in Indiana (16 P) R. Defunct Indiana railroads (8 C, 141 P)
Before three Dutch soldiers were shot, one fatally, in downtown Indianapolis, they were training in a southern Indiana military camp where international soldiers enter highly specialized urban ...
Steven Seagal (born 1952), actor, of Dutch descent through his mother; Noah Centineo (born 1996), actor, To All the Boys I've Loved Before & Sierra Burgess Is a Loser. He is of Dutch descent. Lauren German (born 1979), actress, Lucifer (TV series). She has a paternal grandfather who was Dutch and born in Amsterdam circa 1909.
New Netherland Company (Dutch: Nieuw-Nederland Compagnie) was a chartered company of Dutch merchants.. Following Henry Hudson’s exploration of the east coast of North America on behalf of the Dutch East India Company in 1609, several Dutch merchants sent ships to trade with the Native Americans (mainly fur) and to search for the Northwest Passage.
A New England Glass Company ewer, 1840–1860 A Novelty Glass Company advertisement in 1891 An electrical insulator made by Whitall Tatum Company, circa 1922. Alexander Gibbs; An Túr Gloine