Johan Kampeman wrote: > "Schutte" is a typical Dutch last name. So it might be very well that the > little girl who brought Lutheranism to Norway, came from Holland. I agree, the name Schutte sounds dutch. I have never met this name in Norway. The telephone directory for 2000 for Oslo does f. e. not show any person by this name. To state that a single person brought Lutheranism to Norway hears strange. All knows that Norway developed a lutherian state religion by political progress. Danish Kings were highly active. Religious lutherian influence came from Germany and was politically settled in Scandinavia. The Low Countries however became Calvinistic (after Jean Calvin) and I doubt therefore that a dutch citizen could have exported Lutheranism to the whole of Scandinavia. Regards Jan M Keus Dutch citizen in Norway. > "Velma Jean Benson" <jbenson578@cybertrails.com> wrote in message > news:cqQy5.931$a5.38817@mick.cybertrails.com... > > AM TRYING TO FIND A PERSON OR RELATIVE TO A PERSON WITH THE LAST NAME OF > > SCHUTTE IN NORWAY. MY GRANDMOTHER; HILDA ELIZABETH SCHUTTE, WAS BORN NEAR > > OR IN TRONDHEIM IN 1875. HER ANCESTOR: A SCHUTTE, BROUGHT LUTHERANISM TO > > NORWAY. HER STORY IS THAT WHEN SHE WAS A LITTLE GIRL, HER FAMILY WAS > > BROUGHT TO THE CHURCH TO VIEW HER ANCESTOR BEING REMOVED FROM HIS GRAVE > > INSIDE THE CHURCH AND TO BE BURIED IN THE CHURCH YARD. WELL THAT IS THE > ONLY > > THING I KNOW ABOUT MY NORWEGIAN FAMILY BUT I FOUND THEM ON A NORWEGIAN > > CENSUS ON THE INTERNET; WHICH SHOWED 13 SCHUTTE'S ON ONE YEAR AND 5 > > SCHUTTE'S ON A LATER YEAR. THESE ARE ALL MY RELATIVES. I WOULD REALLY > > APPRECIATE IT IF YOU WOULD FIND MY RELATIVES FOR ME AND SEND ME THEIR FULL > > NAME AND ADDRESS OR GIVE THEM MY E-MAIL ADDRESS WHICH IS > > jbenson578@cybertrails.com AND MY HOME ADDRESS. I AM 67 AND I AM TRYING TO > > FINISH MY FAMILY TREE SOON. I HAVE 300 NAMES SO FAR BUT NONE OF MY > NORWEGIAN > > RELATIVES EXCEPT MY GRANDMOTHER. > > > > THANKYOU VERY MUCH > > JEAN BENSON > > 505 W SHERWOOD DR > > PAYSON ARIZONA 85541 > > > > TELEPHONE--520-468-2265 > > > > > > > > > >