This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Willemsen Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WGB.2ACI/1653.1.1 Message Board Post: Hillbrand Willemsen went to the USA in 1911, via Ellis Island. He claimed to go to his cousin Jan Toppen who lived in Michigan. For as far as my information goes he did not change his name, he died in 1977. I don't have all the info on him, so if someone has, let me know. Kindest regards Olaf Nijhuis Holland