A Stryker family also came into Germantown, Pa. around 1695 from Kaldenkirchen, Holland. They are prominently mentioned in histories of Germantown, Pa. Leona Scott
Dear Leona, Kaldenkirchen is not in Holland, but in Germany. See: http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?addtohistory=&countrycode=88&country=DE &address=&city=kaldenkirchen&zipcode=&submit.x=0&submit.y=0 Kirchen is German for church. In Dutch it's kerk. Greetings, Anne Simonse ----- Original Message ----- From: <Scratchwel@aol.com> To: <NYDUTCH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 2:16 AM Subject: Re: [NYDUTCH] Stryker > A Stryker family also came into Germantown, Pa. around 1695 from > Kaldenkirchen, Holland. They are prominently mentioned in histories of > Germantown, Pa. Leona Scott > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >