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Joannes Willems - Opsteen name

Started by Anthony Opsteen on Saturday, April 14, 2018
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Why did the surname Willems change to Opsteen? What does Opsteen mean? Who was Johannes Willems father?

Hello Anthony

Joannes Willems, his forename Joannes, Willems is a patronymic off his father. So his father was Willem.
The children took the familyname off Opsteen.
The meaning from the name Opsteen is not known.

I've seen a church document which spelled the surname op Steen. In Dutch, that means of or on stone, I think. I suppose there is no way to figure willem's fathers name without dates to go by. I'm going do do some more digging. Thanks for your reply!

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