Brief Life History of Van
Van Buckhorst was born in 1276, in Kuinre, Overijssel, Netherlands.
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Van Buckhorst
1276–
Van Kuinre
1280–
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Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Gerhard, Kurt.
North German and Dutch: habitational name from any of the places called Bockhorst (in northern Germany) or Bokhorst (in the Netherlands), so named with Middle Low German bōke ‘beech tree’ + horst, hurst ‘thicket, undergrowth’. This form of the surname is not found in the Netherlands, anymore.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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