Vermeer family name
Vermeer (Vermeeren, Vemeren, Van der Meer), a common Dutch family name. Adriaen Vermeer of Leiden was an Anabaptist martyr, executed at Haarlem, Holland, in 1537. Joos Vermeeren (Joachim de Suickerbacker) of Antwerp, Belgium, was a Mennonite elder in the 1560's. Later there were some Mennonite Vermeers in the Rotterdam congregation and Vermeerens at Haarlem until ca. 1900.
| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
|---|---|
| Date Published | 1959 |
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van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Vermeer family name." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 18 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Vermeer_family_name&oldid=85735.
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van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1959). Vermeer family name. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 18 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Vermeer_family_name&oldid=85735.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 816. All rights reserved.
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