Re: Osterhout and other spellings?
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Re: Osterhout and other spellings?
Gregg Osterhout 8/19/05
Has anyone heard the story about our name that I have? My grandfather did EXTENSIVE research on our family before he passed..He had a huge book with everyones lineage all the way back to Jan..And the story he uncovered was that the name Oosterhout came about from a woman who cheated on her husband!There is a town in the Netherlands named Oosterhout, and it was said that when she had a son, she did not want to give him the surname of either of her lovers - since they would each find out of the other - so instead she gave him the surname of the town they were living in - Oosterhout.
Has anyone else heard this or has any reason to believe this is true?
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Re: Osterhout and other spellings?
Mindy Osterhout 3/05/07
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Re: Osterhout and other spellings?
john osterhout 8/05/06