Researching Willem Hout
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 16 people with the Hout surname? In that year Hout was ranked number 3563 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Willem means "Contraction of WILLIAM" and is of Teutonic origin.
Records of Willem Hout on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Willem Hout and the Hout Family History
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Hout Family Tree Databases
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Hout Forums
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Miscellaneous Hout Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Willem Hout. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Willem Hout
Willem van den Hout
Wilhelmus Henricus Maria van den Hout ('s-Hertogenbosch, 3 June 1915 – The Hague, 24 February 1985) was a Dutch writer and publicist, best known as the writer (under the pseudonym Willy van der Heide) of the Bob Evers series of children's books.
Van den Hout lost his credentials as a journalist after World War II for having collaborated with the Nazi propaganda machine, but gained commercial success with the Bob Evers series. He also used the pseudonyms Willy Waterman, Willem W. Waterman, Sylvia Sillevis, Victor Valstar, Victor H. Huitink, Joke Raviera, Zsa Zsa Ferguson and C.B. McInverness, M.D., Ph.D., and translated English literature into Dutch.
Source: Willem van den Hout, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Hout
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