Len wrote:
So you Canadians really are "blessed", in every aspect so far
No wonder every day three farmers or lorrydrivers quit their
business/job over here and emigrate to the land with the Maple Leaf.
There sure must be a lot of dutchmen over there...

Sorry I asked that question, Jim. I appreciate your open answer a lot.
Whenever my wife or I arrive at that roadbend, we'll no doubt do the
same thing... I am very glad to live in a country where it's possible.

Warm regards, Len.

Right up till this summer I thought I was part Dutch...from American
Loyalists chased from Harlem area of New York by the motley rabble
around 1776.
Mom was down to her mother's home in Digby county and someone had
researched a book on the origins of settlers outside the town in
Bloomfield.
Seems our ancestor on that side was actually Danish... he came to North
America from Holstein, Denmark by way of Holland prior to 1654. He built
a little church in the bush, Harlem area and that's where the family
name came from.
"Van" (from)
"Busch" (woods)
"kirk" (church)
There's even a coat of arms & a motto.
The Nova Scotia VanBuskirks are all decended from his second son....
and all VanBuskirks in Notth America trace their roots back to this
preacher.