Re: Spoon Family
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In reply to:
Spoon Family
12/16/01
Hi Deborah, My maiden name is Spoon and I am Dutch. However I married an Englishman and live now in England. My family are predominently farmers in The Netherlands. As Spoon is such an english name and does not mean anything in Dutch I am curious to know when a Spoon came to England and from where. There is a romantic story that the Earl of Leicester had an advisor called Thomas Robert Spoon. He in fact missed the boat when they returned to England from Holland as he was having fun with the girls in Holland. The rumour is that as a result the children from this "having fun" became farmersnear Niewenhoorn and Nieuw Helvoet in Holland. The name Spoon is very rare in the Netherlands. My father was called Hendrik Cornelus Spoon and his father was called the same. Can you tell me anything? Many thanks. Hester Spoon
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Re: Spoon Family
William Forbes Spoon 3/31/02