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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.

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Scottdale, Pennsylvania, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 816. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.

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MLA style: van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Vermeer family name." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 08 January 2009 <http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/vermeer_family_name>

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