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Member Since: September 2006 Posts: 150 Send Message	yawnydawny	Report	14 Jun 2007 11:38
	CAN ANYBODY TELL ME IF THAY NO WERE THAY THINK THE NAME VERHOEVE COMES FROM DO NOT NO IF IT IS A FIRST NAME OR A SECOND NAME
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 63,347 Send Message	ErikaH	Report	14 Jun 2007 11:41
	Not sure where it may originate, but it sounds as though it may be either Belgian or Dutch. Try googling....always the best first option. Reg
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 16,612 Send Message	Julie	Report	14 Jun 2007 11:45
	Dawn If you Google, it looks like it was a surname
Member Since: September 2006 Posts: 150 Send Message	yawnydawny	Report	14 Jun 2007 11:50
	THANKS TO THE TWO PEOPLE THAT HAVE REPLYED I NEVER THOURGHT ABOUT GOOGLE
Member Since: September 2006 Posts: 150 Send Message	yawnydawny	Report	14 Jun 2007 11:53
	TO BARBARA THANK YOU VERY MUCH I WAS JUST ABOUT TO LOOK IT UP
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 196 Send Message	blueberry	Report	14 Jun 2007 11:59
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 196 Send Message	Just been having a look and it appears to be a Dutch surname. Barbara.
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 1,290 Send Message	ValT	Report	14 Jun 2007 21:43
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 1,290 Send Message	Hi found this name on 1871 census Honbrich. C. VERHOEFF abt 1822 Holland, Caturalizey living in Aldershot Hampshire Thought it might help. Val