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DOORNBOS Family History

This old Dutch name of many variant spellings is topographical and describes one who originally lived by an area of Thorn (Doorn) Bushes (Bos). This type of name is common in England i.e. Thornhill, but less so in Flanders/Netherlands, although in this case the town of Doorn in the province of Utrecht may also have a bearing on the origin. The relative popularity of the name can also be gauged by the number of different spellings, which in this case includes Dorenbosch, Dorenbos, Doornebos and Doorenbos, the latter being the usual spelling form.