Kwant Introduction in English

<BODY BACKGROUND="kwant_pages2_i000008.jpg" TEXT=#000000 LINK=#0000FF VLINK=#FF0000 BGCOLOR=#F4A90B > <BASE TARGET="_top"> <DIV class=s0 style='margin-right: 1mm;'> <FONT style='font-family:"Verdana";font-size:10pt;'>History of the family with the Surname </FONT><FONT style='font-family:"Verdana";font-size:10pt;'><B>KWANT or Quant </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0 style='margin-right: 1mm;'> <FONT style='font-family:"Verdana";font-size:10pt;'>This site is an attempt to find out the history of people with the surname KWANT.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0 style='margin-right: 1mm;'> <FONT style='font-family:"Verdana";font-size:10pt;'>    By making a link to sites of other people who have made research I hope to realise the complete Kwant Book. </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0 style='margin-right: 1mm;'> <FONT style='font-family:"Verdana";font-size:10pt;'>Till now I have found several roots: </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0 style='margin-right: 1mm;'> <FONT style='font-family:"Verdana";font-size:10pt;'>  - around 1650: </FONT><FONT style='font-family:"Verdana";font-size:10pt;'><B><A class=s0 TARGET="Frame38c9c8" HREF="kwant_pages2_000012.htm">Gramsbergen</A></B></FONT><FONT style='font-family:"Verdana";font-size:10pt;'>, on the border of the Netherlands and Germany, </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0 style='margin-right: 1mm;'> <FONT style='font-family:"Verdana";font-size:10pt;'>                        in a hostel on the riverside of De Veght. (<A class=s0 HREF="javascript:IperF_open('kwant_pages2-00000a.htm','','height=600,width=850,dependent=0,fullscreen=0,location=0,menubar=0,resizable=0,scrollbars=0,status=0,toolbar=0','Pag0');">see map</A>)  </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0 style='margin-right: 1mm;'> <FONT style='font-family:"Verdana";font-size:10pt;'>  - around 1730: Veendam, province of </FONT><FONT style='font-family:"Verdana";font-size:10pt;'><B><A class=s0 TARGET="Frame38c9c8" HREF="kwant_pages2_00001c.htm">Groningen</A></B></FONT><FONT style='font-family:"Verdana";font-size:10pt;'>, my ancestors in a  <A class=s0 TARGET="Frame38c9c8" HREF="kwant_pages2-000011.htm">marriage contract</A><A class=s0 HREF="kwant_pages2_000011.htm">,</A>  </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0 style='margin-right: 1mm;'> <FONT style='font-family:"Verdana";font-size:10pt;'>                        Have a look at the <A class=s0 HREF="javascript:IperF_open('kwant_pages2-00000d.htm','','height=250,width=550,dependent=0,fullscreen=0,location=0,menubar=0,resizable=0,scrollbars=0,status=0,toolbar=0','Pag0');">signatures in 1730</A>  and <A class=s0 HREF="javascript:IperF_open('kwant_pages2-00000e.htm','','height=250,width=500,dependent=0,fullscreen=0,location=0,menubar=0,resizable=0,scrollbars=0,status=0,toolbar=0','Pag0');">1815</A>  (These are my ancestors) </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0 style='margin-right: 1mm;'> <FONT style='font-family:"Verdana";font-size:10pt;'>  - but as a separate line: also <A class=s0 TARGET="Frame38c9c8" HREF="http://home.planet.nl/~kwant040/kwant/frame2.htm">Hendrik Kwant</A> was born in 1799 in </FONT><FONT style='font-family:"Verdana";font-size:10pt;'><B><A class=s0 TARGET=_self HREF="http://home.planet.nl/~kwant040/kwant/frame2.htm">Haren</A>  </B></FONT><FONT style='font-family:"Verdana";font-size:10pt;'>and for full description (click on the name) </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0 style='margin-right: 1mm;'> <FONT style='font-family:"Verdana";font-size:10pt;'><B></B><B>  - Groningen: </B></FONT><FONT style='font-family:"Verdana";font-size:10pt;'>Based on info <A class=s0 TARGET=_self HREF="http://www.genlias.nl">Genlias</A> a </FONT><FONT style='color:#FF0000;font-family:"Verdana";font-size:10pt;'><B>complete review </B></FONT><FONT style='font-family:"Verdana";font-size:10pt;'>was made by Monique de Beer-Kwant: </FONT><FONT style='color:#FF0000;font-family:"Verdana";font-size:10pt;'><A class=s0 TARGET="Frame38c9c8" HREF="http://home.planet.nl/~kwant040">here</A></FONT><FONT style='font-family:"Verdana";font-size:10pt;'> and in <A class=s0 TARGET="Frame38c9c8" HREF="http://gw.geneanet.org/index.php3?b=mkwant&lang=en;m=N;v=kwant">Geneanet</A>. </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0 style='margin-right: 1mm;'> <FONT style='font-family:"Verdana";font-size:10pt;'>  - Also the name Kwant is mentioned with the same first names in <A class=s0 TARGET="Frame38c9c8" HREF="kwant_pages2_00001e.htm">Drenthe</A>                           <IMG SRC="kwant_pages2_i000010.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE WIDTH=63 HEIGHT=35 >   </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0 style='margin-right: 1mm;'> <FONT style='font-family:"Verdana";font-size:10pt;'>  - around 1500: Schiedam <A class=s0 TARGET=_self HREF="kwant_pages2_000023.htm">(Kethel)</A> on the riverside of the Schie see: </FONT><FONT style='font-family:"Verdana";font-size:10pt;'><B><A class=s0 TARGET="Frame38c9c8" HREF="kwant_pages2_00001b.htm">Zuid Holland</A> </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0 style='margin-right: 1mm;'> <FONT style='font-family:"Verdana";font-size:10pt;'>  - and <A class=s0 TARGET="Frame38c9c8" HREF="kwant_pages2-000028.htm">Jan Kwant bought</A> allready in 1766 a house in Utrecht (in Dutch) </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0 style='margin-right: 1mm;'> <FONT style='font-family:"Verdana";font-size:10pt;'> </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0 style='margin-right: 1mm;'> <FONT style='font-family:"Verdana";font-size:10pt;'> As you can see from the files the name was written Quant in the past as well. </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0 style='margin-right: 1mm;'> <FONT style='font-family:"Verdana";font-size:10pt;'> </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0 style='margin-right: 1mm;'> <FONT style='font-family:"Verdana";font-size:10pt;'>Do you have any information,</FONT><FONT style='font-family:"Verdana";font-size:10pt;'><B> please send it to me</B></FONT><FONT style='font-family:"Verdana";font-size:10pt;'>, and we can try to find out what the links are, you can also add it to the guestbook.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0 style='margin-right: 1mm;'> <FONT style='font-family:"Verdana";font-size:10pt;'> </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0 style='margin-right: 1mm;'> <FONT style='font-family:"Verdana";font-size:10pt;'>Also the information from my mother's side is presented under <A class=s0 HREF="kwant_pages2_000007.htm">Cazemier</A> (only in Dutch) and the complete family tree is presented under family tree. Click in the tree on the names and you will see the relations and discover more names. </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0 style='margin-right: 1mm;'> <FONT style='font-family:"Verdana";font-size:10pt;'> </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0 style='margin-right: 1mm;'> <FONT style='font-family:"Verdana";font-size:10pt;'>Some of the <A class=s0 TARGET="Frame38c9c8" HREF="kwant_pages2_00001d.htm">reactions</A>, received in 2001 - 2005 are presented <A class=s0 TARGET="Frame38c9c8" HREF="kwant_pages2_00001d.htm">here</A>. Also have a look OR WRITE in the Dreambook! </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0 style='margin-right: 1mm;'> <FONT style='font-family:"Verdana";font-size:10pt;'> </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0 style='margin-right: 1mm;'> <FONT style='font-family:"Verdana";font-size:10pt;'>Note: This Entrance Page is in English, But not all information is! </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0 style='margin-right: 1mm;'> <FONT style='font-family:"Verdana";font-size:10pt;'> </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0 style='margin-right: 1mm;'> <FONT style='font-family:"Verdana";font-size:10pt;'><A class=s0 TARGET=_self HREF="http://home.hccnet.nl/k.kwant/">Visit my Personal Homepage</A>     <A class=s0 TARGET="Frame38c9c8" HREF="http://genealogie.pagina.nl/">More about genealogy </A> </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0 style='margin-right: 1mm;'> <FONT style='font-family:"Verdana";font-size:10pt;'> </FONT></DIV>