Grift Kanaal Origin

[Peter Vandegrift]

Finally have found the <De Grift Kanaal> or <Grift / Apeldornsch ??> that
runs north from Apeldoorn toward Hattem that is just south of Zwolle.
Some researchers have implied that the Grift Canal may have some
relationship to my ancestor van de Grifts. My direct ancestor, Jacob
Leendertsen Vandegrift (or however you may spell it), the son of Lenaert
Evertse Van Der Grift, emigrated to New Netherlands c1647. I will
greatly appreciate anything that will shed light on my family.
Thank you,
Peter Vandegrift
pv...@whidbey.com

[Arie Jan Stasse]

Grift is an old word for canal, so Jacob or his ancestors could live
anywhere where was a canal.

Arie Jan Stasse
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/4744

[E.J.W.Hannivoort]

Peter Vandegrift (pv...@whidbey.com) wrote:
: Finally have found the <De Grift Kanaal> or <Grift / Apeldornsch ??> that
: runs north from Apeldoorn toward Hattem that is just south of Zwolle.

'de Grift' is not a canal but a small river or brook, indeed running
through Apeldoorn. Don't confuse this with 'het Apeldoorns Kanaal',
a canal (manmade for shipping with locks) running from Dieren to
Apeldoorn and then to Hattem. I believe 'de Grift' has a manmade
underpath ('duiker') under the Apeldoorns kanaal.

The local name of a brook on the Veluwe (Apeldoorn is 'on' the Veluwe)
is 'spreng', cf English 'spring'.

Sorry, I cannot comment on the genealogical questions.

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Evertjan Hannivoort
email: ehan...@inter.nl.net
snail: Boekelosestraat 399, 7548 AT, Boekelo, Netherlands.

[PALSTRA_WD]

E.J.W.Hannivoort wrote:
>
> 'de Grift' is not a canal but a small river or brook, indeed running
> through Apeldoorn. Don't confuse this with 'het Apeldoorns Kanaal',
> a canal (manmade for shipping with locks) running from Dieren to
> Apeldoorn and then to Hattem. I believe 'de Grift' has a manmade
> underpath ('duiker') under the Apeldoorns kanaal.
>

There is also a grift I believe between Wageningen en Rhenen.

Wybo Palstra