Saturday January 20: "Hooray for the Dutch" Day at Knock School
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The Innisfil Historical Society is going Dutch!
Join us for our regular monthly meeting on Saturday, January 20, 2024, as we hear stories of the many Dutch families who settled in Innisfil between the 1940s and 1970s.
Sample some Dutch cheese and cookies, too!
Admission is free – all welcome. Meeting starts at 2 p.m.
Drop by the Knock Heritage Schoolhouse at #7756 10th Sideroad at the 9th Line, Innisfil
Here are the Innisfil Dutch family names that we are aware of. Can you add any others?
Abspoel, Balk, Blom, Boer, DeJong, Dykstra, Eisses, Heublein, Hofland, Hoffman, Jagt, Jansma, Juffermans, Kearns, Keunen, Kleinveld, Kloosterman, Koopman, Krale, Krul, Lucas, Mendel, Mudde, Nagel, Raedts, Riemersma, Schaly, Van Kessell or Van Kissell, Van Leusen, Van der Mast, Van der Wende, Van Nispen, Verwoerd,Visser, and Willims.
