Vosloo

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Vosloo is a surname.

The Vosloo progenitor (Jan Vosloo) was born around 1649, a grandson of Johan Crantz (1575) from the farm Voßloh(Vossloh) in Westphalia Germany.

Jan Vosloo (1649) joined the VOC in order to escape poverty that gripped Germany after the thirty year war. [1]

Notable people with the surname include[edit]

Vosloo Book[edit]

Daniel Jacobs at the request of Ton Vosloo compiled a book in two parts to tell the story of the Vosloos.[1] [2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Jacobs, Daniel (2003). Die Vosloos Nuttige Landsburgers Deel 1. Ton Vosloo. ISBN 978 1 920429 29 4.
  2. ^ Jacobs, Daniel (2003). Die Vosloos Nuttige Landsburgers Deel 2. Ton Vosloo. ISBN 978 1 920429 30 0.