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Dick Coat of Arms and Name History

Dick

Origin Displayed: Belgium

Origins Available: Belgium, Dutch, German, Scottish

Spelling variations of this family name include: Dyck, Dycke, Dyckere, Dycken, Dyckern, Dick, Dicke, Dickenhausen, Dickenmann, Dickmann, Dyckmeester, Dycxhoorn, Dyke, van Dyke and many more.

First found in Belgium, where the name became noted for its many branches in the region, each house acquiring a status and influence which was envied by the princes of the region.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Dirck Jansen VanDyck, who arrived in New Netherland sometime between 1620 and 1664; Achias Janse Vandyck, who arrived in New Netherland in 1651; Johannes Dyckman, who arrived in Albany, NY in 1651.

Suggested Readings for the name Dick
"History of Peter and Christina Shutt Dick Family, Frederick Co." by Muriel Martens Hoffman, "Immigration to St. Joseph County, Indiana: Chronology of Four Germans-Catholic Families- Zaehnle, Dick, Lauber, Schmitt" by Howard John Schmitt.

Some noteworthy people of the name Dick

Harold G "Hal" Dick (1907-1997), American mechanical engineer who flew on almost all of the Hindenburg flights except the last flight of the Hindenburg
Albert Blake Dick (1856-1934), American inventor and manufacturer, who invented the mimeograph, founder of the AB Dick Company in 1884
George Frederick Dick (1881-1967), American physician, who, along with wife Gladys, co-discovered the germ responsible for scarlet fever and co-developed a curing serum for it
Philip Kendred Dick (1928-1982), American science fiction author
Sir William Reid Dick (1879-1961), British sculptor
James Dick (1743-1828), Scottish merchant and philanthropist
Robert Dick (1811-1866), Scottish geologist

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FLANDERS: HISTORY

The former county of Flanders, which was located on the North Sea and was often linked to both Belgium and the Netherlands, provided Britain with a large number of immigrants during the medieval period. They became invaluable contributors to the development of Britain and contributed more to British industrial development than any other single group. The Flemish began to arrive in Britain at the time of the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. Walter Bec of Flanders led a contingent of his countrymen, who fought as allies of Duke William of Normandy during the Battle of Hastings. Following the Norman victory, many of the Flemish were granted lands upon which they settled permanently. Many more Flemish migrants arrived in 1107, after a large part of Flanders had been flooded. Some of them went to Northumbria, but were later transferred to the Welsh county of Pembroke.