| ![Show Contents]() Cornelis History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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Etymology of CornelisWhat does the name Cornelis mean? The surname Cornelis comes from the personal name Cornelis, which is a form of the Latin Cornelius. It was the name of several early Popes, one of whom became Saint Cornelius. The cult center of Saint Cornelius was the pilgrimage town of Cornelimünster, near Aachen in the Lower Rhineland of Germany, near the Dutch border. Early Origins of the Cornelis familyThe surname Cornelis was first found in the Lower Rhineland of Germany, where it spread to the Netherlands. Early History of the Cornelis familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cornelis research. Another 25 words (2 lines of text) covering the years 1562, 1638, 1657, 1783, 1824, 1867 and 1874 are included under the topic Early Cornelis History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Cornelis Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Cornelius, Cornelis, Cornelissen, Nelissen, Nellessen, Nellsen, Corneljes, Neljes and many more. Early Notables of the Cornelis familyMore information is included under the topic Early Cornelis Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
| Cornelis migration to the United States | + |
Cornelis Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Divertgen Cornelis, who settled in New Netherland (New York) in 1634
- Broer Cornelis, who arrived in New York in 1634 1
- Divertgen Cornelis, who landed in New York in 1634 1
- Maurits Cornelis, aged 20, who landed in New York in 1642 1
- Jan Cornelis, who arrived in New Netherland(s) in 1651 1
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| Contemporary Notables of the name Cornelis (post 1700) | + |
- Jan Cornelis Hofman (1889-1966), alias Jean Hofman, Dutch art painter
- Jan Cornelis Snoeck (1927-2018), Dutch sculptor and ceramis
- Field Marshal Robert Cornelis Napier GCB, GCSI, CIE, FRS (1810-1890), 1st Baron Napier of Magdala, British soldier, Governor of Gibraltar (1876-1883), Acting Viceroy of India (1863)
- Pieter Cornelis Boutens (1870-1943), Dutch poet, classicist, and mystic
- Franciscus Cornelis Donders (1818-1889), Dutch oculist
- Cornelis Douwe de Langen (1887-1967), Dutch physician who worked in Java, Indonesia where he did extensive work on tropical medicine and observed an association between dietary cholesterol intake and incidence of gallstones
- Cornelis Gijsbertus "Kees" van Aelst (1916-2000), Dutch water polo player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Cornelis Pieter "Piet" van den Hoek (1921-2015), Dutch resistance fighter during World War II
- Cornelis Piet "Pete" Hoekstra (b. 1953), Dutch-American politician
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
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