https://vc.id.au/blog2/2009/01/not-just-van-cootens/ Van Cooten family history progress and collaboration Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:19:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://vc.id.au/blog2/2009/01/not-just-van-cootens/comment-page-1/#comment-568 Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:19:04 +0000 http://vc.id.au/blog2/?p=57#comment-568 My great grandmother (Anna Van Kooten)’s grandfather was a planter named Van Kooten in British Guiana. Her father was named Johnny Van Kooten and he was the product of a black woman (slave, free woman, who knows) and the Van Kooten planter. His father sent him to India to become a trained pharmacist and once he finished his training he returned to Guiana and opened up his own pharmacy.

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