The first Van Landschoot family settled in the Knokke area probably in the late 16th century. Between 1414 and 1575, no Van Landschoots were found in orphans' listings of "Het Brugse Vrye Noord". The Landschoot branch of Moerkerke has its roots in Knokke. In the 18th century Emmanuel Van Landschoot moved to Moerkerke. For 1 or 2 generations we still see " VAN " in the name, but finally it was dropped. The VanLandtschoote families are also of Knokke, they settled in the early 17th century in the west part of Belgium, along the shore line. Others appeared in French Flanders and the Veurne area, in Belgium.
In 1762 Engelbertus Landschoot of Moerkerke embarks for, Batavia, Dutch Indies, enlisted as a soldier for the VOC (Dutch East India Company). After only a couple of weeks on board of the vessel Velzen, he died as many other persons did on board. Others Van Landschoots were enlisted in the Army of Napoleon, in the late 18th century and early 19th. The first migration starts in 1867 with Leopold Van Landschoot , who settled in Iowa,USA, others followed soon to the USA, France and Canada. In the early 1970's we have Jeanine VanLandschoot who emigrates to Australia and Albert Landschoot to Canada.
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