Around 1690 some "foreigner from the Isles" (?) registered himself on the Dutch island of Walcheren...part of the Zeeland province...first recorded as Loureis. The family name changed several times (probably because most were illiterate, they had to say their name and the civil servant wrote down what he heard)...it ended up as Lous

The "foreigner from the Isles" most likely came ashore in Veere...a trade harbor town with the exclusive rights for the trade with Scotland. The town had a Scottish trade post and even a Scottish church...so he might have been a Scot, but that's not certain.

Loureis could have been: Lewis, Laurence, Lawrie, someone from the Isle of Lewis, someone from whatever island, or even someone from Louth or Laois (Ireland).

It's a dead end...so no clan for me :-?

Not a big deal...

Enough Tartans to choose from :grin:

The Veere tartan ITI No:2670 is for sure "my" tartan!

Others: Scottish District and General tartans and several Dutch tartans.

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