Van de Water is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the water".Water, van de / der at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. Variants are Van de Waeter, Van der Water and Van der Wateren. People with this name include: Abraham van de Water (1879–1938) Dutch military Charles F. Van de Water (1872–1920), American (California) Republican politician Frederic Franklyn Van de Water (1890–1968), American journalist and fiction writer George Roe Van De Water (1854–1925), American Episcopalian priest Jacobus van de Water (1643–aft.1673), Dutch mayor of New Amsterdam Marjorie Van de Water (1900–1962), American science writer and journalist Ruth Van de Water, American theoretical particle physicist Silvester van der Water (born 1996), Dutch football winger
See also Van De Water Glacier, part of the near-extinct Carstensz Glacier in New Guinea, named after Abraham van de Water (1879–1938), who in 1913 was the first European to reach this "eternal" snow in this mountain range.Ballard, Chris, Steven Vink and Anton Ploeg, Race to the Snow; Photography and the Exploration of Dutch New Guinea, 1907-1936. Amsterdam: KIT Publishers, 2001.
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