Ed Updegraff
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Edgar Rice Updegraff was an American amateur golfer and urologist.
Possible, but not proven coat of arms Op den Graeff as descendants of Herman op den Graeff (Heraldic representation by Matthias Laurenz Gräff based on the Krefeld Op den Graeff stained glass window from 1630, which may depict the “Lohengrin swan” of the Kleve coat of arms in one window)
Herman op den Graeff
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Herman op den Graeff, also Hermann, was a Mennonite community leader from Krefeld.
Ed Updegraff
…golfer and urologist. Updegraff was born in Boone, Iowa, and is a descendant of the Dutch and German Op den Graeff family. He was a direct descendant of Herman op den Graeff, mennonite leader of Krefeld, and his grandson Abraham op den Graeff, one of the founders of Germantown and in 1688 signer of the first protest against…
"Herman op den Graeff", detail from the allegorical-historical painting "Ahnenfolge" by Matthias Laurenz Gräff
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detail: Coat of arms