Book 13 The people from the east border - 1664 - 1950's Ostrander the author's mother's side of the familyThe Ostrander family name is of Dutch origin and is translated as "from the east border." The first Ostrander came to America from Holland while New York was still the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam. Their arrival would be sometime before 1664 and places the Ostrander family among the oldest on the American Continent. The Ostrander family in Canada...