Verstraete

The Noble Tribe of Verstraete in North America. The family name Verstraete developed from a combination of the old Flemish word "straete", denoting "street, with "ver" a contraction of the phrase "van der", meaning "of/from the". Hence, the original b.
earer of the surname Verstraete would have been one of whose residences overlooking the principal thoroughfare of a town or city.