Category: Brouwer Book
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Oma Says
Read More: Oma SaysThe Collected Sayings of Oma Brouwer These sayings were written down by Mina Brouwer in a ledger, as she thought of them, and typed out later by one of her descendants. The text recognition and translations come courtesy of Google Lens
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Protected: The End
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Protected: Later Events and Conclusions
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Protected: The Years 1960 – 1984
Read More: Protected: The Years 1960 – 1984There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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A New Life in Canada
Read More: A New Life in CanadaChapter 11 A NEW LIFE IN CANADA On May 12, after eight days at sea, the Brouwer family arrived in Quebec City. First they had to go into a large hall and had to wait for a long time. There their papers where checked again. Finally they were allowed to board the train. This part…
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The Final Years in Holland
Read More: The Final Years in HollandChapter 9 THE FINAL YEARS IN HOLLAND After the war ended, everything started to recover. However, the Brouwers were faced with another big problem. Their farm was too small to support their family. Four of the children had already finished school, and they now needed to look for work elsewhere. Hendrik often worked for some…
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The War Years
Read More: The War YearsChapter 8 THE WAR YEARS Then came 1939. There had been rumours of war for years, but most people didn’t pay much attention to it. They were too busy just trying to keep food on the table to support their families. There was no television yet and not many people owned radios. Many rural people…
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The Early Years
Read More: The Early YearsChapter 6 OPA’S CHILDHOOD AND OPA & OMA’S WEDDING We know very little about Opa’s youth. He was born on February 7, 1887 on the family farm in Lathum where he lived for 67 years until May 1954 when he emigrated to Canada. When he was born, there were already 3 children in the family–…
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Extended Families
Read More: Extended FamiliesChapter 3 OPA’S FAMILY As far as we know there are no pictures of Opa’s parents, nor are there any stories that Opa ever told about his father. This is not too surprising since Opa was just 12 years old when his father died and when Opa married, his father had been dead for 27…