Category: Memoirs
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1916-1929: Managing the Renneborg
Read More: 1916-1929: Managing the RenneborgAs we were eating in the backroom the next day, Mom suddenly appeared and said “Dad is dying”. So we crept quietly into the front room, where he laid in his bed, gasping for air and not knowing what was happening around him.
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1900-1916: Sappermeer to Renneborg
Read More: 1900-1916: Sappermeer to RenneborgSchool years As already stated, I first saw daylight in Zuidbroek, Westeind, located along the Winschoterdiep (a navigable canal), only 500 meters from the neighbouring community of Sappermeer. My Dad was born in Borgercompagnie and my mother further north in the town of Slochteren (Harm van der Laan 1868-10916 and Foktje Baas 1867-1945). When they…
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Dina van der Laan-Beekhuis
Read More: Dina van der Laan-BeekhuisDina’s memoirs offer fascinating details into early twentieth century life, and the story of her courting, engagement and first year of marriage with Harm.
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Memoirs
Read More: MemoirsStories like these used to be passed down during the down times, when the only distraction was the clicking of knitting needles. These stories are set down here to keep them alive.
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Dutch
Read More: DutchHet is dus deze compilatie door Herman de Jong van de geschriften van Hendrik (en broer Pieter) de Jong, samen met zijn eigen voor- en naspel, die ik hier heb.
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Hendrik de Jong
Read More: Hendrik de JongForward by Henry de Jong (Henry van Herman van Hinne) (Het originele Nederlands is hier beschikbaar) I imagine a great number of memoirs are written by elderly people at the encouragement of their children, and that my two grandfathers are among them. My primary source for Hendrik de Jong’s memoirs is a hundred page, single…