Tag: Amsterdam
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In Search of the New Amsterdam
Read More: In Search of the New AmsterdamI’ve been to Amsterdam, and other cities in the Netherlands. Walking down their streets, alongside and over their canals, clicking cobblestones and ambling into seven century old sanctuaries — this brings Dutch history to life. It is not so easy, there, to ignore the people who built this and lived it — the people who…
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Haudenosaunee Heritage
Read More: Haudenosaunee HeritageOn our trip to New York City, we will be travelling back and forth by train. This Toronto to New York Amtrak route runs along the northern reaches of Haudenosaunee traditional territory. First, it passes within an hour’s travel west to the Six Nations Reserve before heading east into New York, through Wenro, Seneca, Cayuga,…
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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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Protected: Brouwer Book
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Protected: Timeline
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Father Feito
Read More: Father FeitoIt is indisputable that I have north Netherlands Catholic roots. I can trace many family lines back to the sixteenth century (almost all in the same neck of the woods), and thus, by extrapolation, to undocumented ancestors in the fifteenth century. It’s safe to say then that my people, and their culture, were largely Reformed…
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Our Place
Read More: Our PlaceCountry /province /region /town /hamlet /farmhouse In 1945 The Netherlands was a maligned country, reeling from five years of enemy occupation and a final brutal season known as the hunger winter. Infrastructure was largely neglected or destroyed, the economy was in tatters, poverty was widespread. Elation swept across the country from south to north, March…
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Leaving Home
Read More: Leaving HomeBeekhuis Family ~ 1923 I left home when I was 16 [1921] to serve in a family with 6 children. It was good there. But I was happy when I could go home for a weekend. The people were nice, and I was like one of their own. But after 2 1/2 years I went…
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Adventures on the Gaasterland
Read More: Adventures on the GaasterlandIn 1922, I commanded the S.S. Gaasterland (S.S.M) . It was winter, but I don’t remember the exact date. We were on our way from New Castle to Amsterdam with a cargo of coal.