Tag: Canada
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The de Jong Line
Read More: The de Jong LineFamily History section written in 1986 Touch and turn images for a wide screen view Of my father’s relatives I know very little. I have never seen a picture of my grandparents, likely because one was never taken. I know nothing of how my grandfather looked except that he was crippled from birth with one…
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Bach, boat, Canada, church, college, Cornelis, Gouda, Groningen, marriage, organ, Pieter, Rotterdam, school, ship
The Slingerland Line
Read More: The Slingerland LineThe first Slingerland we know of is a certain Aart Slingerland who came to Berkenwoude and started farming in Westeinde 11, the farm where my mother was born. (Later another family history traced the line back to Teunis Slingerland, baptized November 16, 1653). We don’t know when he came but we know that he was…
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Development of the Stolwijk Area
Read More: Development of the Stolwijk AreaMost of the family came from a small area between two rivers, the Lek and the Ijssel, and most of them lived in or close to Krimpen aan de Lek. There is a highway now from Schoonhoven to Krimpen with a Skyway to Rotterdam (De Van Brienen Noord bridge). This bridge was built after the…
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Emigrating to Canada: 1954
Read More: Emigrating to Canada: 1954Some time after the war ended and things were settling into place in Holland my brother Jaap emigrated to Canada, as farmland was still very hard to come by. That went well so I wanted to emigrate too. About two weeks before I was to be granted permission, I told a friend of my plans…
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Cheese Making
Read More: Cheese MakingAs I mentioned before we were a large family. When the war broke out, I was just 12 years old and there were 12 children already in our family. I believe the marriage was good, and as children we could get along quite well, apart from some minor rivalry that typically happens among children. Looking…
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Dutch
Read More: DutchMemoirs van Cor de Jong (1928-2025). We zijn dankbaar voor het venster in zijn wereld dat hij ons heeft nagelaten.
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Emigration
Read More: EmigrationIn 1892 their neighbour (and cousin) Arend Hassing and his wife had an auction and sold everything they had. With their five children they emigrated to Kalamazoo Michigan USA, on February 15, 1893. He became a celery farmer there. Later, the Hassing’s would write letters about their life in Kalamazoo and so, Berend (Ben) decided…
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Religion and Faith
Read More: Religion and FaithOne can talk about religion in generalities and about churches being staunchly Reformed and very orthodox, but what was my personal experience as a child? I can’t remember that my mother often told Bible stories, but she must have done so. At table Dad read from Anne De Vries’ Bible Story Book and when I…
