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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…
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Family Names and History
Read More: Family Names and HistoryChapter 1 HISTORY OF THE BROUWER NAME The Name Brouwer is the Dutch word for “brewer.” It seems likely, that at the time when last names were chosen, they were a family of brewers. This may give the impression of drinking and rough living, but in early times beer was part of daily life. It…
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Memories
Read More: MemoriesChapter 12 The Ramblings of Ineke Pennings-Brouwer What is a Brouwer? This is the Brouwer book. Have you ever wondered what the first Brouwer was like? Brouwer comes from the brewer industry, someone who brews beer. Did he pick his name from his business or because he loved brewed beer. I think he was a…
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Protected: Memories II
Read More: Protected: Memories IIThere is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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Protected: Brouwer Book
Read More: Protected: Brouwer BookThere is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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2022 – Stormy Lake
Read More: 2022 – Stormy LakeLike Canisbay Lake, we’d been to Restoule Provincial Park for car camping. And we knew that the interior sites were accessible from easy access points
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The Age of Aquarius
Read More: The Age of AquariusThe Middledom Manifesto: This is where I stand, neither to the left or to the right, but feet feeling their way through the middle, between the past and the future, between the good and the bad, between certainty and doubt.