Tag: church
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Marriage
Read More: MarriageWe were married on March 21st, 1934. All was ready, the beautiful new house for mother and the girls in the village. I had cleaned our house with Tiet’s help — put everything in place. It was a large house, the largest in the row of farms. The windows were very high and it took…
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Family Dynamics
Read More: Family DynamicsTrijn had finished school and thus we were both home with mother. Trijn was small and finely built and was close to mother, while I was much closer to my father. That’s why I loved going to the field with him. In the evening Trijn and I sometimes went to the village where we played…
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1910-08-08 Elizabeth to Ena Stuit
Read More: 1910-08-08 Elizabeth to Ena StuitMonday, 1910-08-08. From Elizabeth Stuit to Ena Stuit. Woldendorp, August 8, 1910. Dear sister, You haven’t had a letter from me in a long time. You’ll probably be a little bit angry I think, but I have been appallingly busy, lifting potatoes, planting and what all. Father’s condition is about the same. I would sooner…
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1910-05-17 Elizabeth to Ena Stuit
Read More: 1910-05-17 Elizabeth to Ena StuitTuesday, 1910-05-17. Prom Elizabeth Stuit to Ena Stuit. Woldendorp, May 17, 1910. Beloved sister, You have probably been looking for a letter already, I think. Father is a little better the last few days, better than when you were here. He still has to bring up, but it seems as if he is getting a…
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1910-03-06 Elizabeth to Ena Stuit
Read More: 1910-03-06 Elizabeth to Ena StuitSunday, 1910-03-06. From Elizabeth Stuit to Ena Stuit. Woldendorp, March 6. Beloved sister, You have probably been looking for a letter, I think. You might be thinking that Father is better again. I wish I could write that, but I can’t. Father is not well again. He is worse instead of better. He is in…
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1909-11-14 Elizabeth to Ena Stuit
Read More: 1909-11-14 Elizabeth to Ena StuitSunday, 1909-11-14. From Elizabeth Stuit to Ena Stuit. Dear sister, [Ena is four years younger than Elizabeth] It’s Sunday afternoon and I had better write again. We have just received your letter and learned that you are in good health which makes us very glad. We too are all in good health. Father is better…
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1909-03-14 Elizabeth to H. Beekhuis
Read More: 1909-03-14 Elizabeth to H. BeekhuisSunday, 1909-03-14. From Elizabeth Stuit to H. Beekhuis. Sunday, March 14, Woldendorp. Dear brother and sister, You must have been waiting for a letter. We are all reasonably well, except me and my leg. It just won’t get better. Thursday the doctor was here and then he thought that the swelling was down. He had…
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1908-11-29 Elizabeth to H. Beekhuis
Read More: 1908-11-29 Elizabeth to H. BeekhuisSunday, 1908-11-29. From Elizabeth Stuit to H. Beekhuis. Woldendorp, November 29.1908. Dear brother and sister, We received your letter with the news that a little son was born to you. Are you feeling better dear sister? Rientje just is not improving. She is very short of breath. Jan now also gets medicine drops and has…
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Dear Kees and Hittie
Read More: Dear Kees and HittieMy children said: Dad must still have something to do, and gave me a computer for my 60th birthday. You didn’t know that for quite a few years in the past, I wrote a Dutch page in a Dutch-Canadian weekly.
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~ Sunday Afternoon
Read More: ~ Sunday AfternoonMaaike had only invited no church people for coffee after the morning service. After all, they already had visitors. On top of that, none of their friends smoked anymore, and they certainly wouldn’t have appreciated Opa’s eternal pipe. If only they could have sat outside.