Tag: church
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Hoe het Verder Verliep
Read More: Hoe het Verder VerliepTot mijn grote verbazing werd mij een half jaar na mijn verblijf in Canada het boekje “Opa Dekker in Canada” toegestuurd. Of ik het alsjeblieft eventjes wou lezen en dan mijn toestemming wilde geven om het boekje te laten drukken. Nou, dat was mij best! De meneer die het schreef is een goede vriend van…
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Een Koningskind
Read More: Een KoningskindIk had mijn dorpsgenoot Jan Koning beloofd dat ik, zodra ik in Canada arriveerde zijn enige dochter die in het St. Margaret Ziekenhuis in Toronto lag te bezoeken. Zelf was hij te oud geworden de lange reis te maken. Het is een van de nare consequenties van emigreren, dat men, als het leven ten einde…
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1953: Immigration
Read More: 1953: ImmigrationArrival in Halifax After a week at sea, we arrived in Halifax—our landing destination. We were towed into the harbour by a tug and pilot boat, as ships were not allowed to dock under their own steam. It’s a large harbour. Around Halifax, you can see, from the ocean, a lot of homes along the…
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Amsterdam, Arnhem, Blijham, church, family, Groningen, Hommes, London, marriage, organ, politics, Rotterdam, ship, Vlagtwedde, Winschoten
1939-1945: The War Years
Read More: 1939-1945: The War YearsThe Shadow of war In the meantime, it was now 1939, and the political world had started to rumble. Hitler was the big boss in Germany and pushed his Nazi program on his people and started to shout about “lebensraum” (room to live). In the fall of that year they walked into Poland and placed…
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Amsterdam, Christmas, church, Easter, family, God, Groningen, marriage, organ, ship, Stadskanaal, Vlagtwedde, Winschoten
1929-1934: Courtship and Engagement
Read More: 1929-1934: Courtship and EngagementA cold wedding party in 1929 It was the coldest winter that we ever experienced, with temperatures at an all-time low in this month. We had rented cars for the civil ceremony at the townhall of Stadskanaal in the morning and the church ceremony in the village of Onstwedde in the afternoon. But wouldn’t you…
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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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~ Crusaders for Christ
Read More: ~ Crusaders for ChristA cry swept the land and nobles and knights kissed wives and children. Castles out of sight, they spurred their horses into a gallop,
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Sunday Morning
Read More: Sunday Morningsit still! how could i have sat still when all the colours of the rainbow quite unexpectedly began to wiggle through the church?
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Johan
Read More: Johanlast night who pops up in my head? johan slender little johan i wish we had grown up together