Tag: Cornelis
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Bach, boat, Canada, church, college, Cornelis, family, Gouda, Groningen, marriage, organ, Pieter, Rotterdam, school, ship
De Slingerland Lijn
Read More: De Slingerland LijnDe eerste Slingerland die we kennen is een zekere Aart Slingerland die naar Berkenwoude kwam en ging boeren in Westeinde 11, de boerderij waar mijn moeder is geboren. (Later traceerde een andere familiegeschiedenis de lijn terug naar Teunis Slingerland, gedoopt op 16 november 1653). We weten niet wanneer hij kwam, maar we weten wel dat…
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Tradities en Namen
Read More: Tradities en NamenAlles verliep volgens traditie totdat ik werd geboren. Moeder had gewild dat ik naar vader zou worden vernoemd, maar vader wilde niet dat.
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Cornelis de Jong
Read More: Cornelis de Jong1928 – 2025 Preface by Henry de Jong Cornelis de Jong was a quiet, unassuming man, not easily drawn into arguments, but always ready with a story or two from his life experiences. Like my own father, my father-in-law had a checkered career that made him more worldly wise than most and cultivated his observant…
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Down the Road
Read More: Down the RoadA survey of texts destined for residency in Middledom, including stories by Herman de Jong and memoirs by various family members.
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Bach, blessed, Canada, Christmas, church, Cornelis, Easter, family, God, Gouda, marriage, organ, Pieter, Rotterdam, school, Stolwijk, Toronto
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, family, 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…
