Tag: family
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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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The Work Begins
Read More: The Work BeginsWhen I was eleven [1916 – now the oldest daughter], my mother suddenly became ill. Her lungs had torn because of lifting things which were too heavy. Mother needed complete bed rest, and I had to leave school to care for her, to cook meals and take care of the youngest children, Meindert and Tiet.…
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1912-01 Jan Stuit to H. Beekhuis
Read More: 1912-01 Jan Stuit to H. BeekhuisJanuary 1912. from Jan Stuit to H. Beekhuis. [writing from Kalamazoo, Michigan at age 17, less than a year after emigrating] Beloved brother and sister, We received the sad tiding of the death of your dear little daughter and our niece, Tietje Beekhuis. I was very shocked by this tiding, because I remembered the wonderful…
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1910-11-07 Elizabeth to Ena Stuit
Read More: 1910-11-07 Elizabeth to Ena StuitMonday, 1910-11-07. Prom Elizabeth Stuit to Ena Stuit. Dear Sister, We received your letter in good health and learned that you too are in good health. The boys had managed very well, and Roelf and Marie were oh so glad. Roelf has worn the cape a couple of times already. He looks very good in…
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1910-08-21 Elizabeth to H. Beekhuis
Read More: 1910-08-21 Elizabeth to H. BeekhuisSunday, 1910-08-21. From Elizabeth Stuit to H. Beekhuis. Woldendorp, August 21, 1910. Beloved family, You have probably already been waiting for a letter again, but as Father’s illness remains about the same, I don’t write quite as often. About 10 days ago we had a letter from the boys [in South Dakota], they also were…
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1908-11-06 Elizebeth to H. Beekhuis
Read More: 1908-11-06 Elizebeth to H. BeekhuisFriday1908-11-06. From Elizabeth Stuit to H. Beekhuis. Woldendorp, November 6, 1908. Dear family! On behalf of Father, we inform you that your Mother died on Thursday evening 9 o’clock. Entirely gently and in all peace she fell asleep. She is now released from all suffering and is presently enjoying that which she expected here in…
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Notes
Read More: NotesNoted by Stiny van der Laan de Jong Rientje Stuit, born Feb, 27, 1891, seventh child of Albert Stuit (b. Oct, 24, 1851) and Tietje Berrelkamp (b. Jan.25, 1860) who married at age 27 and 18 resp. on November 8, 1878. They had 13 children: 1) Stientje, b, Dec, 12, 1878, married May 16, 1900…
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Elizabeth Stuit Letters
Read More: Elizabeth Stuit Letters1908 – 1912 Elizabeth Stuit is my great-great-aunt — an aunt of my grandmother Dina van der Laan. Her untimely death at the age of 23, some 113 years ago, is in the distant past. That, and, being among so many in that generation of my ancestors, should relegate her to the fringes of who…
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Harm van der Laan
Read More: Harm van der LaanThese detailed memoirs of Harm van der Laan served as the basis for a book about the family’s history till 1955.
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By Horse and Wagon
Read More: By Horse and WagonThe de Jong family on Willem Barendskade could not live entirely off the proceeds of the farm. We also had other occupations. For example. Along the Dellewal was a beautiful high dune, which is still there today, but smaller in area.