Tag: Gouda
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Back in Holland: 1949-1954
Read More: Back in Holland: 1949-1954This is the period of dad’s life that we know the least about. The few paragraphs here are written by Wendy with input from her sisters based on the few stories dad has told us. From pictures we know that he enrolled in an Agricultural School, probably in Gouda, and that he worked for the…
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Indonesia: 1947-1949
Read More: Indonesia: 1947-1949Much of what follows is written by Wendy based on memories my sisters and I shared of stories he told us over the years, although there are a few paragraphs that he must have written very early on because they were written in Dutch. When I was 19 years old (1947) I was called up…
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Grade School Years: 1934-1941
Read More: Grade School Years: 1934-1941When I was six years old I started school on May 1, 1934. There were nine of us children in our family. The youngest was 1 ½ years old and my oldest brother was 12 and started grade 7. There were seven grades at that time so one of us was in every class except…
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The Car Accident: 1932-1933
Read More: The Car Accident: 1932-1933The second thing I remember is when I was hit by a car when I was four years old. I believe it was on May 20, 1932. It was mid-afternoon and my dad was going milking, taking Geertje and me along. Henk was 2 ½ then, my sister Ju almost 1 year old and my…
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Het Krentebrood
Read More: Het KrentebroodMijn vrouw en ik zijn goed op elkaar ingespeeld. We lopen beiden tegen de zestig en wonen in een voortvarende stad in Canada … het heeft tenminste een Hollandse winkel. Ik ben als Jan Jansen geboren en mijn eega heet hier Tiny, maar werd geboren als Jantina Klazina. Ik hoor ze bij Zellers al zeggen:…
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Zoden an diek
Read More: Zoden an diekk lag in berre en docht noa over mien veulbewogen leven.Dat dou ik om aander dag, k heb tied der joa veur.Ik docht aan t hounderhok dat ik in oorlog tegen ons achterschuurtje aanbaauwde. Ik was twaalf joar old in 1944 en kreeg t oardeg veur mekoar. Binnen tenminste nooit hounder ontsnapt.Joa man, ik har…