Tag: Groningen
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1953: Emigration
Read More: 1953: EmigrationThe NSB wanted to deceive us However the NSB’ers did not sit still and were busy trying to put a spoke in our wheels. On a certain day we had a visitor from Oude Pekela who came with a very smooth and sly presentation. “So you are emigrating?” he asked. “It’s too bad that you…
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Bible, blessed, Blijham, Canada, emigration, Groningen, school, ship, Vlagtwedde, Wedderveer, Winschoten

1945-1953: Wedderveer Farm
Read More: 1945-1953: Wedderveer FarmWedderveer Farm We move to Wedderveer During August we moved to Wedderveer. We settled our affairs with the Bosker family, who owned the farm we were on in Blijham. They were not too pleased with us leaving. Dirk and Wendeltje Bosker had both passed away already and just Jan and Jurrie had remained. But they…
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Amsterdam, Arnhem, Blijham, church, 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, 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…
