Tag: ship
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Aylmer, Canada, church, family, God, Jordan Station, London, music, organ, Sarnia, school, ship, Vennekerk
Occupations
Read More: OccupationsOpa Herman de Jong had the following occupations As you can see: a multi-checkered career. Of course, now these occupations were on a part-time basis, otherwise I would have had to live two lives. And now let’s start at the very beginning… Herman at work
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Retirement
Read More: RetirementFor My Descendants Living During The Year 2050 Moses had no computer. Yet the books of Moses have been written faultlessly, all the events within them seem to be in perfect chronological order, and Moses’ style of writing is to the point, succinct, and in places wonderfully poetic. Like Moses, I have no computer either.…
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Aylmer, Bach, blessed, Canada, church, college, family, London, marriage, music, politics, religion, school, ship, Toronto, university, Winschoten
Immigrants – The First Two Years
Read More: Immigrants – The First Two YearsThe train ride to Toronto was a two-day affair, at first interesting, then tedious, as we had little priority and were sidetracked for scheduled passenger- and freight trains many times. We did get a feeling for Canada’s extent and for the distance we were putting between us and Holland, between me and my girl. In…
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boat, Canada, Christmas, church, emigration, family, God, organ, Rotterdam, school, ship, Vlagtwedde, Winschoten
The Emigration Leap
Read More: The Emigration LeapMom and Dad involved us older children in the deliberations about the future. We agreed that if we were to emigrate, it would not be Australia, New Zealand, South Africa or Brazil; the first two too far from Europe, the latter too different from us. The USA seemed too populous, too mighty and rich for…
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Bible, boat, Canada, Christmas, church, college, family, Groningen, organ, politics, religion, school, ship, Winschoten
Wedderveer
Read More: WedderveerThe farm in Wedderveer. Note the fruit trees close to the barn, the orchard of the neighbour Begeman on the right, the tractor shed at the back, the vegetable garden this side the clothesline and the rows of potatoes between clothesline and shed. On the left the small barn of our immediate neighbour Van der…
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Arnhem, Bach, Bible, church, Easter, family, God, Groningen, Hommes, marriage, organ, school, ship, Winschoten
World War II
Read More: World War IIThe family and its circumstances during WWII How should I begin? Perhaps with my birth in Blyham (NL) on 3 October 1936, as my Mom told me many years later. Could a time be darker, a place be humbler? Hitler tightening his grip on Germany’s people, raucously goading them towards catastrophic war. A small farm…
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Adventures on the Gaasterland
Read More: Adventures on the GaasterlandIn 1922, I commanded the S.S. Gaasterland (S.S.M) . It was winter, but I don’t remember the exact date. We were on our way from New Castle to Amsterdam with a cargo of coal.
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Experiences of Pieter de Jong
Read More: Experiences of Pieter de JongFrom 1904 to 1907 I went on J. Roos’ barge. Then my career in merchant shipping began. On 28 April 1907, I embarked as messenger boy on the S.S. “Danae” of the KNSM.
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Two Trips
Read More: Two TripsDuring the 1914-1918 mobilisation, there was a ship of the Navy in the Amelandergaat. In normal weather, provisions were brought there by ship. But one week it was exceptionally low tide, so that no provisions could be brought over the mudflats. We were ordered to make our way here with a cargo of foodstuffs.
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Beach Wood
Read More: Beach WoodTerschelling’s North Sea beach was much visited by us, as there was quite often something going on here. As I wrote earlier, the Italian three-masted ship the Fernando stranded on the North Sea grounds in 1908. The ship was loaded with wood.