Tag: ship
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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 Birth 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…
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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.
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About my Family
Read More: About my FamilyMy eldest brother Herman was my father’s biggest support on the farm. Later he had a butcher’s shop in West Terschelling, and he was also the first of my brothers to die. While slaughtering a cow, he got TB, as he had an open wound.
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School Years
Read More: School YearsExcerpt: We had a school choir led by Master Redeker, who had a wooden leg. Well, what singing we had! Then, when it went very well, the master would take off his leg and conduct with it.
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Belevenissen van Pieter de Jong
Read More: Belevenissen van Pieter de JongOp 28 April 1907 monsterde ik als messroom jongen aan op het S.S. “Danae” van de KNSM. Van eind 1907 tot 1910 voer ik als lichtmatroos op de stoomschepen “Maasland”, “Amstelland”, en “Zaanland” van de Zuid Amerika Lijn.
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Hoofdstuk Zeven
Read More: Hoofdstuk ZevenDe laatste week van mijn verblijf in Canada bracht ik weer in het gezin van Maaike door. Het was wel mooi in Simcoe en Toronto, maar waar is het beter verkeren dan bij je eigen familie? Pieter haalde me op met de auto. Voorwaar een hele tocht, en hij had dat ook niet behoeven te…