Tag: Stolwijk
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Genealogy: 1500-1900
Read More: Genealogy: 1500-1900We can trace our family line back to the late 15th century. The first was Jan Huich zoon, occasionally spelled Huigzoon and later as Huygen. Most people didn’t have surnames, so they added their father’s name to tell them apart. Jan Huigzoon means, Jan, son of Huig. In the next generation a son Huig was…
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The de Jong Line
Read More: The de Jong LineFamily History section written in 1986 Touch and turn images for a wide screen view Of my father’s relatives I know very little. I have never seen a picture of my grandparents, likely because one was never taken. I know nothing of how my grandfather looked except that he was crippled from birth with one…
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Development of the Stolwijk Area
Read More: Development of the Stolwijk AreaMost of the family came from a small area between two rivers, the Lek and the Ijssel, and most of them lived in or close to Krimpen aan de Lek. There is a highway now from Schoonhoven to Krimpen with a Skyway to Rotterdam (De Van Brienen Noord bridge). This bridge was built after the…
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Highschool Years: 1941-1945
Read More: Highschool Years: 1941-1945In my class there were three students who planned to go to high school so the principal gave them extra lessons to help them prepare for this. I was interested in this too and when I mentioned it once at home, my dad was strongly in favour of that. He knew that it was impossible…
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A Typical School Day
Read More: A Typical School DayWhen we were in school a typical day was as follows: We got up shortly before our parents came back from milking and did some chores such as feeding chickens and rabbits, etc. Then we had breakfast with the whole family and then finished our chores, changed our clothes and were ready to catch the…
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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 Slingerland Farm
Read More: The Slingerland FarmI don’t know when Opa and Oma married. It must have been around 1895. [March 15, 1895] They farmed in Berkenwoude on the Jacobshoeve. [Benedenkerkseweg, where the de Jong’s lived, is one leg of the road running between Stolwijk and Berkenwoude] We went there often when we went to school since it was not so…