We spent our summer vacation in the province of Drenthe, in a village called Hooghalen. A place with about 1,400 inhabitants. There are two churches, a school, a supermarket, a bakery, a restaurant, an art gallery, a gas station and a cemetery. The scenery is beautiful: lots of forests and vast heaths. It sounds idyllic. Read more…
Today, we are looking at the marriage record of Maria van Hoof (1944). Translation No. 11Today, the thiry-first of May nineteen hundred forty-four, appeared before me, civil registrar of the municipality of Woensdrecht, in the townhall to marry:– Simon Rommens, 27 years old, chauffeur, born and living in Woensdrecht, adult son of Cornelis Rommens, 73 Read more…
On July 20, 1946 two siblings from Tilburg, the Netherlands, both in their twenties, boarded the M.S. Noordam in Rotterdam. One week later Jan Franken and his sister Annemie arrived in New York. After a flight to Milwaukee they were welcomed by their friend John Coleman, whom they first met during the war. Jan and Read more…