Not a good picture but this was made right after WW2 at a Chr. Ref. School party in 'tZandt, Groningen. Jean, Pat and I were singing on stage in front of all the students in harmony, Jean singing alto, Pat and I soprano. Mom had taught us a gypsy song in a foreign language	Trijn in her early twenty's with Annie and Arnold Mulder, cousins of ours. Children from Oom Ko (Harko) and Tante Grietje, he was Mom's youngest brother.	Marcia and Harko with either Johnny or Randy, I can't tell, so inform me somebody.	Pat sitting here on the steps of D. Dijksterhuis house, she had just arrived in Ontario and the whole family was staying with them. They knew these people already in Holland	The grandparents Wassing home in Zeerijp, Dad grew up in this house and went back there when he left Canada to stay with his brother, our Uncle Stoffer for a while.
City Hall in 'tZandt as it was in 1951. All birth, death and marriages had to be recorded there (not always accurate) before any church service. Later it was moved to a different location and still later to a different town.	'tZandt community hall. Here we did a lot of things, had cooking classes, craft lessons, kindergarden and attached was a riding school with horse stables.	Dad and Harko in Eenum, Groningen. Taking a break or something. Dad was usually always doing something.	Dirk, Rick and I having a coffee together and catching up with family news as was usual.	A family party, in Milton at Jean's place I think. Sol, Sam, John and Roy
Of all things, brother Steve sitting in the middle of the river, playing a guitar. Steve always ready for a lark or a dare.	Dirk and Pat with Arnold and Henny's first 3 children, Ali, Johanna and Bart, still in Manitoba. Dirk is still holding his arm kind of stiff from the bad burn	Rick with his girlfriend at that time, Frances Coulter. He still says if he could, he would apologize for treating her badly, he said she was very nice.	Arnold's Arnold had a birthday party I think. Allan is beside him with Theresa and Maria at the far right, Edna is in front and is holding a trophy or something. I don't know the little boy in front	Steve and Rick with a friend in the middle and as always having the time of their lifes
Right after WW2, John had enlisted in the Navy and had a girlfriend named Anna Vink, a niece of Uncle Harko, Trijn had a boyfriend, Jan Kracht, a real sweetheart, and of course Mans with Anna	The music band Oranje from 'tZandt after the war. Dad is standing in the middle with a hat on, Mans, in the back, and Arnold in front, have a white cross on them. On the far right is our Uncle Harko.  On the far right sitting down are two cousin's of ours, Jan and Henk Mulder, sons of Mom's two brothers, Henderikus and Harko.	Mom with a few of her grandkids, Arnold, Dirk and l were still living in Manitoba. Johanna on the left with Ali and Richard on the right. Bart and Henry are sitting on the floor and Mom is holding Barth and Eddie.	Mom's brother Henderikus and his wife Margreet Mulder came to visit their sons in Canada, Jan and Henk, Dad is standing in front with John beside him. Uncle Riekus, as we knew him, and Jan, his son, have a cigarette in their mouth.	Mom, Anna and her friend for 78 years, Aaltje Westerhuis. I knew her as Aaltje Vegter and she lived in Leermens as well. Mom was practicing her walking every day so she would be able to visit Canada again. She fell and that was the end of it, later that winter she passed away 1964
Pat and Marcia, this was to be Marcia's last visit with the family, the following winter she passed away.	Anna, Mans and Pat at Anna's home having dinner, Jean must be take the picture because the two were staying with them in Assen to attend the Chr. School reunion in 'tZandt, Groningen later.	Geppie, Jenny, Henny with Allan, Jean with Helen, Pat with Debbie and Jenny's twins in front on the floor. Geppie loaned me some of the pictures I have added.	Rick and Geppie admiring her new car. Rick and I were visiting in Beachburg at the time.	Marcia Wassing, Arnold's daughter with her daughter Sandra. Steven, Rick's son, is peeking in the background, always clowning around. Marcia's team won first prize in the Wassing golf tournament, The pictures of the trophy's they won are at the top.
Bart, Hinke, Johanna and Barth, having a good time at the family reunion in 2011, I know what kind of coffee they like	The 4 brothers rehashing the days event by the look of it and loving it. Arnold, Harko and Steve sitting down. Rick is holding up the post. Wassing Family Reunion 2011	Wil, Hinke and I having a break from the festivities of the school reunion in 'tZandt, Groningen. Such a lovely day in the early spring.	Here I am close to Delfzijl where Bart and Hinkie live in a fish restaurant, showing Bart how to peel an eel. He had never done it before.	Carrie-Ann Smith, chief of the immigration museum in Halifax, NS. Rick and I visited there in 2012 and received a picture of our ships we immigrated on. We were treated royally.
Here Rick and I are with Carrie-Ann and George at Pier 21, George volunteers there and shows people around. We saw a immigrant film and all the memorabelia from thousands of immigrants. A trip back in time.	Jean and Pat visiting Dirk in Grand Bend. He was very sick already and only lived a few more months after that.	Steve Rick and I went to Texas this winter, 2014, to visit Jean and Pat and took in a cruise on the Rio Grand.	Pat, Rick and I went for a tour around the area of Mc Allen, Texas. Jean and Steve didn't want to come, we had a lovely lunch as well.	Rick and I in a little church that used to be on a stage couch route in the old days. The station was called, Lolita and still has the name. It is a tourist attraction now.
I am taking liberties. This shirt belongs to Corey Wassing but I am not sure if it was made for him and he actually had the number 18 or just a keepsake in honor of the Holland soccer team playing in the world series. Advise me if you see this Corey, please.	These are the trophy's that were handed out to the winning team. The trophy's were donated by Brad Hoogendoorn in memory of his late Father Dutch Hoogendoorn. The big trophy goes to the captain of the team till the next time it is won by a team, in a Wassing tournament,  the four little ones were given to the players to keep	The winners The winning team in the Wassing Memorial Golf Tournament Brian, Sandra, Marcia and Dave	One of the teams that played in the Memorial Golf Tournament. Brothers Arnold and Steve in the center, Ali on the left and Barth on the right. Ali and Arnold were two of the people that received a certificate for the 60th anniversary of being Canadians and proud of it. Arnold just turned 83 years old. Doing good for an goldie oldie, right Arnold? Ali's comment of the event was, you would think we never played golf before, meaning I think, that they did rather poorly, they still had a good time.