A full view of the bridge and house in winter time. A town official by the name of Louw Buining lived there then.

In the background is the farm "Schatsborg",  a wonderful memory of the past. I am so happy to have received this.

In my time it was much smaller and more simple, white with black lettering. The sign is wrong in my opinion. The road goes straight to Godlinze and the road to Leermens and Appingedam turns to the right, Godlinze is not even mentioned.

The house we were all born in, except Steve and Johan, they were born in a hospital, in the city of Groningen. This we called home. Schatsborg, D10  Leermens

Dad and Mom's farm in Moorefield, Ontario Canada

Dad and Mom's last house in Eenum, Groningen

Mom at the age of six. First year in school. She was recorded at city hall as Janna Mulder but christened Johanna as was intended and always called by that name

Here is Mom as a young woman Not married yet

Mom's pasport picture which she needed before immigrating to Canada

Dad working in his own garden, pruning his fruit trees.  I cannot remember, ever seeing him without a cap, or a hat on other occasions, like band practice  or church, and of course always a cigarrette

From left to right John, Arnold, Trijn, Dirk and Mans  All going to the same school at the same time.  Dad and Mom 25th anniversary June 6, 1948  Trijn and myself  at the post by our house on Godlinzerweg. Gron.  Harko and Marcia maybe 2 and 3 yrs. old  Jean and I at Schatsborg We are wearing the clothes send to us from the USA. Big bundles came right after the war 1940-1945	Mom with the 7 youngest the boy at the right is a neighbour, named Henkie  Mom and Dad at city hall when Trijn, John and Mans were married  Dirk and I in the spring garden Best friends  5 of us skating on the moat around Burema's farm, named Schatsborg  Steve and Rick Close in age they spend a lot of time together. Not always without fighting.	Dirk and Arnold in front Mans, John and Trijn in the back Pat sitting on the post myself standing at the entrance to our house  Dad and Mom's 25 th.  wedding anniversary  serenaded by the band Dad played in.   Mom with all the girls  with 3 extra, John, Mans and Arnold's girlfriends Dirk Trijn and Mans on the road by our house, one of the winters we had snow	Mom with Trijn and John holding Mans in the garden at Godlinzerweg, NL  John and Mans the best of friends all through their life's  Harko and Marcia happy because of all the hustle and bustle of the upcoming  party  Pat with Harko in front and Jean with Marcia shortly before the move  to Canada  Myself, Mom and Trijn doing laundry. Always a lot of it and I stayed home from school on those days
The first liberation tank to arrive in t'Zandt, April 1945	Mom and Dad with John and Mans in their uniforms, both still single, John was to leave shortly after for India	Trijn, John and Mans with their brides, and groom, on their wedding day, May 4, 1951 shortly before the family moved to Canada	Dad and Arnold, must have been on a Sunday, both are dressed in their best clothes
Harko and Rick in the garden in Holland before the big move	The first home in Canada, Bruce Edie's farm in Dugald, Manitoba,where Dad and Mom and the family stayed and worked for 2 years. The kids loved it there.	Dad the first year in Canada at Bruce Edie's farm	Dad working with horses and wagon at Edie's farm
Arnold and Henny arrived in Canada with 3 children and expecting a 4th. Most of the family went to welcome them in their new home.	My own arrival in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Most of the family came to pick me up. June, 1952	3 sisters, my first winter in Canada and loving it. Jean on my left and Pat on the right.	Marcia and Dirk, he had just come out of hospital after being badly burned by a tractor that caught fire
Dirk came out of hospital that day, he had been in hospital for several weeks with burns on his back and left arm.	Dad with the boys working in the woods, cutting trees to make a little extra money.	Moving again. Going to Ontario, Pat, Rick, Steve and Dad. John is taking the picture. The rest is going by train. Buying a farm near Moorefield, Ontario.	The farm in Moorefield, Mom and the girls had just cleaned a big house in Manitoba and had to do it all over again. But it was a nice roomy house.
Mom and Dad by their farm house near Drayton. The church people did not treat them well. Made lots of promises but never kept them, despite that they all loved it there.	Marcia and Pat, they were all growing up fast. Pat got a job and many times helped out with buying groceries for the family, Jean did too	Steve and Rick, teenagers, dressed in their best clothes. Not a worry in the world. Always together but often fighting as well but always loving each other.	Steve and Rick, helping on the farm, they liked it because they were allowed to drive the tractor, growing up fast.
Pat and Jean, quite the young ladies, both working outside the home and both contributing towards the family home. Dad was homesick for Holland and things did not go well	Marcia and Mom, Mom and the girls had worked hard to make the house comfortable for all of them but it was not enough for Dad, he wanted to go back.	The family was growing, I had married and Pat as well and expecting a child. I came to visit them with Sip for Dad and Mom's birthdays, the end of the year and of course a party	The 3 sister, we followed each other in years and were and are together a lot, Trijn was 8 years older than I but we were all close to her too
Marcia, Jean and Pat, one of the last pictures taken on the farm before it was sold to Pat and her husband Roy, they squared away all the debts that had occurred during the family's  stay there	Arnold, Dirk and I stayed in Manitoba and we always had family get together's on birthdays or other special days. Mom came to stay with us for a while before she decided to go back as well to Holland	On a picnic with Arnold's Henny and the kids. I spend a lot of time with them before as well as after my marriage to Sip.  After we lost the baby we decided to go to Ontario as well.	Mom and I with Zwartje, the best dog ever, in front of our little 2 bedroom home in Transcona, Man. With a little help the porch just happened to fall off, never got a new one.
Jean and I in Transcona, Man. Marcia had come back to Manitoba, met and married Rudy Vanderveen on a bitter cold day in May 1962, that winter Sip and I moved to Ontario	Dad on his motorbike back in Holland, he just could not adapt and had to go back because he was so home sick for the old country. Mom stayed behind.	Dad and Mom back in Holland. John and Jenny visiting from Canada, Aunt Martje and Uncle Derk from Schildwolde and Mans from Assen as well, another family get together.	A new born baby. My first grand daughter. All of us started that way. Standing in front of life and it stretching out far and thinking it goes on forever. Now looking back, how fast it went after all.