Category Archives: Taken from the PZC
The two faces of father Aart Schrier
THIS ARTICLE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE PZC OF SATURDAY 27TH JUNE For a long time, Ko Schrier from Goes thought his father was ‘a bastard’, who had left him and his mother, Mina Scherp, emigrated to America, and started … Continue reading
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Nobody in America knew about the first family
THIS ARTICLE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE PZC OF SATURDAY 13TH JUNE Miller Willem van Strien of Wolphaartsdijk (1884-1966) emigrated in 1920 to Wayne County, upstate New York and founded a family with three children. Never did he tell his children … Continue reading
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They missed me!
My colleagues must have missed me dearly. Who was their inspiration for their weekly almanac when I wasn’t around? I really wonder… Click on ‘keep reading’ for the translation in English.
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‘Grandfather, don’t cry. We’re only going to Middelburg’
West-Michigan wasn’t the only regio where people from Zeeland would emigrate to, a lot of them found their new habitat in Wayne County, upstate New York. So did the parents of Mary (4 years old) and Nelly (16 months old), … Continue reading
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Genealogy as a means to heal and bond
“Genealogy only gets interesting once it turns into a story”, says Kurt van Koevering, editor-in-chief of the weekly The Zeeland Record in Zeeland (MI), whom I spoke with last Saturday morning. I totally agree with him on that. Dry facts … Continue reading
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It wasn’t milk and honey for everybody
America was not the country of milk and honey for every immigrant. Some would have a really hard time to survive in their new home country. “Not all letters that were sent to the people they had left behind would … Continue reading
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It´s still all kind of new to me
I should have a button that says: ‘I’m not from here´. How many times in these first two weeks of my stay in the United States I have had to repeat this phrase! The Americans only look surprised when I don´t … Continue reading
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Zeeuwse provides all of New York with chicory
This article was published in the Spectrum section of the PZC of Saturday, February 21 Janny Hendrikse from Nieuwerkerk built fruits and vegetables wholeseller Coosemans up from the ground How does food reach New York City? It is a question … Continue reading
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A Dominicus provided the winter home for general Knox
My forefathers have played a little part in US history, I was surprised to discover this week. PZC-reader Dies Martens brought the Vanderveer-Knox House to my attention. The house is in Pluckemin, NJ. “You are stirring up quite something with … Continue reading
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