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Monique: July 2013
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Wednesday, 3 July 2013. My history for my grandchildren continued. OPA (pronounced OPAH)AND OPOE (pronounced OPOOH). My paternal grandfather, opa, was a child born out of wedlock in 1891, son of Trijntje Waninge. I don’t know who his natural father was. What I do know is a little bit of his history. Thrown out of the house, never to return and he married the maid Harmina, my opoe. Opa became a shepherd and life became a bit more bearable. They moved into a small two-bedroom house, which was attached ...
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Monique
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Tuesday, 25 June 2013. No more scripts people, instead I write my history here. My history for my grandchildren. I was born in January 1952 in Marknesse Holland, the youngest daughter of five children. My eldest brother, Jan, was born in December 1941. The second son Geert, in September 1946 and my sister, Harmina Marianne, in June 1948. My baby brother, Eize was born in May 1958. Thus I was named Geertje Trijntje Waninge, named after my maternal grandmother and my father’s eldest sister.
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Monique: October 2013
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Sunday, 6 October 2013. My father, Teunis Waninge, or Teun as he was known, was born on 28 July 1918 in Westerbork, Drente. My mother, Gerritje de Heij, or Ger as she was known, was born on 1 November 1921 in Hasterland, Friesland. Teun was working in Friesland staying in a camp and they met at a dance evening there. He asked her out for a date, they did and Ger liked him but was not smitten. He persevered, they had more dates and then he got her pregnant. Were they a happy and devoted couple? She had no...
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Monique: My history for my grandchildren continued
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Wednesday, 3 July 2013. My history for my grandchildren continued. OPA (pronounced OPAH)AND OPOE (pronounced OPOOH). My paternal grandfather, opa, was a child born out of wedlock in 1891, son of Trijntje Waninge. I don’t know who his natural father was. What I do know is a little bit of his history. Thrown out of the house, never to return and he married the maid Harmina, my opoe. Opa became a shepherd and life became a bit more bearable. They moved into a small two-bedroom house, which was attached ...
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Monique: June 2013
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Tuesday, 25 June 2013. No more scripts people, instead I write my history here. My history for my grandchildren. I was born in January 1952 in Marknesse Holland, the youngest daughter of five children. My eldest brother, Jan, was born in December 1941. The second son Geert, in September 1946 and my sister, Harmina Marianne, in June 1948. My baby brother, Eize was born in May 1958. Thus I was named Geertje Trijntje Waninge, named after my maternal grandmother and my father’s eldest sister.
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Monique: Continued
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Sunday, 6 October 2013. My father, Teunis Waninge, or Teun as he was known, was born on 28 July 1918 in Westerbork, Drente. My mother, Gerritje de Heij, or Ger as she was known, was born on 1 November 1921 in Hasterland, Friesland. Teun was working in Friesland staying in a camp and they met at a dance evening there. He asked her out for a date, they did and Ger liked him but was not smitten. He persevered, they had more dates and then he got her pregnant. Were they a happy and devoted couple? She had no...