My grandparents were 4 very strong and determined people. It's a shame they never met. I don't remember ever hearing that they did, anyway. Did I mention they were all saints and could do no wrong? None whatsoever. I'm starting with my paternal grandparents because I have so little information about them.
The only things I'm sure of are that they were both born in South Carolina,
I never got to meet Grandpa Samuel David Kemmerlin, I think my father would have looked like him had he lived. Handsome and kind. I've been told that I was in South Carolina in 1941 when I was about 6 months old,
Grandma Kemmerlin died in 1944. I was looking through a box of papers,
IN MEMORIAM In sad, but loving rembrance of our Mother, Four years have passed, dear mother, Peaceful be your rest, dear mother,
Loving and kind in all your ways, Children and Grandchildren.
I'm thinking she was a very special lady.
My Kemmerlin Grandparents
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My Zijm/Zym Grandparents |
My maternal grandparents, were born and raised in Den Burgh, Texel, in the Netherlands. They were married on May 7, 1908. In 1910, when this picture was taken, they decided to immigrate (emigrate?) to New Jersey, USA. They booked passage on the Noordam out of Rotterdam, Holland; on April 4, 1911 they arrived in the Port of New York. Johanna (Aunt Ann), and Theodora (Aunt Doris/Mom) We shall see them shortly.
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The Family Home, back in the '20's and '30's. It's not the way I remember it, the fence should be lilac trees,
In this story of our family, I know that my generation |
Cedar Lawn Cemetary Unusual claim to fame but... Really. That's him on the right.
(I would not!)
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