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Nov. 21, 1943 Sun. 10:15 P.M. Dear Folks: Well I got my first letter from you folks today. I also got that light plug. Now I can sit right on my own bed and shave. I’ll tell you how hard they are to get. I went into every hardware store in town and a coupleContinue reading “1943.11.21”

Nov. 17, 1943 Wed. 9:30 P.M. Dear Folks: I am sending you a couple papers. One is my will and the other is a paper giving Dad power of attorney for me. Now don’t get alarmed. That’s just a couple things that all officers must do. I’m sending these in a different envelop. I alsoContinue reading “1943.11.17”

My third great grandparents, Marinus “Martin” Kornoelje and Hendrina “Anna” Hoek, were married in 1832 in Ouwerkerk, Zeeland, the southernmost province in The Netherlands. Over the next 17 years, Anna would give birth to 15 children (2 sets of twins). Sadly, only five children would survive to adulthood, four sons and one daughter. As wasContinue reading “Week 10: Name’s the Same”