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In de jaren rond 1888 op haar 21e is zij gaan werken in het Gesticht van Liefdadigheid, Herengracht 182 te Amsterdam. In mei 1891 is zij toen verhuisd naar Zoeterwoude in het klooster van O.L. Vrouw van Liefde van de Goede Herder van Angers. In 1892, zij was toen 25 jaar, is zij toegetreden tot deze religieuse kloosterorde.

'Liefdesgesticht' Larenstein
Klooster en meisjesinternaat op het landgoed Larenstein in Velp

Larenstein was voor de bewoners van Velp een geheimzinnig klooster. Volgens geruchten werd het bewoond door 'gevallen meisjes'.

Ruim tachtig jaar, tussen 1892 tot 1973, dreven de Zusters van de Goede Herder daar aan de rand van Velp een internaat waar duizenden meisjes (in 1932 woonden er bijvoorbeeld maar liefst 335 in getal) onder een onbarmhartig regime werden 'opgevoed'. Het waren wezen, kinderen die om allerlei redenen uit huis waren geplaatst en meisjes die zoals dat heet 'met justitie in aanraking waren geweest'. De details zijn verbijsterend.

Bij hun intrede op Larenstein kregen ze niet alleen 'gestichtskleren' maar ook een andere naam, doorgaans van een katholieke heilige. De ontpersoonlijking werd grondig ter hand genomen. De meisjes wisten niets van elkaars achtergrond en vroegen er ook niet naar (want het was, zoals er een zegt, je enige stukje privacy).

De eerste uren van de dag mochten ze niet met elkaar praten, op het stiekem uitwisselen van adressen stond straf. En die straffen waren niet mis: opgesloten worden in een donkere kast, op je blote knieën knielen in harde grauwe erwten.

Naar huis gingen de kinderen nooit, visite van familie kregen ze zelden en als er al bezoekers kwamen werden deze ontvangen in een kamer met een traliehek dat hen scheidde van de meisjes. En die mochten vooral niet vragen om eens vaker te schrijven: intimiteit was bedreigend voor de orde in het klooster. In de herinneringen overheerst gebrek aan liefde.Liefdesgesticht Larenstein

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Anna Cornelia Meers

Franciscus Johannes Meers
1811-1878
Anna Dum
1816-1885

Anna Cornelia Meers
1867-1954


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    1. Gemeente Archief Amsterdam Op heden twintig Maart Achttienhonderd zeven-en-zestig is voor ons ondergeteekende Ambtenaar van den burgelijke stand der Stad Amsterdam verschenen: Johannes Franciscus Meers van beroep smid, oud vijfentwintig jaar, wonende Kerkstraat buurt Z nr 586, welke heeft verklaard, dat op negentien dezer des namiddag ten drie ure is geboren een kind van het vrouwelijk geslacht uit: Maria Johanna Kempers. Welk kind zal genaamd worden: Anna Cornelia.

      Data akte 20-3-1867, reg.2, folio 132
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    Historical events

    Birthday March 19, 1867

    • The temperature on March 19, 1867 was about 0.5 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
    • In the year 1867: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • February 17 » The first ship passes through the Suez Canal.
      • February 28 » Seventy years of Holy See–United States relations are ended by a Congressional ban on federal funding of diplomatic envoys to the Vatican and are not restored until January 10, 1984.
      • May 3 » The Hudson's Bay Company gives up all claims to Vancouver Island.
      • July 1 » The British North America Act takes effect as the Province of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia join into confederation to create the modern nation of Canada. Sir John A. Macdonald is sworn in as the first Prime Minister of Canada. This date is commemorated annually in Canada as Canada Day, a national holiday.
      • August 28 » The United States takes possession of the (at this point unoccupied) Midway Atoll.
      • October 21 » The Medicine Lodge Treaty is signed by southern Great Plains Indian leaders. The treaty requires Native American Plains tribes to relocate to a reservation in western Oklahoma.

    Day of death March 17, 1954

    • The temperature on March 17, 1954 was between -0.4 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
      • April 8 » A Royal Canadian Air Force Canadair Harvard collides with a Trans-Canada Airlines Canadair North Star over Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, killing 37 people.
      • June 9 » Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during the Army–McCarthy hearings, giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, "You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"
      • June 27 » The FIFA World Cup quarterfinal match between Hungary and Brazil, highly anticipated to be exciting, instead turns violent, with three players ejected and further fighting continuing after the game.
      • August 15 » Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay.
      • October 18 » Texas Instruments announces the first transistor radio.
      • November 30 » In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap; this is the only documented case in the Western Hemisphere of a human being hit by a rock from space.

    Day of burial March 20, 1954

    • The temperature on March 20, 1954 was between 7.3 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
      • January 20 » In the United States, the National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations.
      • May 13 » The anti-National Service Riots, by Chinese middle school students in Singapore, take place.
      • September 17 » The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding is first published.
      • October 18 » Texas Instruments announces the first transistor radio.
      • November 22 » The Humane Society of the United States is founded.
      • December 4 » The first Burger King is opened in Miami, Florida.
    

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