(1) Zij is getrouwd met Abraham (Bram) Harinck.
Zij zijn getrouwd op 24 mei 1947 te Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Netherlands , zij was toen 26 jaar oud.Bron 2
Kind(eren):
(2) Zij is getrouwd met Leendert Snijders.
Zij zijn getrouwd op 13 december 1989 te Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Netherlands , zij was toen 68 jaar oud.Bron 2
----- Original Message -----
From: N.J. Harinck
To: (XXXXX@XXXX.XXX)
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 9:41 AM
Subject: Fw: Margaretha van Santen
Rob,
Unbelivible that you have never heart of my mother.
My mother was born in 1921 and NJ en Teuntje must married, because Teuntje was pregnant.
And this in 1920 and all the family was very very very Protestant. Hahahahaha what a shame.
So what, they get a house in Rotterdam and my mother was born.
Teuntje died in 1921 at the "kraamvrouwenziekte" (this is the Dutch word, I don't know the English word).
The woman or doctor who helps with the childbirth, didn't wash his hands and Teuntje died on the infection.
So NJ was alone in 1921 with a unwanted child and he give it away to a sister of Teuntje, called Dina.
My mother growed up at Dina and Rokus Sluyter, and she called them mum and dad.
And we called them grandfather and grandmother.
When my mother was 14 years old, she met a man en he suddenly say: I'm your father.
That was NJ en all the family was sad, because he said this suddenly and unprepared.
That your father got a argument with NJ, is not strange, because it was a stupid man.
My mother get married with Bram and four children were born.
She lost 2 children and Bram and after 15 years loneliness she married with Leen Snijders.
Leen was also a stupid man just like NJ, and after 7 years Leen died.
My mother died at a stroke 15 June 2003. She was 82 years old.
I have heart about your father, but I have never know the finest.
He got a argument with NJ, that's all I know.
He was not the black sheep of the family, that was NJ.
And the most stupid of all, my mother give me the same name!!!!!!!
That was tradition.
O,o, o, Dina and Rokus were not amused.
That all I now.
If you want more information, I will give you all I know.
Niek Harinck.
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Hello Niek,
It's wonderful to hear from you. Thank you for the picture. I have added it to the genealogy records.
I have often wondered about Margaretha and her history, and I never really had anyone to ask.
My own father Cornelis died in 1972 when I was 18, and so I was not even aware he had a half-sister until I did the Van Santen genealogy back in 1998. Then, being in Canada since 1957 and my father basically "estranged" from his family back in Holland, I really only had exposure to my mom's side as I grew up. The story I got was that Nicolaas Jacobus was against my father's marriage to my mother (Dutch Reformed versus Protestant apparently), but at this point I don't know any further particulars. I guess my dad was the "black sheep" of the family.
I see you and I were born in the same year, and that your father also died fairly early in life, within 2 years of my father. Is your mom still alive? I note she remarried in 1989 at 67 years old.
Do you know why or how your grandmother Teutje van der Meulen died so young - she was barely 23 years old?
All the best,
Rob van Santen
Vancouver, BC
Canada
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----- Original Message -----
From: N.J. Harinck
To: (XXXXX@XXXX.XXX)
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 1:01 PM
Subject: Margaretha van Santen
Dear Robert,
I am a son of Margaretha van Santen.
Harinck Nicolaas Jacobus, http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/v/a/n/Robert-Van-santen/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-Index.html#Harinck
I found your site with Google.
Margaretha was the daughter of Nicolaas Jacobus van Santen and I think that is your grandfather.
I found a picture of my mother that was make in 1943. Maybe you can upload it to your website.
I will send it as an attachment.
Greetings from Niek Harinck.
N.J. Harinck
Mantelschelp 10
3225BE Hellevoetsluis
Nederland
(XXXXX@XXXX.XXX)
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