Onderstaande email ontving ik op 9 november, nadat ik berichten van dit familielid op het internet had gevonden; zij was op zoek naar familie / nabestaanden van de 5 broers Warmerdam die met de 5 zussen Waayer waren getrouwd.
Nou, ik stuurde haar toen een email dat ik er wel een paar kende, maar ze noemde ook de familie Boere, dus vermelde ik ook oom Leo en tante Margaret (een Boere) in Fresno.
My grandfather was Matthias Warmerdam, one of the 5 brothers
and my grandmother was Maria Waayer, one of the 5 sisters.
I know about the house in Noordwijkerhout (boerderij Dorpsringweg)
and one of my sisters, Diane VanSmoorenburg-Calhoun was just there this past summer
and visited for an afternoon with Tante Bets, who is my mom's cousin.
My mother is Johanna (Ann) Warmerdam,
she was married with William (Bill) Van Smoorenburg,
who was the son of Adrian Van Smoorenburg and Quirina Boere, who was the aunt of Margaret (= tante Margaret in Fresno)
So that made Margaret a cousin of my dad.
I remember visiting Leo and Margaret once with my parents, when I was a child.
So I was related to both of them; Leo on moms side, her cousin and Margaret om my dad's side, his cousin !
I asked mom about your dad (Aad, mijn vader) and she did not remember that your family had lived in the USA.
Did you live up North or in the LA area ?
I was born in 1954 in Artesia.
So we are children of cousins to each other it seems!
I live in Spokane WA now. I have 3 children and 4 grandchildren.
My mom lives in Salem, Oregon area and dad passed away 2 years ago.
I am happy to hear about the reunion,
maybe some of us can come and meet some fellow Warmerdam cousins !
Thank you for sharing,
Marita VanSmoorenburg-Shaffer
dinsdag 9 november 2010
maandag 1 november 2010
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