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Family History Album
2012
ElisabethDieperslootSchnitzler
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19 February 1972
ToAdrian & WillyDiepersloot
BornElisabeth Ann Diepersloot
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Parents:Adriaan Diepersloot & Willemintje Wilgenburg
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Hardewyk, GelderlandThe Netherlands
31 July 1933
Adriaan Jacob Diepersloot
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Adriaan growing up.
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The Jan and Rosetta Diepersloot Family.
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High SchoolDiploma
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Adriaan DieperslootDutch Airforce
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Adriaan and Joop entered the Airforcein 1953. They both applied and wereaccepted in the Meteorology program inde Bilt. During their two years in theservice they moved throughout Hollandto study the weather. They were
stationed in Gilze'rye for the majority ofthat time. Their job included goingoutside every half hour and checking thebarometric pressure, rainfall,atmospheric pressure, and study the
type of clouds present. They would thencreate maps with the informationgathered.
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Married on24 February 1931
inAlblasserdam,The Netherlands
Parents of Adriaan Jacob Diepersloot
Jan Diepersloot&
Rosetta Johanna deWaal
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Married on
22 August 1906in
Assen ,
The Netherlands
Grandparents of Adriaan
Parents of Rosetta
Johanna Raman&
Adrian Jacob deWaal
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Adriaan deWaal and JohannaRaman had two children;
Rosetta and Johannes. Bothare pictured with their parents.In the top picture you will find
maternal GrandfatherWilhelmus Raman and belowyou will find paternal
Grandmother Rosetta Slager.
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Jan Diepersloot was born 26 November,1903, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
He was in the infantry as a foot soldierfor the Dutch Army. During WWII, heworked for the Dutch Underground
which kept him away from home much of
the time. After WWII, the Dutch Armysplit into the Air Force and Army. Jantransferred to the Air Force staff as acivilian where he was in charge of thepromotion of senior officers. He had
many hobbies including fencing, tennis,and riding horses.
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Jan Diepersloot
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Rosetta Johanna deWaal was born inAlblasserdam, the Netherlands on 21 July,1908. She married Jan Diepersloot and had9 children in 21 years. One daughter,Johanna, died of SIDS during infancy.Corrie, the oldest immigrated to New
Zealand in 1951 and Ad and Joop immigratedto the United States four years later. Sixmonths after the boys left Jan died of abrain aneurysm. Rosetta decided to moveherself and her remaining children to
America to be near her oldest sons.Rosetta's hobbies included bridge, vollebak,reading, and cooking for her family.
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Rosetta de Waal
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Immigrating to theUnited States of America
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Immigrating to the United States.After completing their
mandatory two years inthe Dutch Airforce,Adriaan and Joopapproached the offices ofthe World Council ofChurches to request helpwith immigrating to the
United States. Threemonths later they wereaboard the Ryndam ofthe Holland America Line
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Adriaan and Joop spent 11 days on theship. They had a wonderful time. Whileon board, they played bridge andshuffleboard. The crossing of the
Atlantic was a stormy one, most of thepeople were sick and stayed in theirrooms. However, Ad and Joop were notaffected by the weather and ate anddrank to their hearts content.
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This picture was taken by Adrianas they entered New York.
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Joop and Adriaan made it to New Jersey.Upon their arrival it was discovered that their
job in New Jersey had fallen through. Heapproached the World Council of churchesand they sent them to Michagan. Their first
job were as laborers at a chicken ranch. Whenthey had saved enough money they moved toEscondido where they worked for a
contractor. Their next job was for DickDystra on a small Dairy. They worked therefrom 1956-1964. It was at this time when Dickagreed to lend the brothers money to buytheir dairy. It was at this time that Diepersloot
Brothers was formed.
Joop and Adriaan had manyinteresting jobs when they
immigrated to the United States.
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Willemintje Wilgenburg
21 August 1936
Scherpenzeel,The Netherlands
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Willy growing up.
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The Wilgenburg Family
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The Wilgenburg Family in traditional attire.
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Kolfschoten- The Wilgenburg family home.
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Parents of Willemyntje Elisabeth deGroot&
Eibert Wilgenburg
31 March 1936
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Elisabeth deGroot WilgenburgMemorial
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Grandparents of WillemintjeParents of Elisabeth
Married on
22 February 1912Vleuten, UtrechtThe Netherlands
Jacobus De deGroot&
Willemyntje Griffioen
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Married on
31 October 1879
Great-Grandparents of WillemintjeGrandparents of Elisabeth
Parents of Willemyntje Griffioen
Arie Griffioen
&Cornelia Christina Eikelenboom
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Married on:17 May 1878
Grandparents of WillemintjeParents of Eibert
Jacob Wilgenburg&
Beertje van't Hof
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World War II
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Jossie Efrat Elma van Adelsberg
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Jossie Efrat Elma van Adelsberg
Elma van Adelsberg and Jossi Efrat were two Jewish childrencared for and loved by the Wilgenburg family during the secondWorld War. In an effort to protect them, their names were
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These certificates represent
the trees planted in Israel inthe Wilgenburg family namescommemorating the helpgiven to Jews during the war.
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Documents from Elma
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Immigrating to the
United States of America
They immigrated in April of 1956
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Holland-Amerika Lijn
The Wilgenburg family started their
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The Wilgenburg family waves good-bye to friendsand family in Rotterdam. This would be a long tripfor Willy as she was seasick before they left port.
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The Wilgenburg family onthe Westerdam
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The Engagement and Wedding ofWillemintje Wilgenburg
&Adrian Diepersloot
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Willy and Adrian were engaged on December 24, 1955. Theycelebrated with the Diepersloot and Wilgenburg families the nextday. On December 28, just four days after their engagement,Adrian and Joop left for the U SA and they would not see each
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How they met......Adrian was working on a farm in Achterveld, Holland. In the area where Willy was living.
The two met during church activities. After working on a farm Ad would go into theDutch Airforce. He would return to visit friends on the weekends. While Ad was gone,he and Willy would exchanged letters. On May 8, 1955, while on a bike ride Ad askedWilly to go steady. It was Adrian's intention to immigrate to New Zeeland but Wiilly'sfamily was going to this USA and he was in love. He changed his mind and moved to the
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On December 24, 1955 Adrian would propose to Willy. Just two dayslater, Ad would leave for the USA. The following April, Willy and her family
would leave for the United States.Willy was determined to have Ad nearby so she found him a job. Hebecame a jack hammer specialist. Five days a week and eight hours a day hewould operate the jackhammer. On weekends he would milk cows on theWilgenburg dairy.Two weeks after arriving in United States, Adrian and Joop would receive atelegraph telling them of their father's passing. It was a sad time for thebrothers because they couldn't afford to go back for the funeral. The deathof Ad's father changed things things for Adrian and Willy too. Instead of
saving for their own wedding and marriage, they were providing for his Momand siblings too. It took another 2 years before they were able to getmarried.
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Escondido ChristianReformed Church
Adrian Diepersloot
&Willy Wilgenburg
Married on:March 14, 1958
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Adrian and Willy would become citizens of the UnitedStates on September 15, 1961.
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The Wilgenburg family reunion was in 1986. It was the firsttime that all the siblings were in one location at the same time.This was due to the fact that Jack had immigrated before
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The Wilgenburg children with their spouses.
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The AdrianDiepersloot Family
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The John & JanetBengtson Family
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The Bob & WillaminaDiepersloot Family
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The Paul & JacqueBaxley Family
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The John & SusanDiepersloot Family
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The Rob & WimpieVanGrouw Family
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The Steve & ElisabethSchnitzler Family
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Family Vacations
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Cancun Mexico
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6-Week13 Countries European Vacation
30 Year Anniversary
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Maui, Hawaii50 Year Anniversary
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Good-bye
Note: This was not the final version. Idid two versions to this book. I amunable to locate my final version of my
second edition, but I hope youenjoyed one of my earlier editions of
my family history book.
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