Afina de Haan1,2

F, #8540, * 31 Dec 1891, + 27 Aug 1975
FatherUlpen de Haan1,2 * 23 Sep 1861, + 12 Jul 1940
MotherGeertje Starke1,2 * 7 Oct 1861, + 19 Jul 1920
Afina de Haan, 1962

Family

Ulpen de Haan * 22 Oct 1891, + 25 Oct 1964
Children
  • Hendrik de Haan1 * 3 Jan 1920, + 15 Feb 2005
  • Geertje de Haan+1 * 23 Nov 1921, + 5 Nov 2008
     Afina de Haan was born on 31 Dec 1891 in Nieuwe Pekela. Hendrik de Haan was the witness.1,2 She married Ulpen de Haan, son of Hendrik de Haan and Marchien Rave, on 4 Jul 1918 at Nieuwe Pekela.3,4 She died on 27 Aug 1975 in Zwolle.1,5 An death announcement mentions her children.5

Other information:

     In Drachten they were living in the Oosterstraat, a new neighborhood, designed by Cees de Boer and Theo van Doesburg.6,7
Afina de Haan received a letter from her parents Ulpen de Haan and Geertje Starke. They congratulate her and her husband Ulpen de Haan with her 27th birthday. Brother Hendrik is staying with them with his wife, who made an apron for sister Grietje. Brother Jan Tonke has a new hat, and Hendrik makes fun of father's complaints about peeling potatoes.8
For a short blogpost, see link.

Photos:

     Because of his job with the tax department, Ulpen and Afina moved a lot. Their first apartment was above the Restaurant A. Beckers-Hanssen in Nijswiller. In 1920 they moved to Schiedam, where daughter Geertje was born. In Feb 1922 they moved to Sneek, en in 1924 to Drachten. On 29 Oct 1934 they went to Purmerend (Julianastraat 25), and on 15 Oct 1943 to Tuinkade 11 in Zaandijk.Then on 28 May 1947 to Groningen (Floresplein 18B) and on 24 Oct 1950 to the Dresselhuijsstraat 3c in Rotterdam. Finally they moved to the assisted living complex "Oldenhaghen" (Hessel Mulertstraat2) in Ommen.9,8

Restaurant A. Beckers-Hanssen. The rear two windows were their rooms.

The house in Drachten.

Citations

  1. [S4] Afina de Haan. Persoonskaarten.
  2. [S171] Nieuwe Pekela, online database : 1891 #161. Afina de Haan, 31 Dec 1891.
  3. [S4] Ulpen de Haan. Persoonskaarten.
  4. [S2] BS. Nieuwe Pekela Huwelijkn : 1918 #33. Ulpen de Haan en Afina de Haan, 4 Jul 1918.
  5. [S133] Death notice of Afina de Haan, 27 Aug 1975. Death Announcement.
  6. [S801] NRC-Hand.blad, "The Papagaaienbuurt," by Lien Heiting. Cultureel Supplement, 10 Mar 2000. Online at. <http://retro.nrc.nl/W2/Nieuws/2000/03/10/Vp/cs.html
  7. [S711] Familie Barend Gast, Papers, Mammie's stories. Personal Files.
  8. [S169] Familie de Haan, Papers. Personal Files.
  9. [S4] Afina de Haan, Ulpen deHaan. Persoonskaarten.