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October 2013

Aunt Sophie

Sophia Lichtenstein (Dutch link) was born on 10 May 1904 in Jülich. She married her first husband Max Baum there on 1 Feb 1935. For a while they lived in Linnich (Kirchstr. 12), but in 1938 they moved to Doenrade in the Netherlands. There they lived at Kerkstraat 74. The house had …

The Doggersbank

In 1847 Johan and Thomas ten Bruggencate went from Holland to the US (see a previous post) on the fregat ‘Doggersbank.’ A few years ago, I had located the ship’s journal in the online catalogue Maritiem Digitaal, and found that it is located in the Amsterdam Maritime Museum (Het Scheepvaart Museum), but …