Photo album family Molenaar USA
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The photos on this page were sent to us from the United States by the Molenaar family.
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Dirk Molenaar, 1852 - 1922 .
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Dirk Molenaar, the father of Johannes Gabriel (Joe or John) Molenaar.
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1900
The children of Dirk and Elisabeth Molenaar, taken around 1900. From left to right:
Piet (11), Johannes Gabriel (16), Hendrikje (10), Klaas (also called Nick or Nicolaas) (13), and on the couch sits Jannetje.
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1912
Johannes Gabriel Molenaar, later called Joe, married Adriana Sara van Paasschen, later called Audry, born on April 24, 1887. They married on February 7, 1912.
She was about 2½ years younger than Johannes. This photo could be their wedding photo.
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Cornelis van Paasschen, born 10 August 1855, father of Adriana Sara van Paasschen.
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1913
After Guurtje Bruins, housewife of Cornelis van Paasschen, died in 1903, he married Klaartje Kamstra on July 13, 1905.
Cornelis and Klaartje then had two daughters. They were Klaziena Douwina (1906) and Cornelia Paulina (1903).
With the exception of Adriana, all of Cornelis van Paasschen's children are in this photo, taken in 1913.
Adriana's marriage in 1912 to Johannes Gabriel Molenaar took her away from this family.
The girls in the back row are Adriana's three sisters,
Johanna Engelina and Margaretha, the twins now 24 years old, with their younger sister Marina (20) between them. They were, together with Adriana,
the children of Cornelis' first wife, Guurtje Bruins. Klaartje Kamstra's children are standing in the front, Paulina 4 is holding Klaartje's hand,
Klaziena is standing next to her father Cornelis.
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1902
This is Adriana Sara van Paasschen at about 15 years old.
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1918.
Adriana here holds her very young daughter, Eleanor Molenaar (Ellen), born on June 15, 1918 in Los Angeles, in her arms.
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1915
This is an early photo of Piet (Pieter) Molenaar and his wife Marina van Paasschen around the time they were married, January 28, 1915.
They are the couple who took care of Adriana's baby Dorothy.
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1926
Marina van Paasschen, married to Piet Molenaar. Born on 14 June 1893 in Amsterdam.
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1926
Photograph taken at a photographer's shop of Piet Molenaar's family, including Dorothy on Piet's lap, Marina standing behind him with Jo, Dee and Casy next to her.
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1927
Resting on and near a boulder during a walk. Marina and Dorothy in front of the boulder, Casey standing next to it and Deo and Jo are on the boulder.
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1928
Sitting on the running board of the new car, “The Hup” (Hupmobile), all dressed for another day out – Deo, Casey, Piet,
Dorothy on Piet's knee, and Jo sitting on the floor in front of them.
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(15) 1932
Deo (Dee), Casey (K), and Jo Molenaar, several years later, as teenagers.
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(16) 1940s.
Marina van Paasschen Molenaar and her daughter Jo, visited family in the Netherlands. In the photo we see from left to right:
Klaziena van Paasschen, Jo van Paasschen (one of the twin daughters of Guurtje Moen van Paasschen),
Klaartje Kamstra van Paasschen (Mother of Klaziena and Paulina) Paulina; the visitors from America, Marina van Paasschen Molenaar (daughter of Guurtje Moen)
and her daughter Jo Molenaar; and to conclude the row Joseph Elmendorp, husband of Klaziena.
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(17) Gerrit & Lubberta.
Pieter (Piet) Molenaar, born 24-02-1889 in Vijfhuizen, died 26-07-1956 California USA
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Marina van Paasschen Miller, born 14-06-1893 in Amsterdam, died 11-10-1949 in Los Angeles.
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Dee (Deo) Molenaar during mountain climbing.
Photos provided by:
Karen Davidson, USA, member of the Molenaar family.