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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


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


Cancun Mexico


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Cancun, Mexico25 Year Anniversary


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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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