BECOMING KUIPER – Part 9: Following Footsteps of Our Ancestors
After my visit to Drenthe and Groningen in February 2026, the wish remained to go back to the region again,…
Netherlands
BLOOD OF THE HUGUENOT – Part 6: The Iron Duke
One faith. One name. One man.This is the Huguenot path—from the fires of France to the light of the Cape….
BECOMING KUIPER – Part 8: Between Separation and Survival
On 3 November 1835, after being in Ommerschans for three years, four months and twenty days, Grietje Alberts Kuiper (number…
BLOOD OF THE HUGUENOT – Part 5: The Red Wedding
One faith. One name. One man.This is the Huguenot path—from the fires of France to the light of the Cape….
BACK IN TIME: Roelfke Tuinman (1884–1957)
Antoinette’s maternal great-grandmother; Susan’s maternal great-great-grandmother From the late nineteenth century into the twentieth, the world moved from horse-drawn transport…
BECOMING KUIPER – Part 7: Behind The Walls
Grietje Alberts Kuiper, her partner Christiaan Geerts Swaak and their son Marten ended up in the penal colony of Ommerschans….
BACK IN TIME: Geertje Kuiper (1947–2017)
Antoinette’s mother; Susan’s maternal grandmother The early years of post-war Europe were a time when many families left their countries…