Lukina and her five sons.

Wedding Van Doodewaard - Hukema

When they married, Gerardus was 55 years of age and Lukina was 28 years of age. He was rich and she was young, although also from a well to do family. Gerardus and Lukina settled in Rotterdam when he became ill. The marriage lasted only 11 years, when he passed away from cancer. She was then 38. They had five sons.


Chris Jansen and Leentje Van Mullem

Above are two pictures of Christiaan Andries Jansen and Lena Jansen - Van Mullen. The top picture is estimated to have been taken in the 1920s' and the bottom picture was taken in the 1940s. They are the parents of Plonia Jansen, who married Anne Antoon Johnannes Van Doodewaard on August 30, 1939.

Cor De Groot - Jantje Hukema 25th Anniversary


This picture was taken at the 25th wedding anniversary of the couple De Groot - Hukema, in the 1940s. In the front row from the left (sitting) are four sisters : Klazina Prins - Hukema, Grietje Schimmel - Hukema, (the bridgroom Cor De Groot) Jansje De Groot - Hukema and Lukina Van Doodewaard - Hukema, my grandmother. My parents are also in the picture, Anne Van Doodewaard (straight behind the bridegroom on the very top row) (first from the left with a white shirt and tie), and my mother Plonia Van Doodewaard - Jansen straight below him.