On the 28th of June 1931 Grandma Anna celebrated her 81st birthday at her daughter Jo’s place in 4 Adema van Scheltema Street, the Paasberg suburb of Arnhem. Jo and Herman looked after her for several years. Her latest grandchild Bernard was just 11 months old and Marie Bosmans-Leferink again 4 months pregnant with Jacqueline.
From left: *Herman van der Wal, *Dirk van Leeuwen, *Jacques Bosmans (her eldest grandson), *Oma Anna Bosmans-Meijsen with her youngest grandson Bernard (Ben), *Jacques Bosmans (her eldest son), *Nick Kersten-Bosmans (her eldest daughter), Jan Bosmans, next his mother *Rika Bosmans-Jakma, *Jo Bosmans-de Bruijn wife of Kees Bosmans ( from The Hague), a *cousin of Jo de Bruijn, *Karel Bosmans who died in Neuegamme concentration camp in 1944, *Albert Kersten with hat, husband of Nick B., his son *Berend Kersten, his daughter *Nickie Kersten with her husband *Paul Stevens next to her, *Kees Bosmans son of Jacques and Rika, his sister *Annie Melde-Bosmans just behind her German fiancée *Kurt Melde, *Marie Bosmans-Imming first wife of cousin Jacques Bosmans, at the table in front of Kurt is seated *Geertruida (Truus) van Leeuwen- Bosmans, her brother *Antoon Bosmans with hair parted in the middle is of course our father, covering her husband face partially is *Marie Bosmans-Leferink, smiling *Cor Bosmans-Zeewuster wife of Jan Bosmans seated opposite her, next is *Johanna (Jo) van der Wal, sister of our father, cousin *Antoon Bosmans (son of Jacques and Rika) has his arm on the old gramophone player, *Kees Bosmans from The Hague another son of Oma and finally the *bold headed man without name, cousin of the wife of Kees, from Oegstgeest.