leferink family history photo gallery Photo Gallery by Bernard Bosmans at pbase.com

leferink family history photo gallery

My mother's ancestors came from the east of The Netherlands, an area called Twente, close to the German border. They were farmers, shopkeepers and tradesmen and came from the surroundings of Haaksbergen, a small village close to the city of Enschede. The Leferink's were 'honkvast' stayed at home, contrary to the wandering Bosmans clan.
I'm very grateful to my relatives and in particular the late Wim Wissink, for the enormous support and findings I was able to collect for my family tree.

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Stef Willard in memoriam	The young Willard's, Willemien, Elly and Jan	Elisabeth Leferink- Keuckenbrink and her son Jan Leferink on her son Frans wedding day	Wedding of Frans Leferink and Riet van Driel
Air letter from Jan Leferink to his wife Jetty from Australia to Holland	..."I've got a feeling that Hansje will learn English very quickly"...	Jan, Leo, Elisabeth, Anneke Jetty and Hans Leferink before departure to Australia	Liesbeth, Leo, Hans in school uniform, while Anneke goes down in her billycart
Jan Leferink in raincoat on his last sightseeing tour in Holland before leaving for Australia	Bernard Bosmans arrival in Oz in 1954 under the Hills clothes line with the Leferink family	Birthday party where Antoon Leferink is the joker of the pack	Riet with the latest addition in the pram

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Lieve Snellings		27-Jan-2011 04:36
very interesting Bernard to loose yourself for a while in a nostalgic mood and compose this wonderful photo document of your family... V

Guest		15-Dec-2010 14:39
ik kan me voorstellen dat je trots bent op je roots. Het is leuk om al die oude foto's te zien. Mijn grootouders waren al gestorven toen ik geboren werd (1939). Vorig jaar zag ik voor het eerst een foto van de vader en moeder van mijn vader. Wat een belevenis!

RLeferink		30-Jul-2010 20:59
My Leferink relatives came to the US and started a small airline that either was or became Wyoming Air... and that's about the extent of my knowledge. Since I don't know much about my own history I enjoyed looking through your collection and wondering if there's a connection there. Thanks.

Hettie van de Pavert		06-Dec-2009 21:48
I am so surprised to see so many of my grandmother's family in this series. She was Catharina Francisca Leferink and married Johannes Hendricus van de Pavert. Any one else related? H van de Pavert

Gervan		16-Oct-2009 20:19
Wat een mooie collectie oude foto's. Ook al ken je er niemand van is het een interessant familie album. Mooi gepresenteerd.

Astrid Leferink		02-Jan-2009 18:04
Thank you very much for doing all this work and making such a nice website of the family Leferink. I'm directly related to them and I never new about this website, before. My father doesn't have a computer but I will invite him to have a look at your site and to tell me all the stories he know about your stories and photo's.

Yvonne Belshof		24-Feb-2008 14:46
Nice site, I found it doing some research. My husbands mother is related to your mother, her great-grandfather is also Berend Jan Leferink, who is also the father of Bernard Leferink Sr. as told in your first picture.

olivier bruning		19-Nov-2007 09:13
love these precious documents!! ~V~

kristin bosmsns		01-May-2007 23:22
my last name is bosmans too that is so ward because i never seen history about my last name i also never people with my last name will my name is kristin bosmans.

Focus		19-Apr-2007 03:42
Beautiful and well preserved.............I love history, and families are forever history. Well done.

Guest		21-Mar-2007 04:38
I'm a stranger to the family, but just love history. very nice and outstanding "archives" of a family.

Guest		17-Jan-2007 12:06
Een pracht gallery, met veel genoegen bekeken en genoten, toch veel bekende namen , zowel in H'bergen als Enschede en de Hoeve.Denk dat je heel veel mensen hier blij meemaakt.Groetjes Enny.

marwil ter Horst		06-Jan-2007 12:24
Bernard, Wat goed dat je dit zo hebt bijghouden. Ik heb het met belangstelling gelezen en bekeken. Kwamen wel 'n paar bekende plekjes voorbij. succes.

Mary Bowles		19-Oct-2006 21:05
Well, Bernard, yo have achieved what we all think we shall do, one day. This is a wonderful record of your family through the years. I think you yearn for those days, as do we all.

wayne_n		13-Oct-2006 05:26
Wow Bernard - this is an incredible gallery! It is absolutely amazing what you have put together here!

1moremile		05-Oct-2006 23:16
Very nice gallery and history. Once again very interesting reading also.Voted.

Marisa Livet		23-Sep-2006 07:41
What a moving and interesting series, Bernard! I'll come back to see in detail every picture, some of them are so fascinating and intriguing already from the thumbnail. Thank you Marisa

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