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Johannes (Jan) Wilhelmus BROUWER,
Born March 17, 1924 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, baptized in Aalsmeer in the Old Catholic Church, atheist, freethinker,
refused to work for the Nazi occupiers and therefore locked up in Amersfoort Concentration Camp, forced to work in German labour camps in Northern Germany, after liberation he worked as a ship engineer for the British Royal Air Force, and afterwards as a locomotive engineer for N.S. (Dutch Railways), and as a hotelier in Bergen NH.
Jan emigrated to Canada in 1990, died April 13, 1994 in Oliver, BC, Canada at the age of 70 years, cremated April 15, 1994 in Penticton, BC.
Married June 5, 1945 in Schleswig, Germany to Maroesja (Rita) KRISCHKO.
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5. | Maroesja (Rita) KRISCHKO,
Born May 26, 1925 in Saitzinzi, Ukraine, no religious affiliation.
When she was eleven years old, her father was murdered by the communists in the Ukraine.
One year later, she and her brother Nikolai became orphans when their mother died of illnesses and starvation.
During the Nazi occupation she was forced to work in a German forced labour camp in Neumunster, and later in Schleswig in Northern Germany.
There she met her future husband Jan Brouwer.
After the liberation she went to live in the Netherlands. In a very short time she learned to speak fluent Dutch.
Her two children were born in 1946 and 1952.
In 1991 she and her husband Jan moved to Canada to be closer to their family.
Maroesja resides on Salt Spring Island, BC.
Rita Brouwer, Duitsland, 1944
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Rita Brouwer, Bergen NH, 1990.
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CHILDREN:
- Theodorus (Theo, Ted) Brouwer, see nr. 2.
Born February 4, 1946 in Alkmaar, Netherlands, member Canadian Humanist Association, freethinker, owner/operator of Gallagher Lake KOA
Campground and Country Pines Retirement Park near Oliver BC until his retirement in May 2003.
Grew up in Alkmaar, went to live in Bergen NH in 1967, spent two years as a conscript in the Dutch army, studied human geography at
Amsterdam University, emigrated to Canada in 1980.
Married May 6 1971 in Bergen NH to Tengkoe Boehaya Inge Noermaya (Maya) Mansoer.
- Elly Brouwer,
Born November 1, 1952 in Alkmaar, Netherlands, no religious affiliation, hotel receptionist in Bergen NH, sales clerk in Alkmaar, and
assistant manager of a campground in Oliver BC, Canada.
Married September 23, 1988 in Bergen NH, Netherlands to Rudolf Lugten, born September 30, 1950 in Bergen NH, no religious affiliation,
sales clerk, photographer, co-owner of a photo development store chain in the Netherlands, emigrated to Canada in 1989, died March 13,
2002 near Gallagher Lake, BC, Canada at the age of 51 years, son of Dr. Johan Marinus Pieter Lugten and Louise Maria Jacoba Gregory.
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Tengku Aswani HAFAS,
Born May 29 1920 in Tjina Kassih, Sumatra, Dutch East Indies (Indonesia), Muslim (liberal), businessman, died April 15, 1994 in Medan, Sumatra at the age of 73 years, buried April 16, 1994 in Medan, Sumatra.
Married May 2, 1944 in Tandjung Balai, Sumatra, Dutch East Indies to Tengku Sariah (Ietje) MANSOER.
Divorced August 8, 1950.
Tengkoe Aswani Hafas with his daughter Maya, Volendam, 1971.
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Tengku Sariah (Ietje) MANSOER,
Born January 14, 1925 in Leiden, Netherlands, no religious affiliation.
Lived in Leiden while her father was studying for his Ph.D. in Medicine at Leiden University's Faculty of Medicine, moved back to Dutch East-Indies with her parents in 1928 where she grew up in Medan.
Married (2) January 26, 1955 in Medan, Sumatra, to Jan Harm VELSINK, born October 15, 1927 in Emlichheim, Germany, baptized in the Old Christian Reformed church, moved with his parents to the Netherlands in 1939, no religious affiliation.
Jan joined the Dutch Army in 1945 as volunteer in the war against Japan.
After Japan's capitulation he was sent to Indonesia in 1946. Jan demobilized in 1948.
He stayed in Indonesia until 1961, and was employed by the Deli Spoorwegmaatschappij and by the Societe Financiere des Caoutchou in Medan.
He moved back to the Netherlands in 1961 where he became chief planner at the Transport Division of Hoogovens Steel Company in IJmuiden.
In 1992 he retired and emigrated with his wife Sariah to Canada.
Sariah and Jan reside at Gallagher Lake near Oliver, BC.
CHILDREN OF TENGKU SARIAH MANSOER AND TENGKU ASWANI HAFAS:
- Tengku Boehaya (Maya) Inge Noermaya Mansoer, see nr. 3.
Born May 23, 1945 in Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia, member of the Canadian Humanist Association, co-owner/operator of Gallagher Lake KOA
Campground and Country Pines Retirement Park near Oliver BC until her retirement in May 2003.
Married May 6, 1971 in Bergen NH to Theodorus (Theo, Ted) Brouwer.
- Tengku Iskandar (Lex) Mansoer,
Born January 16, 1947 in Medan, Sumatra, Indonesie, no religious affiliation, kitchen designer and installer in Penticton, BC, Canada.
In 1982 Lex emigrated with his family from Holland to Canada.
From 1982 to 1984 he was employed by Gallagher Lake KOA, owned by his sister Maya and her husband Theo. Until 1992 he worked for
Heritage Millwork which specialized in kitchen design.
Since 1992 he has owned his own business.
Hobbies: Golf and painting.
Lex on his favorite golf course in Penticton, BC (ca. 1998)
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Married on August 20, 1965 in Koedijk, Netherlands to Klasiena Johanna (Ineke) Nieuwland, born September 24, 1946 in St.Pancras,
Netherlands, member of the Full Gospel Church in Penticton, daughter of Gerbrand Nieuwland and Egberdina Buscher.
Children:
- Frank Mansoer,
Born February 9, 1966 in Koedijk, Netherlands, no religious affiliation, part-time teacher in Bergen NH, Netherlands.
Common-law relationship with Floortje Peeters, born August 26, 1969 in Leiden, Netherlands, baptized in the R.C. Church in Leiden, no religious affiliation, daughter
of Marinus (Rinus) Peeters and Balbina Versteegen.
Frank and Floor have two sons and a daughter.
- Bob Mansoer, B. Sc.,
Born August 25, 1979 in Alkmaar, Netherlands, no religious affiliation, studied Mathematics and Business
Administration at the University of Victoria where he graduated in 2003.
Bob was two years old when he emigrated with his parents to Canada.
He is fluent in both English and Dutch. Hobbies: Chess and Golf.
- Tengku Mansoer Adil (Ad) Mansoer,
Born May 28, 1948 in Medan, Sumatra, Indonesie, Roman Catholic, storekeeper in Alkmaar, Netherlands.
Hobbies: Soccer, Dutch East-Indies culture.
Married September 10, 1976 in Noord-Scharwoude, Netherlands to Jolanda Molenaar, born January 10 januari, Roman-Catholic.
From left to right: Sariah, Jasmin, Ad, Jolanda, Roland (boy-friend of Naima),
Naima and Roswitha, Broek op Langedijk, 2004.
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Children:
- Justin Mansoer,
Born April 16, 1982 in Alkmaar, Netherlands, painter.
- Sariah Mansoer,
Born May 2, 1984 in Broek op Langedijk, Netherlands.
- Naima Ananda Mansoer,
Born October 19, 1985 in Broek op Langedijk, Netherlands.
- Moetiara Roswitha Mansoer,
Born July 4, 1989 in Broek op Langedijk, Netherlands.
- Jasmin Zaharah Mansoer,
Born June 27, 1991 in Broek op Langedijk, Netherlands.
DAUGHTER OF TENGKU SARIAH MANSOER AND JAN HARM VELSINK:
- Barbara Inge Marjan Velsink,
Born April 20, 1961 in Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia, no religious affiliation, administrative assistant, part-time self employed.
Married (1) on January 21, 1982 in Alkmaar, Netherlands to Johannes (Jan) Serry, born January 28, 1959 in Alkmaar, no religious
affiliation, service mechanic with ABEKO, died January 31, 1996 in a traffic accident in St.Pancras, Netherlands at the age of 37 years, buried February 5, 1996 at the Koedijk General Cemetery, son of Johannes (Jan) Serry and Johanna Alida Vendel.
Divorced in 1988.
Inge Velsink with her older brother Lex.
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Married (2) on June 16, 1990 at Gallagher Lake (Oliver) to Darcy James Houston, born August 15, 1959 in Surrey, BC, Canada, no
religious affiliation, steersman, pub owner.
Divorced before 1999.
Married (3) on August 14, 1999 in St.Andrew's near Kaleden, BC, Canada to Christopher (Chris) Paul Brady, born February 26, 1967 in
Burnaby, BC, Canada, no religious affiliation, maintenance worker at Penticton Regional Hospital, son of Allan Murray Brady and
Patricia June Rowley.
Children:
- Chrissie Barbara Serry,
Born February 24, 1986 in St.Pancras, Netherlands, no religious affiliation.
Hobby: Ballet.
- Robin Alana Brady,
Born July 22, 1994 in Penticton, BC, Canada.
 
Chrissie and Robin, Penticton, BC, 2002.
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