Our Sepia Saturday prompt this week featured a photo of three babies with their mothers. I don’t quite have three, but two will do! In the above photo are siblings Hendrik and Nanne Huisman, children of Hilje (Dijkema) Jaarsma’s sister Ellechien and her husband Luitje Huisman. They’re on a barge or boat of some sort, and it’s a bit of a shame the background is more in focus than the children! I’ve suspected that this may be the barge of the children’s grandparents, but I can’t be sure based on a narrow view like this. Unlike the prompt image, both of these two babies appear to be pretty content.
Another one, this one with mom Ellechien on the left and a woman who the album identifies as Froukje, but I’m really not sure who that is. Same two babies as above, probably taken at basically the same time. I’ve been researching the barge that Hendrik Dijkema (the aformentioned grandfather) owned, and there was a Frouwke Huizinga mentioned as having given them a loan for the barge purchase. I’m not sure if this is her or not! There is a Frouke Rop who was a sister-in-law to Ellechien, and the age seems to fit, but all I have is a first name in the album.
Pretty short and sweet this week since the photos speak for themselves pretty much! Both were taken in Holland, probably in the mid to late 1930s given the ages of the babies. Already looking forward to next week!
Update 18 Jun 2023:
The woman on the right has been identified as Froukje Weert, wife of Kornelis Dijkema, also the sister-in-law to Ellechien. The child is likely Hendrik, her only son.
Their clothing is exactly the same in both pictures so you must be right about the photos being taken at the same time. Cute kiddos. The older child looks a wee bit happier in the second picture. 🙂
Great capture of the meme of baby photos, and from the 30s no less! I can’t wait till you post again about the barge and your ancestors/relations.
Froukje was the wife of Kees Dijkema, the brother of Albert Dijkema, he died early and Froukje re-married Writzer Werkman (my uncle Frits). I assume the secund child is her only son Hendrik.