At 17 years old, she left Belgium with my great-grandfather who she met during World War 1 and came to America. She spoke Flemish Dutch and no English. She ended up having three kids, two of which died before 40 (the two in the 2nd photo). My grandfather lived until 73 and had 9 kids!
She never saw her parents again which blows my mind. The two World Wars were hard on my family in Belgium with her younger brother perishing in one of them (I believe WW1). I hope to visit Brussels someday!
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Nice pictures/story. Thanks for sharing!
Hi, any idea where from Brussels? What was a flemish last name?
It’s heartbreaking to see the young girl look at her older brother with a mixture of joy and admiration and then realize none of them grew old.