Cornelis “Cees” Kool and governess. (Courtesy Halbo Kool)
This kid looks like he just does not trust the camera.
This is an early 1900s photo of Cornelis “Cees” Kool, with his governess, that Halbo Kool sent me a while back and I recently remembered I meant to post it. Cornelis was born on July 6, 1900, in Groningen, Netherlands, and died a grandfather in Canada on March 27, 1979. From what I’ve heard over the years, he was a pretty cool guy. Very smart. I’ll write more on him later.
Cornelis Kool (1900) and Louise Lopes-Cardozo in 1926
This is a lightly retouched wedding portrait of my great-grandparents, Louise Lopes-Cardozo and Cornelis Kool, who were married on the 15th of September, 1926, in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.
Louise, who was born on the first of January, 1903, in Amsterdam would have been 23 years old, and Cornelis, who was born on the sixth of July, 1900, in Groningen, Netherlands, would have been 26 years old.
As a side note, my mother, Joy-Anne Siersema, has worn the cameo necklace Louise is wearing in this photo every day for just about as long as I can remember.
Cornelis Kool’s birth certificate
This is a scan of the birth certificate of my great-grandfather, Cornelis Kool, who was born on the 6th of July, 1900, in Groningen, Netherlands, to Christina Kolle and Halbo Kool.
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