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November 29, 2009

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"The Seven Provinces" ship originally built in 1664-5 is being reconstructed at the Batavia Yard in Lelystad
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Alkmaar Cheese Market
Allene and Charlie Nimitz
Allene Nimitz and Pat Hutchison
Alvin Van Marel
Ann and Joop van der Marel - Cres and Lucy Hoekstra - Willem van der Marel - Susie and Carl Van Marel - Bill Van Marel - Rina van der Marel
Another lovely windmill on a canal--lots of both in The Netherlands
Art at Westerbork Concentration Camp which depicts "The Start of the End" for the railroad track which started here and took them to a Nazi camp during WWII
Bells of all kinds and sizes at the museum

Bicycle parking lot
Big David
Boat and water-pumping windmill in back yard
Brittany Haerle - Dennis Miller - D'Nell Gibson - Sharon Haerle - Tanner and Coty Gibson
Building with Dutch Delft tiles
Canal boat ride
Canals running through backyards
Canons and windmills on shore line
Carl Van Marel offering appreciation to reunion committee and others who assisted in this wonderful reunion. Also
Carole Van Riessen
Carole Van Riessen - Luretta Van Otterloo - Carolyn Odens - Coleen Bomgaars
Carolyn Odens and Rina van der Marel
Castle Heeswijk was built in the 11th century
Castle Hoensbroek complex dating from 1250 and modernized about 1720
Castle Muiden was rebuilt in 1370
Cathy and Larry Wandell
Cathy Wandell
Celena
Centerpieces at tables--photos of those who served our country in the Armed Service.
Clarella and Alvin Van Marel
Clarella and Alvin Van Marel in front of old Dutch building
Clarence and Dee Gorter
Cleo Te Slaa
Clock Museum
Colleen Bomgaars - Ursula Penner - Allene Nimitz - Luretta Van Otterloo
Colleen Bomgaars and Carol Van Riessen
Colleen Bomgaars; Lucille Hoekstra; Gertrude and Joyce Te Slaa
Creston and Lucille Hoekstra
Cube houses near Rotterdam
Dale and Pat Hutchison
Dan Haerle
David and Matthew Haerle - Dawn Crow - Sharon Haerle
Dawn Hollis
De Wachter mill built 1851 in Zuidlaren
Dee Gorter; Tara and Sarah Te Slaa; Gertrude Te Slaa and Joyce Te Slaa
Delicious dinner for 3
Delma and Wayne De Weerd
Detail of part of the total family tree
Diana North - Darren North - Deb Bishop - Alvin Van Marel
Diana North and Lisa Young
Dianna North and Jay James
Doorn Manor was built in the 15th century and rebuilt in the 18th century. German Empeor Wilhelm II purchased and lived in this home following his abdication after World War I.
Draw bridge and windmill
Dutch Black and White Lakenvelder cattle
Dutch dinner for last meal
Dutch wooden shoes provided by Willem van der Marel
Enclosure Dam between Lake Yssel (fresh) and North Sea (salty)
Enjoying the boat ride are Verna Howe - Shanna Franklin - Dawn and Gerald Hollis - Linda Smalley
Enjoying the dinner and fellowship are Wayne and Delma De Weerd - Gertrude and Howard Te Slaa - Dee and Cliff Te Slaa - Twila Oolman - Bill Van Marel - Susie Van Marel - Clarella and Alvin Van Marel
Estella Friend
Every body is ready to go
facilitator for the slide show of family members who have gone before us.
Family members enjoying the detail of the tree and finding their names.
Folks are getting hungry
Front--Helen Sargent and Gertie Buma; Back--Carl Van Marel
Front--Helen Sargent and Gertie Buma; Back--Carol Van Riessen
Gerald Hollis
Gertie Buma - Carl Van Marel - Carole Van Riessen - Mark Schwind
Gertrude and Howard Te Slaa
Getting acquainted and mixing
Getting lined up
Getting tied up
Going for the candy was the most fun.
Gouda City Hall
Guest Singer was Mindy Willens
Hank Nimitz - Calvin Cleveringa - Charlie Nimitz
Helen and Mark Schwind
Hosting the reunion were the van der Marel brothers and their families
In 2002
Interesting clock in museum
Is Cleo Te Slaa too light on the Witch's stool?
It was a rainy day at the first stop of our tour but it did not dampen the spirits of the family members
Jay
Jay - Gaylon - Tommy Te Slaa
Jeff McCarty and Carolyn Odens
Jopie van der Marel (left) was the first Dutch contact that Carl Van Marel (right) found in person since starting the family genealogy project. This was their third meeting.
Josh Wandell at the guitar
Joshua and Katlyn Wandell
Joyce and Cleo and Sarah Te Slaa
Kathy McKinstrey - Carol Van Riessen - Allene and Charlie Nimitz - Hank Nimitz - Howard Te Slaa
Kathy McKinstrey and Dee Gorter
Keep going
Kelli Maki
Kelli Maki and Cleo Te Slaa
Large house boat on a canal
Larry Wandell and Donald Friend
Linda Cernak; Sharon Haerle; Dawn Hollis and Verna Howe
Lined up and ready to go
Lisa Gay - John Claypole - Helen Sargent - Tommi Bowlden - Gertrude and Howard Te Slaa
Lisa Gay and Helen Sargent; Gertie Buma and Tommi Bowlden
Lisa Gay and John Claypole
Listening to the workings of a water mill
Look at that meat
Lots of delicious meats ready for cooking
Lots of straining.
Lovely homes on a canal
Lovely setting; lots of visiting
Lucy Hoekstra and Bill Van Marel
Luretta Van Otterloo and Ann van der Marel
Luretta Van Otterloo and Colleen Bomgaars
Madison James got a good hit.
Many planes in the National Aviation Theme Park Aviodrome in Lelystad
Mark Hollis and Bill Van Marel
Master of Ceremonies
Matthew and Dave Haerle
Michelle McCarty - Chris and Elisa Pierce - Dave Haerle - Jeremy Pierce - Sharon Haerle
Monuments for each person who stayed at Westerbork and died in a Nazi camp
Moving pretty fast
Netherlands American Cemetery near Margraten of U. S. soldiers who died while fighting in this area during WWII
Nice home on Kinderdyke that was built in the 1700's
Nieuwpoort Court House on a canal
Official photographer
Old Renesse Church
One of the few black swans living
Only 2 Carl Van Marel's in the world
Orvette Village--a Museum
Patrice and Danny Haerle
Paul Smalley - Clarence Gorter - Joop van der Marel - Dee Gorter
Paul Smalley - David Haerle - Clarence Gorter
Paul Smalley is checking in
Piano room at Castle Hoensbroek
Pieces created by Artist
Pledging our flag and singing our National Anthem
Protestant church built in 1118
put together by Carolyn and Chad Odens.
Queen Dee and King Gordon Gorter
Reception table--Michelle McCarty and Cathy Wandell
Replica of Noah's Ark
Rich Odens - Diana North - Darren North - Deb Bishop
Rijk's Museum
Rina and Willem - Joop and Anneke
Rina van der Marel is carrying on the theme
Scott
Scott Penner - Cal Cleveringa - Ursula Penner
Sculptured garden at Open Air Museum in Arnhem
Seim van der Marel
Sending greetings from our homeland were Rina - Willem - Jaap - and Ann van der Marel
Several bridges lined up on the canal. Note the parking spot for a bicycle.
Shanna Franklin
Shanna Franklin and Bill Van Marel
Shanna Franklin and Luretta Van Otterloo
Shanna Franklin likes those unusual wooden shoes
Shay McCarty likes this new game
Solitary confinement box at Veenhuizen Prison
Solo by Danny Young
Special guests--family from The Netherlands: Ann and Joop
St. Martin's Church was built in 1421 in Franeker
Starr Gotzen
Starr Gotzen - Linda Cernak - Clarella Van Marel
starting as a home
Steady
Stork nest
Strange shoes at the Shoe Museum in Waalwijk
Street Organ
Street organ in Alkmaar
Susie Van Marel - Pat Hutchison - Kathy McKinstrey - Dale Hutchison
Tara and Theo Te Slaa
Taylor Maki and Roger Maki.
Te Slaa's--Tara - Tommy - Gaylon - Joyce - Cleo - Sarah
Thanks again ladies: Verna Howe - Sharon Haerle - Linda Cernak - Dawn Hollis
thanks so much to the van der Marel's for organizing a fantastic tour
The end of a Wonderful bus tour and reunion
The family members who came from the U. S. to attend the reunion
The first persons to find this luxurious and comfortable sofa were: Susie Van Marel - Kathy McKinstrey - Bill Van Marel - Colleen Bomgaars - Carole Van Riessen
The pumping station Cruquius was built in 1849 and has the largest steam engine in the world.
The red team
Thelma and Donald and Lyvan Friend
then a prison and now a museum
Twila Oolman and Bill Van Marel really like this ice cream cone
Twila Oolman dancing on the stilts
United States Air Force (currently living in Australia)
United States Army National Guard
United States Navy
Ursula and Grant Penner; Charlie and Allene Nimitz; and Delma De Weerd
Valerie and Jay James with their children Megan - Lauren - Madison
Van Marel tour/reunion through State of South Dakota June 14-23
Verna Howe announces that lunch is being served
Verna Howe; Roger Maki; Linda Cernac; and Garrett McCarty
When last names were required in Europe our ancestors decided to use the Marel bird to come up with a family name. It was and still is a fairly common bird in that area.
while Helen and Mark Schwind are next in line.
who were happy to meet in person for the first time.
Willem and Ann van der Marel visiting with Valerie James and family - Megan - Jay - Lauren - Madison
Willem and Rina van der Marel
Willem van der Marel getting his reward
Willem van der Marel was able to locate and photograph the original crest in The Netherlands since the first reunion.
Working model of the solar system was built 1774-81 in the ceiling of the Eisinga Planetarium
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