Letters Home, from Hazel (1929)
Wheaton, IL. Sept. 19, '29 Dear Folks, I suppose you got my letter to-day, but I just couldn't wait until you answered.…
Wheaton, IL. Sept. 19, '29 Dear Folks, I suppose you got my letter to-day, but I just couldn't wait until you answered.…
Hazel was a Freshman at Wheaton College in 1929, and wrote letters home to Hammond, frequently. I have about six or seven…
Albert Hine (Heun) was an alcoholic. There were four boys in the family: John, Richard, Peter, and Martin; and one sister, Nellie.…
Note, I am beginning to have doubts the above photo is of Albert Heun. See this post for more info. Dutch Transcription…
In 2012, I received an email from Mr. Tymen Wierstra, an active genealogist and cultural heritage preservationist in Grijpskerk, a village in…
An essay I wrote about Ken and Hazel and my memories of their home on Furnessville Road in Chesterton IN. You can…
I've been trying to match the faces in these two photos taken several decades apart. Above is my best guess in matching…
The handwriting on the back of this photo reads "Grandma VanVuuren and her six children." Grandma VanVuuren was Maartje DeJong VanVuuren, mother…
The above image was found in a box of Hazel Hine's snapshots. The date "Aug 25-20" was written on the back of…
Top left to right: Kenneth Richard Hine, Hazel Hine, Richard Hine Sr, Jennie Smith Hine, Evelyn Hine (Sutsh). The two boys in…
Dearest Jay, This is a picture of the palace in Tokyo, Japan, where the Emperor and Empress live. Mother and Daddy saw…
Dear Jay-de-boy, See the donkeys-- they go up and down the hill and then as they they [sic] go up the water…