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Menno Nicolaas Anne Brouwer (1846-1907) and Marius Petrus Johannes Gerardus Brouwer (1845-?)
Two of the sons of Petrus Marius Brouwer and Johanna Geertruida Vorderman. There was a third son, Willem Dirk Jacob (b. 1847-48), of whom no known photo exists. Assuming that they are age mid-twenties, this photo was taken circa 1870, when their father was mayor of Zwiijndrecht. (mnab-m) |
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Verso of Brouwer brothers' photo
Handwritten note says "Menno Brouwer Marius Brouwer 2 broers 1(?), vader" or "2 brothers, 1 father." (mnab-m) |
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Menno Nicolaas Anne Brouwer (1846-1907)
Probably taken between 1870 and 1878 when, according to Pieter Scheen's book, he lived and worked in Zwijndrecht. The verso shows the photographer's studio to have been in Dordrecht, which is just across the river from Zwiijndrecht. (mnab-m) |
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Verso of Menno's photograph
Handwritten note says, "Oom Menno Brouwer vaders broer" or "Uncle Menno Brouwer, father's brother." (mnab-m) |
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Menno Nicolaas Anne Brouwer (1846-1907)
Another photo taken in Dordrecht, so we assume taken between 1870 and 1878, when he was in mid-twenties to early thirties. |
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Brouwer Family at Wilhelminaplein 6, Heemstede, c Summer 1899
Menno Nicolaas Anne Brouwer and Adriana Oldemans with their children, l-r, Adriaan Hendrik Jacobus (b. 29 Jun 1897), Johanna Geertruida Adriana Anna (b. 27 Nov 1888), Bernard Hendrik (b. 29 May 1893), Catharina Elisabeth (b. 13 Jun 1894), Marie Menno Simon (b. 5 Apr 1899). Since Menno is wearing a straw hat, the photo was likely taken in summer. If it is late summer 1899, then Marie is under 6 months old. If 1900, then he is well over a year old. 1899 seems more likely. |
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Wilhelminaplein 6 today
It is now part of the Yokohama Japanese restaurant. Number 6 is the far left part of the building, and you can see the location of the window that the Brouwers posed in front of over a hundred years ago. (Photo taken 30 July 2004 by Roy.) |
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Menno Nicolaas Anne Brouwer (1846-1907)
This photo was taken in Haarlem, probably either in 1887 while he was living there or between 1888 and 1907 while he was living in nearby Heemstede.
His son, Bernard Hendrik, had a larger version of this photo.
Menno would have four grandchildren named after him. Adriaan Hendrik Jacobus Brouwer, Marie Menno Simon Brouwer, and Menno Nicolaas Anne Swets would each name a son Menno Nicolaas Anne, and Bernard Hendrik Brouwer would name his younger daughter Mennora Nicola Anne. (mnab-m) |