Tombstone “in memory of Cornelis Jac. Spithoven and Hendrika Spithoven-Verheugen”, according to the inscription. Cornelis Jacobus Spithoven, son of Jacobus Spithoven and Gerarda Hazendonk, was born on 21 January 1881 in Wijk bij Duurstede, and died on 22...
Two children’s graves, apparently from the same family. One child died after a tragic accident, the other after long suffering (according to the inscriptions on the stones).
Yesterday I shared a few photos (and a vintage postcard) of the former church tower of the village Oud Leusden. The tower is nowadays surrounded by the graves of the local cemetery. And, since I’m a graveyard rabbit, I spent quite some time roaming around that...
En hoe verder hij ging des te langer was zijn terugweg. Tot voor kort stonden deze regels op een huis op de Van Sijpesteijnkade (zie foto), goed zichtbaar voor treinreizigers van en naar Utrecht. Maar helaas, dat huis is er niet meer. De tekst is wel weer even terug,...
