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Family History Beginners Board / Re: ferdinand de witt
« on: Tuesday 26 January 10 08:38 GMT (UK) »
Hello Anne,I read your local history pages after I emailed you and indeed my inlaws are Fen Diephuis and Jeanette Lans.They had one son, Johan (John) born in Soerabaja where his father was in charge of the Royal Navy Dockyards. When my husband was 4 month (1915 )they went back to Holland and lived in Vlissingen. Fen was there commander minesweepers My husband studied law in Leiden (Holland) and went to Indonesia in 1939 as secretary Commander Naval D.Ys
During the war in a officers camp in Tjimahi (Bandoeng Java) and after the war appointed prosecutor (auditeur militair) military court martial for Japanese warcrimes. In 1950 we went to Australia and changed the name to Deephouse for business reasons.I let you know all this in case you can help someone else.
There is no mention of Ferdinand de Witt-Petronella Weema living in England, but I am sure that was so. In other genealogies she is called Pietronella Wiema (exact dutch spelling and her info closed, (private) I have a photo of the painting of the whole familie de Witt, which according to some other families hangs somewhere in England.Keep in touch end kind regards, Elsbeth
During the war in a officers camp in Tjimahi (Bandoeng Java) and after the war appointed prosecutor (auditeur militair) military court martial for Japanese warcrimes. In 1950 we went to Australia and changed the name to Deephouse for business reasons.I let you know all this in case you can help someone else.
There is no mention of Ferdinand de Witt-Petronella Weema living in England, but I am sure that was so. In other genealogies she is called Pietronella Wiema (exact dutch spelling and her info closed, (private) I have a photo of the painting of the whole familie de Witt, which according to some other families hangs somewhere in England.Keep in touch end kind regards, Elsbeth