Just another WordPress site
It wasn't long ago that living to 100 was a monumental feat. But in most cases, the centenarian would be frail and barely aware. Times have changed! At 107, Wilhelmina Hoorn raises the bar of what's possible to a whole new level.
Once I found out that the birth records of my grandmother, my father's mother, still existed, I learned a lot more about my ancestors. I had already found a lot just by googling, but to verify, I needed official documents. And I got them. She had a very long familytree. Her niece recently told me my grandmother was aware of her familyroots, but it was never spoken about when I was a child. It...
This picture was made in a Danish port, about 1927 I think. The little girl is my mother, born...