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Married 21-Sep-1951
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Husband:
Willem Pieter Jettinghoff Born: 3-Jul-1924 Died: 20-Nov-1951 Father: Jan Hendrik Jettinghoff Mother: Elisabeth Dolk By all accounts, Wim was quite an astonishing man. He was captured during WWII and spent years in German concentration camps. After the war, he spent some time working in an industrial enamelling firm in Italy where he became aware of a skin problem. On return to the Netherlands, he was diagnosed with terminal Hodgins disease, a tragic fate so soon after having survived the war and concentration camps. Despite knowing their time together would be short, Wim and Barbara decided to marry and they did so in his bedroom on 21 September 1951. Wim died 8 weeks later. |
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Wife:
Barbara Mary Elvy Born: 28-Jun-1927 Died: 23-Jan-2009 Father: Charles Dennis Elvy Mother: Lily Victoria Grimwood Other Spouses: Rudolf Backer Dirks Other Children: Charles Dennis Backer Dirks, Jan Dam Julius Backer Dirks, Marianne Ida Sarah Backer Dirks, Elisabeth Barbara Backer Dirks Occupation: Housewife and mother (the best). Barbara Elvy was born at 60 Mansfield Road, Walthamstow. From earliest childhood, she was an adventurous and daring girl. In her early 20's Barbara travelled to the Netherlands where she met and married her first husband Wim Jettinghoff, who sadly died of cancer only weeks later. Later she married her second husband, my father, Rudolf Backer Dirks. Together they lived and raised their four children in Denmark, South Africa, France and then Germany before retiring in Spain. This is our wonderful Mum! |