Jeanne Aantje VENEMA

Abt 1925 - 1986  (61 years)

• Name	Jeanne Aantje VENEMA
  Birth	Abt 1925
  Gender	Female
  _UID	2C8E766646EB49AE8B80AF06F45D8C8EE9AA
  Death	1 Dec 1986	Holland
  Notes	There's a very interesting and sad story at http://www.kumpulana.ca/stories/The_Story_of_the_Slide_Rule.html It was written by Fred Val and tells of his courting in Batavia (now Jakarta, Indonesia) of Jeanne Venema, said to be the daughter of a captain on a large ocean steamer, and his capture and imprisonment by the Japanese in 1942. Fred later discovered that Jeanne, her mother and sister left Batavia after the liberation. A rumour is said to have reached Jeanne that Fred had died, which shocked her intensely. Shortly after the war, Fred himself, while still in Indonesia, met and married his wife, also a camp survivor. They had four children and emigrated to Canada in 1957. Much later, Fred's brother Joop discovered that Jeanne was in very bad health and living in The Hague with her mother. Joop also found out that "Jeanne seemed to have married a sailor, as the story goes, in England. They subsequently moved to New Zealand where she had two daughters, and soon after that her husband abandoned her." The story reports that Jeanne died on December 1 1986 of emphysema at age 61, presumably in Holland. A note at the end of Fred's story reads: "Fred Val, M.Sc., P.Eng., Capt. Signal Corps KNIL (ret.) was a part of Kumpulan Djempol * for a rather short period, but he was a very active and interested member. He also brought his wife Willy to some of our meetings and she especially enjoyed the one after the August ceremony in 2001. Willy passed away early in 2002, and Fred three months later." *an organisation for Dutch-Canadian survivors of Japanes prison camps.
  Person ID	I34	Canterbury (2), Kent
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2022

  
  

  Family	Dick Minter,   b. 28 Mar 1922, Rhodesia d. 19 Sep 1979, New Zealand (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	1946	Bombay, India   [1]
  Children	1. Gillian Minter   2. Janet Minter
  Family ID	F11	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Aug 2022

  
  

• Sources

  [S15] British India Office Ecclesiastical Returns at findmypast.co.uk.