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BEKKERS Theodorus

Origin EINDHOVEN
First settled in NORTHAM
Original Occupation CABINET MAKER
Occupation in Australia CARPENTER

JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT

Departure Port AMSTERDAM
Arrival Year 1952

Fremantle

13 panel

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THEODORUS WAS A CABINET MAKER WHO FOUND WORK IN NORTHAM AS A CARPENTER. HE BUILD A FAMILY HOME THERE FOR HIS WIFE JOHANNA AND THEIR SEVEN CHILDREN WHO JOINED HIM IN OCTOBER 1953. THEIR TWO YOUNGEST WERE BORN IN NORTHAM WA

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