I started this post a while ago and was going to finally finish and post it yesterday however our four grandchildren came over and I got sidetracked. Our grandchildren range in age now from six down to one; they are so full of life (each of them lights up a room when they enter it) and we feel extremely blessed to have them in our lives. After spending the afternoon researching this post, their arrival made this tragedy even more poignant for me and so I appreciated their company even more than usual and hugged them a bit tighter too! This morning I woke up to a cold, wet and windy Wagga day and the thought of three little girls out in August weather like this, in light weight dresses with no shoes or jumpers impacted on me even more. Those poor babies! One of the girls was found still clasping her doll that she had carried with her over the whole tragic journey. When my husband and I were looking around the Wagga Wagga Monumental Cemetery some time ago we came across a very sad he
My genealogy journey.
This is also my great great great grandfather.... Its sooo strange to see different photo of him.. He is from Minahasa (MinaEse) 3 hours from Manado
ReplyDeleteCould this be a relative of mine,?
DeleteDoctor Kalangi was my great grandfather (my mother’s mother’s father)
DeleteDr Kalangi was married to Andries she was Portuguese and Chinese from Macao and ran a finishing school, but the kalangi family owned lots of land and were good land owners to the people who worked in Remboken.
DeleteSo sorry for the late reply! I would love to know more about Andries and the Kalangi family. We are still unsure of how many children they had and details of their lives and deaths.
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