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Antonius GROFFEN, birth 26 Apr 1894 Bergen op Zoom, Noord Brabant, Holland, died Apr 1980 Bergen op Zoom, Holland, son of Wilhelmus GROFFEN and Dymphena BOGERS to:
Anna Paulina Waltera DE NIJS, birth 1899, It appears that Anna Paulina Waltera was named after a previous child born in 1897 and died in 1898., daughter of Jacobus DE NIJS and Wilhelmina Antonia VAN EEKEREN
1) Wilhelmus GROFFEN
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Maria Jacolina MAAS, birth 1914, died 23 Mar 2006 Holland, Unknown GEDCOM info: Dementia, Viral infection, buried 27 Mar 2006 Holland
DEATH: Dear John and Brenda,

Today, march 23rd, my wife Rie died. She was 92. Next monday she will be cremated. She was already very weakened. A virus infection with complications struck her.
Please inform my brother and Bora. It is difficult for me to tell them over the phone and I am not so sure my brother will read his e-mails.
I feel a bit lost now. Not knowing what to write more than the bare fact of loss of the person who lived nearly sixty years at my side.
Wim
2) Jacobus Dymphinus GROFFEN, birth 3 Jun 1928 Bergen op Zoom, Nederland, died 13 Aug 2011 Para Hills, SA, AUS, buried 19 Aug 2011, Funeral Service held at 2.00pm at Mattiske Funeral Parlour, 2 Wiltshire Street, Salisbury, SA.
Jacobus D. Groffen, my father changed his name after arriving in Australia in 1960 to John Anthony Groffen. He (and I) adopted the name of John early on. Anthony is based on Dad's father's name of Antoonius.

The family emigrated to Australia from Rotterdam on 11 Dec 1959, arriving in Sydney, Australia on 19 Jan 1960.
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Debora Margaretha VAZ DIAS, daughter of Isidore de Aron VAZ DIAS and Johanna Louisa Petronella JONKMAN
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