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Education:Graduate Appalachian State
Architecture Degree Arizona State
Profession: Architect
E-mail: Bryan@Mermans,com

Bryan married Robin Leslie Black on 29 Jul 2000 in Charlotte, NC. Robin (daughter of Black, Spencer and Linda) was born on 10 Mar 1975 in Charlotte, NC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Education:Undergraduate UNC Wilmington
MBA Arizona??
Profession: Nurse/housewife
E-mail: Robin@Mermans.com

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Graduated from the school for Hotel Administration in Maastricht, and worked in hotels in France, England and New York and San Francisco
First lived in the US in 1960 for a year, and returned in 1964
Changed profession in 1967, and entered the Photography business, and in 1967 started a new Photo Company, PCA, together with Bud Davis and wife Anke
Retired from PCA in 1977, went back to school to study Economics, and then earned his living through investments

Cornelis married Johanna Josephina Adriana Kreuger on 1 Apr 1967 in Schiedam, Netherlands. Johanna (daughter of Theodorus Hendricus "Theo" Kreuger and Johanna Josephina Adriana "Ans" Van Der Knaap) was born on 7 Aug 1941 in Schiedam,Netherlands. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Education:MULO/ Kindergarten teacher
Profession: Photographer/ housewife
Hobbies: music/ fitness/art etc.etc.
E-mail: Anke@Mermans.com

Black, married Linda. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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His first profession was that of tailor.

He worked as a tailor in Germany. He said that at the time they would sit on the tailor's table to do their work.

Later he got in the Hotel business.

When he got married, his parents bought him a hotel in Nijmegen. He was an extrovert and quite suited to being a hotel owner-could befriend anyone.

Hotel Pays-Bas, was first taken over by the Germans during WW2 to become their regional headquarters. At that time, from September 1944 to May 1945 he fled with his wife and 5 children via a wood burning taxi (a taxi with a trailer behind it with a wood burning stove to fuel the car because there was no gasoline) from Nijmegen to Breda (70 miles) and moved in with his sister-in-law Riet, brother-in-law Jan and their two kids.

Later on the allied forces bombed the Hotel Pays-Bas and it was completely destroyed.

After the war he worked for a few years as a kitchen supply salesman. He opened a small hotel in an old hospital building; bought a second small hotel in Driesden; and eventually in 1950 with war time reparations he was able to build a restaurant, again called Pays-Bas that mainly catered weddings and parties.

Antonius married Elisabeth Martha Maria "Bets" Segers on 2 Jun 1934. Elisabeth (daughter of Adrianus Petrus Wilhelmus "Janus" Segers and Adriana Maria "Naan" Jonkers) was born on 5 Sep 1909 in Breda Netherlands; died in 1981 in Nijmegen Netherlands. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She was one of 7 children, and initially worked at home in the jewelry business of her dad.
After she was married she raised 6 children and asssisted her husband in running the hotel/restaurant.
After his death, she continued to run the restaurant together, at different times, with Addie and Kees (Casey)
In 1960 the restaurant closed and became the student society house for the University.

Theodorus married Johanna Josephina Adriana "Ans" Van Der Knaap on 18 Jun 1930 in Rotterdam. Johanna (daughter of Daniel Wilhelmus "Daan" Van Der Knaap and Johanna Josephina "Fien" Hulhoven) was born on 31 Oct 1903 in Vlaardingen, Netherlands; died on 31 Aug 1992 in Schiedam, Netherlands. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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6/18/1930 lived at Gordonstraat 14a, Schiedam