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IX. Growing up in Pictou County

Flemming Holm Posted on February 8, 2016 by HeatherDecember 2, 2022

(1) Family Friends and Social Events. When relatives on both sides of the family returned to Denmark the Danish friends we had made in the new land became all the more important. Svend Svendsen was born in 1906 in Djursland, … Continue reading →

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VIII. Nova Scotia – The Homeless Years

Flemming Holm Posted on February 8, 2016 by HeatherDecember 2, 2022

(1) Loch Broom Faced with further unemployment and the care of a family, Dad began to think of emigrating. The Canadian Department of Agriculture and the Canadian National Railway painted rosy pictures of Canada as a land of milk and … Continue reading →

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4. 1980-2000 Single Again

Flemming Holm Posted on March 22, 2015 by HeatherMarch 22, 2015
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1. Childhood and Family

Flemming Holm Posted on October 12, 2014 by HeatherMarch 22, 2015
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History of the Holm and Birkholm Families

Flemming Holm Posted on October 6, 2014 by HeatherOctober 12, 2014

Flemming Holm’s History of the Holm and Birkholm Families Introduction by Heather Holm My father finished writing his family history and memoirs, entitled Temporary Assignments, in 2000, and sent printed copies to various family members. I am editing parts of it to … Continue reading →

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VII. Mother and Dad and I In Denmark

Flemming Holm Posted on October 6, 2014 by HeatherDecember 2, 2022

Mother was born in Ydby, a village in Thy, north-west Jutland, on January 2, 1902, and was thus six months younger than Dad. In 1905 the family moved to Thisted, a small incorporated town on the Limfjord. There she started … Continue reading →

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VI. Christian and Karen Birkholm and Family

Flemming Holm Posted on October 5, 2014 by HeatherDecember 2, 2022

My grandfather, Christian Peter Birkholm (1877-1954), wanted to go to sea as his father, uncle and great grandfather had done, but his health was precarious and his mother insisted that he stay on shore. So instead of working in healthy … Continue reading →

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V. Mother’s Ancestors

Flemming Holm Posted on October 5, 2014 by HeatherDecember 2, 2022

In the archipelago south of Fyn (“the South-Sea Islands” of Denmark) lies a tiny, flat sliver of land, shaped like a birch leaf and known as Birkholm (Birch Island). Whether it got its name from its form or from the … Continue reading →

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IV. Far Remembers

Flemming Holm Posted on October 5, 2014 by HeatherDecember 2, 2022

“Far’ is the Danish word for ‘Dad” or “Father”. The older, formal word “Fader” is obsolete, unless one is speaking of God. Far’s earliest memory was of going with his father to the site where the community hall, “Frem” was … Continue reading →

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III. Four Generations of Bornholmere

Flemming Holm Posted on October 5, 2014 by HeatherDecember 2, 2022

Christian Holm and Anna Larsen, my grandparents (“Bedstefar and Bedstemor”) were married in 1887. At first they lived with his parents, and it was there that their first son was born. His grandmother in her wisdom made him a soother … Continue reading →

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