| This page was created to recognize and pay tribute to our Dutch heritage, and to thank our ancestors for the many blessings we have today. The following information has been documented and verified. It includes many families in the Netherlands and the United States. After WWII the Dutch government encouraged and supported free migration from Netherlands as a post war economic aid. Emigration had been drastically reduced when the United States introduced immigration quotas in 1924. The nearing of the end of WWII saw the liberation of the Netherlands from German occupation. This was a time when the democratic appeals of an unravaged land made emigration by Dutch people a favorable alternative. THE NATIONAL HYMN OF HOLLAND by Filipo Marnix; Lord of St. Aldegonde Let him in whom true Dutch blood flows, Untainted, pure, and free; Whose heart for queen and country glows, Now raise the song with me. In swelling chorus loud and long, Let heart and voice expand; Peal forth to God and festal song For Queen and Fatherland, For Queen and Fatherland. Peal forth this patriotic strain, Ye brothers all encore; God holds that man in high disdain Who'd Fatherland ignore. A human heart he cannot bear, nor noble thoughts and grand, Who coldly hears this song and prayer For Queen and Fatherland, For Queen and Fatherland. Protect, O God, our Country good, Our Fatherland so brave, The soil on which our cradle stood, Where we would find our grave. In solemn prayer we raise our voice; Stretch forth thy saving hand; Still cause thy children to rejoice in Queen and Fatherland, In Queen and Fatherland. |
The DeYoung Family Tree of Grand Rapids, MI
Updated May 13, 2009 |
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Jon Thomas DeYoung 354 Strathy Hall Dr. Richmond Hill, GA 31324 A-United States 954 663 6985 spartyjon@yahoo.com |
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