Vanderlaan Family Photographs from Our Book - "Ancestors Memories and Simple Gifts" - The History of the Vanderlaan Family - and Many Many More Pictures that People Sent Me.

All these Pictures are curved
because I Just Pointed the Camera
at the Book and the Pages are Curved...




Gregory and Martin Vanderlaan


Jill Robin Greg Martin and Prince the Dog Vanderlaan






Justin and Marguerite Vanderlaan Dressed Up For a Ball


Martin and Gregory Vanderlaan
Holding Swimming Medals
at the Oka Road Swim and Racquet Club
in Los Gatos...


Thanksgiving 1951


Marcus Vanderlaan US Army


Vanessa Justin and Patti Vanderlaan

12/25/2021: We had a Family Gathering on ZOOM... Wonderful fun... Totally Safe from COVID-19... Finding out what's popular with children these days... and New Jobs for the 20 somethings... and Old folks re-telling stories... Excellent... These people are precious to me... I was sitting at the dining room table with my housemates and the Care giver in the background serving lunch... and all of the residents waved and said "Hi" to my family... That gave my family a True Idea of My Lifestyle... at an Old Folks home with SIX Residents and One Care giver on duty 24 hours a day..
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Thanksgiving with my Family as a Child. In Los Gatos and Sacramento. https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2020/11/thanksgiving-with-my-family-as-child-in.html




Vanderlaan Family at Thanksgiving:Left to Right Standing: Robin's Husband, Robin's Son, My Brother Martin, My Dad Justin. Seated: Cousin Robin, Patti's Mom Bonita, Patti-Martin's Wife, Child, Uncle Marc, Aunt Peg and Mom-Marguerite


Gregory, Vanessa, Nicole and Justin Vanderlaan


Vanderlaan Family Collage for Dad's
90th Birthday Coffee Cup.
Gregory, Marguerite, Justin, Vanessa, Nicole, Martin, Patty, Victoria, Brodie and Patty's Mom, Bonita.

Hi all,
Vanessa and Patti have been working on a hoop skirt, petticoat and supporting hoops for "appropriate attire" for the Dickens Faire at the Cow Palace yesterday. It all came together as you can see in the dressing photos.
Marty


Vanessa and Patti Post Vanderlaan


Vanessa Vanderlaan at the Dickens Faire at the Cow Palace in San Francisco Modeling a Home Made Hoop Skirt made by Vanessa and Patti Post Vanderlaan

Vanderlaan Family Photographs: Martin, Patti, Nicole, Vanessa, Bonita, Justin, Gregory, Victoria, Beth, Broady, Cadence, Reese, Gary Lea and My Daves Avenue Elementary Class Photo
https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2020/02/vanderlaan-family-photographs-martin.html


Christmas 1961 Left to right: Martin Vanderlaan, Cousin Patty, Gregory Vanderlaan, Cousin Gary Lea - We Had Family Parties in the Willow Glen district of San Jose. Mom's Family had a Farm there... growing Prunes... Grandma Made Prunes Stuffed With Divinity Fudge (100% Sugar) - Uncle Forrest Made Apricot Liquor by Taking a Mason Jar Filled with pitted Fresh apricots, vodka and rock candy... set it on the shelf for a year to Mellow... They used to give the children a single apricot to eat and That's My First Drink of Alcohol...
FUN! Not So Much Fun Years Later...


Victoria, Gregory
In Cutten, California
Near Eureka...



Picture of Victoria's Sister Beth, Our Home in the Redwood Forest and a Tower of Jewels Plant. 

My Truck and The Magic Bus Kinetic Sculpture


Vanessa
Bay to Breakers Race...


Martin


Daves Ave Elementary School 1965 Mrs Fuller's Class


Nicole


Dog, Patti, Bonita, Vanessa

and Then I Realized I Did Not Have Enough Photographs of Nicole, Brodie, Reese, Cadence or Vanessa... So I Found All of These Pictures on Facebook...







































My Family from My Mom's Side...
In a Crab Restaurant near Baltimore.
My Cousin Dian, her sons Ken and John and
My Brother Martin (on the left)

Writings of Justin Duff Vanderlaan - My Father - How the Airplane got to Oak Meadow Park Los Gatos California...

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2020/01/writings-of-justin-duff-vanderlaan-my.html

I Took My Parents to the Iran-Contra Hearings at the US Capital. General Secord Testifying. Exciting! I was really glad to take Mom and Dad to a place that they had fun at.
https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2018/06/taking-my-parents-to-iran-contra.html

Dad's 90th Birthday Party in Los Gatos, California - Justin Duff Vanderlaan Family Photographs

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2018/10/dads-90th-birthday-party-in-los-gatos.html

I remember that My Grandfather Made Toy Trains out of Wood. We All Played with those Trains and It was Part of My Happy Childhood... BUT...

One Day when I was a My Brother's House... He brought out the Trains for His Own Grandchildren to Play With and I was Overwhelmed with Joy/Nostalgia... Watching Them Play With the Same Toys I Had Played With... I Believe that a Well Built Wooden Toy Could Last for a Thousand Years... and Be Played With Unto the Seventh Generation... Thanks! Albert Malek... 

Martin's Grandchildren at the 

Lake Tahoe Cabin, North Shore 12/29/2021