Antje Paarlberg
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Antje Paarlberg née Waagmeester is known as the inspiration for the novel So Big, which won the Pulitzer Prize. Chicago area author Edna Ferber used South Holland, Illinois, a Chicago suburb, and its
circa 1870
Spanbroek
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Spanbroek is a small city in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Opmeer, and lies about 9 km northwest of Hoorn.
Antje Paarlberg
…Selina Peake DeJong. On 26 April 1835, Antje Waagmeester married Klaas Paarlberg in their birthplace of Warmenhuizen and settled as farmers in nearby Spanbroek where they would have eight children. In 1847 Klaas and Antje and their seven surviving children set off on a voyage from the Netherlands to America…
Town hall
Dutch Reformed church
House in Spanbroek
Street view