Found a new picture today in our family pics. 
Rachel Fremaux from La Louviere in Belgium.

This is a picture of Albert Berger and his sister Irene Berger (Mymryk).
She married Frank Mymryk and they had three boys.

Albert Berger in his Cameron Highlanders uniform.

The woman on the far left is Valentine Berger. In the second picture she is with Albert Berger. He is probably only five at the time. Valentine remarried Albert Gayet after

Albert senior died in 1925. She had two little children at the time. She was known for her great cooking skills.

Albert Adrien Berger is the second from the left. He attended school at Provencher School in St. Boniface. He was only five.

This is a beautiful scene of Lauterbrunnen valley.

This picture is of Emile Schlunegger sitting with uncle Samuel Schlunegger standing. The younger one is my grandfather Albert Schlunegger "Berger"

This, picture of Emile Schlunegger who was my great grandfather, was probably taken in St. Hyacinthe, Quebec Canada . The name change as the story goes, Albert was supposedly angry with his father. Maybe it was because the name was too long! We will never know. Albert Berger then took his uncle's name of Berger . They came from Switzerland and immigrated from Lauterbrunnen a most spectacular area of Switzerland. It makes you wonder why they left.
We were told in Lauterbrunnen by a person in the town hall that there was not enough work and food at that time.

I have a letter was communication from the sanatorium to his wife Valentine. It stated that he was a victim of mustard gas poisoning.

The picture of my grandfather Albert (Schlunegger) Berger. He enlisted twice, once in Quebec and then from Manitoba.

My father Albert Berger served during world War II. I am waiting for our government to send me the information I need to know where he served. It was terrible times for him and he never spoke of the time he served. As all men that went to war, he also came back a changed person.

These are his medals and his cap badge of the Ottawa Cameron Highlanders.

This is a picture of Marie Landuyt.

I believe it says Nicky van den Boogaard and BergenDal.

This is Rosalie & Genie, 1943

Wittoen Julien from Holland Freistrasse N18, 3 Trappen Links which is what I understand from the back of the photo. Foto taken by Leubner Braunsweig?

This is the spelling of her name on the back of the picture of the woman below.

The woman on top is possibly Teres Timmer Arends.



The girl on the left has no name.

I would like to start with the pictures I have of people in Holland and Belgium. It would be very interesting to see if any of their relatives today might see them and recognize them. This is Jan and Annie who where married after the war, I think. Last names are difficult to read. N Gloek and Boshuisen. They lived in Holland, Van Campenstraat, Amersfort.

FAMILY BLOG

This is my first try at blogging, so wish me luck.

I hope to create a place to post family pictures particularly the ones I have scanned for everyone to enjoy.

I am also on a quest to find friends my father made while his tour of duty during World War II in Holland and Belgium. It would be interesting to hear if they are still alive, whether they remember him. I would imagine they would have stories to tell.