When I Was a Girl in Holland

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. ON a farm, in the province of Friesland, near the little Village of Deersum, I was born on the ninth day of the year. My advent caused quite an excitement, just as that of each of three sisters and two broth e'rs had done previously. One brother had not lived for me to know him.