My ancestor report

VandenBerg's

Sas's

VandenBerg's

The VandenBerg's

My Family

My Family

• Brandon VandenBerg (dad)
• Christina VandenBerg (mom)
• Mckenna VandenBerg (sister)
• Kayla VandenBerg (me)
• Jaxon(brother)

My aunts, uncles, and cousins

The Tholes

The Tholes

• My aunt Jennifer
• My uncle Darren
• My cousin Jayden
• My cousin Clayton
• My cousin Annaclaire

The VandenBerg's

The VandenBerg's

• My aunt Ginger
• My uncle Darin 
• My cousin Genevieve

My grandparents and great grandparents

Rich and Charlotte (grandparents)
Born: November 18, 1940 and February 7,1948

From my grandpa:
Jenny and Dick VandenBerg born and died: July 8,1917-September 2,2001 and May 28,1922- August 2,1979

From my grandma: Genevieve Estella and Anthony Floyd Sas born and died: 08/12/1920-? and 05/28/1923-04/26/1988

My Enthnicity

Who was first to come

My great grandpa's parents came here on a ship from Amsterdam. My grandpa's dad was sponsored by his brother who lived ,in Hospers, Iowa.

My great grandma's parents came here separately from the Netherlands

My last name history

I asked my dad what my last name (VandenBerg) means. He told me that is means "from the hills". So, that means my full name is Kayla Rose from (Van) the(den) hills(Berg), but I go by Kayla Rose VandenBerg

Holland

The name Holland is also frequently used to informally refer to the whole of the country to the Netherlands.

Holland is situated in the west of the Netherlands.
Holland is protected from the sea by a long line of coastal dunes.

Dutch Culture

The official language of the Netherlands is dutch, spoken by almost all the people in the Netherlands.
The Netherlands and Dutch people have played an important role for centuries as a culturally liberal and tolerant century, with the dutch golden age regarded as the zenith.

Dutch Food

In the dutch golden age in the 17th century the dishes of the middle class consisted of the rich variety of dishes.

Dutch agriculture roughly consists of five sectors: tillage-based, greenhouse-based,and fruit agriculture, animal husbandry and fishery.

Greenhouses are used to produce tomatoes, lettuce, cucumbers, and sweet peppers. Fruits include apples, pears, cherries, berries, and plums.

The dutch keep cows both for their milk and meat, chickens for their eggs and meat, pigs for their meat, and sheep for wool and meat

Goat are increasingly kept for their cheese production. Traditionally horse meat was a common dish but is not very popular.

A Dutch Christmas

For most children in the Netherlands, the most important day during December is December 5th, when Sinterklaas (santa claus) brings them presents.

Saint Nicholas' day is on December 6th,but in Holland, the major celebrations are held on December 5th. The name Santa Claus comes from the name Sinterklaas.

On the morning of St. Nicholas' day Sinterklaas travels to a city or town in the Netherlands. Wearing his red bishop's robes. He travels with his elfs called 'Zwarte Pieten' (black peters'). Sinterklaas and the black peters come ashore from the boat, all of the local church bells ring in celebration.

Sinterklaas then leads a procession through the town, riding a white horse. He visits Amsterdam, he meets the queen in the palace.

On December 5th, children leave clogs or shoes out, by the fireplace or sometimes on the windowsill and sing Sinterklaas songs. They hope that Sinterklaas will come during the night with some presents.

On December 5th, children leave clogs or shoes by the fireplace or by the windowsill, and sing Sinterklaas songs. They hope that Sinterklaas will come during the night with some presents.

They also Believe that if they leave some hay and carrots in their i their shoes for Sinterklaas's horse, they will be left some sweets. They're told that, during the night, Sinterklaas rides on the roofs on his horse and that a Zwarte Pieten will then climb down the chimney and put the presents and/or candy in their shoes.

Children are told that the Zwarte Pieten keep a record of all things they have done in the past year. Good children will get presents from Sinterklaas, but bad children will be put in a sack and the Zwarte Pieten will take them to Spain for a year to teach them how to behave!

Every town in Holland has a few Sinterklaas helpers, dressed in the same as Sinterklaas who help give out the presents. If children are really lucky they might receive all their presents during the evening. This is called Sinterklaasavond. There might be a knock at the door and you might find a sack of presents.

Dutch tradition says that St. Nicholas in Madrid, Spain and every year he chooses a different harbour to arrive in Holland, so as many children as possible get a chance to see him.

Sinterklaas parties are often held on St. Nicholas' Eve, where treasure hunt games are played with poems and riddles giving the clues. Children follows the clues to find little presents left by Sinterklaas.

In dutch 'Merry Christmas' is: Prettige Kerstfeest.
There is so much more ways that the People in the Netherlands celebrate Christmas,but i can't share all of it.

Dutch History

Dutch colonization in the Caribbean started in the 1620s on St. Croix and Tobago (1628), followed in 1631 with settlements on Tortuga (now Île Tortue) and Sint Maarten. When the Dutch lost Sint Maarten (and Anguilla where they had built a fort shortly after arriving in Sint Maarten) to the Spanish, they settled Curaçao and Sint Eustatius. They regained half of Sint Maarten in 1648, from then on sharing the island with France. The border between the two portions of the island continued to be modified periodically, before being set for good in 1816.

Dutch/Holland Colonization:
-Sint Maarten in 1618

-Bonaire in 1634

-Curaçao in 1634

-Sint Eustatius in 1636

-Aruba in 1637

-Saba in 1640

-Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Jost van Dyke before 1640

Dutch Golden Age

The dutch golden age was a period in dutch history, roughly spanning in the 17th century, in which the dutch trade, science, military, and art were among the most acclaimed in the world. The first half is characterized by the eighty years' war which ended in 1648. The golden age continued in peacetime during the dutch republic until the end of the century.

The Netherland's transition from a possession of the holy roman empire in the 1590s to the foremost maritime and economic power in the world has been called the "dutch miracle".

German Traditions

Celebrating the Day of Unity

The day of German unity, Germany's national holiday, marks the day in 1990 on which the German democratic republic (east) acceded to the federal republic of Germany. More than remembering the wall, fences, and armed guards that separated east from the wast during the cold war, the day of the German unity is the time to celebrate the peaceful unification and a time to renew the commitment to using freedom to help shape our world.

Viking History

The majority of the descendants of the Netherlands are vikings from the ancient times. This follows with the story of the Netherlands. The boating and fishing were passed on to us from the Netherlands and the knowledge of the sea.

People in the past

Famous People you may know

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• Vincent van Gogh (painter) 
• Robin van Persie(soccer player)
• Wesley Sneijder(soccer player)
• Jan Vermeer(painter)
• Peter Stuyvesant(Folk hero,explorers)

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• Rembrandt(painter)
• Jan Hendrik Oort(academic, astronomer, scientist)
• Piet Mondrian(painter)
• Mata Hari (spy and dancer)
• Henry VI (king)

People now

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• Martin Garrix (dj)
• Nick Van de Wall (dj)
• Famke Janssen (actress)
• and many more.

In Memory of .....

Jenny VandenBerg
Lived from July 8,1917 - September 2, 2001 .
She was a great cook.
She loved cooking for others.
Also was a wonderful mother, grandma, and great grandma. She was a custodian at church, and on other days she worked as a cook at a Artesia christian home.

Dick VandenBerg
Lived from May 28,1922-August 2,1979
He loved to work with wood. He worked as a farmer, welder, and worked at a grain company. Was very good at welding and also was a great grandpa.

Anthony Sas
Lived from May 28,1923-April 26,1988
He owned a hardware store in Leota, Minnesota. Later he was a rancher in Phoenix, Arizona. After ten years in Phoenix, Arizona he died.

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