Two Auspicious Years - 1952 and 1953

I've compiled two different photo pages for this post - 1952 and 1953. Each was marked by the birth of a new family member.

In the photos from 1952 you'll find the fledgling den Ouden visiting Niagara Falls. You'll also find a variety of pictures of the family when we lived in Waterdown, Ontario.



The map above shows Waterdown, a suburb of Hamilton, Ontario.

Meanwhile across the country, unbeknownst to us at the time, a future family member was born that November, my future wife, Janis Baker.

1952 Photos

1953 continues with more pictures of the family when we lived in Waterdown. Some time in 1954, our family moved to Smithville, Ontario. I'll write about Smithville in the next post.

It was also during this time that my Dad got a job managing a cemetery. That job eventually had us move to Quebec where he established a new cemetery in suburban Dollard des Ormeaux.

But the biggest event for the den Oudens in 1953 was the birth of Carolyn on December 6th, a baby sister for Marco and Michael.

1953 Photos