Lena Klover (or Clover) was born October 9 1874, in Lammertsfehn, Germany.
She married Boelke de Vries on May 12, 1900. in Filsum, Ostfriesland, Germany.
She had to live in fox holes during the war.
Lena Klover
1909 photo of Boelke de Vries (tall man on left), born Sept. 9, 1874, with three of his oldest children, Gerd Jakobs de Vries, born March 17, 1901, Harm Johann Heinrich de Vries, born August 2, 1903, and Lena (Gebkelina) born December 26, 1905.
Lena Klover’s parents, Gert (or Gerd) Jacobs Klover born August 18, 1883 and Anna Margaretha Janssen Thomsen, born July 20, 1834, (died November 19, 1911) are also in the photo.
Photo taken in Lammertsfehn, Germany.
1938 photo (same house as in the photo above, 29 years later), from right to left:
Willi de Vries born April 29, 1911
Antje de Vries born July 28, 1919
Lena de Vries, born October 9, 1874
Anni Martens born May 9, 1909
Ewert Martens, born April 12, 1936
Leni Martens, born February 24, 1934
Ewert Martens, born October 26, 1904
Grete Martens, born January 7, 1932
Hermann, born March 30, 1923
Bolke de Vries, born September 9, 1874
Bernhard de Vries, born June 26, 1913