Information About Elly Grivel

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Basic information

Name: Elly Grivel
Born: September 14, 1913 in Bangkinang
Died: April 21, 1990 in 's-Gravenhage Age at death: 76.
Father (parent 1): Antoine Christiaan (Kobus) Grivel (m) K. Grivel’s age when E. Grivel is born: 34.
Mother (parent 2): Maria Agatha (Miep) Nijkamp (f) M. Nijkamp’s age when E. Grivel is born: 31.

Marriages / Relationships

Married: March 22, 1935 Age E. Grivel at marriage: 21. in 's-Gravenhage with Peter Carel Pauwels (m) Age P. Pauwels at marriage: 29..

Married: October 1, 1948 Age E. Grivel at marriage: 35. in 's-Gravenhage with Arnoldus Emanuel Maria (Nol) Pauwels (m) Age N. Pauwels at marriage: 42..

Children

P. Pauwels (m) .
F. Pauwels (m) .
H. Pauwels (m) .
M. Pauwels (f) .

Sources

wie-was-wie 107047108 (Civil Registry with Antoine Christiaan Grivel)
wie-was-wie 111132866 (Marriage Peter Carel Pauwels and Elly Grivel)

Memories

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Elly was born in Bangkinang, Riau, on the island of Sumatra, Dutch Eeast Indies. In 1924, when she was about eleven years old, she moved with her family back to Holland.

Elly finished the HBS-B high school and went on to become a teacher. She got two “second degree teaching” certificates: civics and economics.

Wedding of Elly Grivel and Peter Pauwels, March 22 1935.

Her husband, Peter Pauwels, was in Holland in 1935 (leave after seven years of service abroad). Elly and he must have met during this time, as they got married and Elly joined her husband when he returned to the Dutch East Indies. They have lived in a number of places:

Taloe and Priaman, West Sumatra, residence Padangsche lowlands.
Soerabaja, Java (October 1938).
Toelongagoeng, Central-Java, residence Kediri.
In the Japanese camps Galuhan and later Banjoe Biroe 10, during the war.
In Tjimahi she was reunited with her husband Peter, who died not long afterwards.

After the war Elly returned to Holland in the hospital ship “Oranje”.