Since I’ve been talking a lot about these DeKorn ancestors and so many of them were born in Kapelle, Zeeland, the Netherlands, I thought I’d scout around online and see what I could see of the town. I’ve only been to Holland once, for a very brief time, and I didn’t know what towns to look for at the time–so I’ve never seen the area my ancestors came from.
As I showed in a previous post, Kapelle is located in the Dutch province of Zeeland, very close to Goes. It’s not all that far from Middelburg, the capital of Zeeland.
Kapelle is located at the A flag and Goes is just to the left
These are houses on the Kerkplein (church square):
Kapelle
from Wikipedia
Here is Kapelle in 1910:
Kapelle,Zeeland Zuid Beveland gezin C. van Willegen, 8 kinderen in Klederdracht , meubelhandel en winkel in Galanterieen, hondenkar rond 1910
Kapelle train station
The Family Kalamazoo 
Amazing photos and don’t they bring the facts to life!
Thanks so much for reading, Susan. It helps me so much to see what it looked like and I want to find out more!
Fascinating… and how wonderful to have that photo of Kapelle in 1910. Thankyou so much for sharing.
Catherine, I was so thrilled to find that one! To see the buildings and the people and their clothing, etc.!!!
Great photos!
Thanks, Wilma! Isn’t that old photo fabulous!
Thank You. Good information and great pictures.
Take Care.
Jose
Thanks so much for reading, Jose! The more I discover, the more I want to know ;).
The photos are nice, but really I think we all need to take a field trip. Next week is good for me….
Mom, what a great idea! That would be a blast. We could get together a luxury bus blogger field trip to Kapelle hahaha.
I love the “Then and Now” theme with pictures!
Especially if they are about a place you really love. As far as I am concerned it is Paris… there are so many pictures of Paris (it was one of the first city ever photographed) back from the 1840’s with the most famous taken in 1838 where a man can be seen!
please put more of these!
Romain