From Lucie in Côte d'Azur, France to Cher Jean et chere Jeanne in Anvers Belguim

La Seyne-sur-Mer (or La Seyne) is a region in the southeast of France, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.

Lucie sends a postcard from the Tamaris area to her brother Jean and sister-in-law Jeanne in Antwerp/Anvers.

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Timo Van Havere said…

'My dear Jean, my dear Jeanne,
I wait for your good news every day and see nothing coming! Yette will have told you that I signed up as a nurse. As I do the night service (always from midnight to 2 am) I rest in broad daylight. Pray with me that my health will endure. It's a matter of the habit of not sleeping at night. I would like Jean to give me a little update and a lot of news about Baby.
I send you my affectionate greeting!
Luce
Hostellerie Saint Paul in Hyères (Var)'

20 February 2020 at 06:58

Stella Portage said…

Thank you for the translation, Timo.

Stamps and postmarks on the postcards would help to figure out *when* Luce travelled *where*. Was this card written before Luce fell quite ill or as she recovered?

26 February 2020 at 17:31

The Van de Vyvere family tree

Updated March 22, 2020. Based on names and addresses on postcards, this is the most likely family "tree". Those names in blue squares are people who either sent or received postcards. Most of this information was found due to Geneanet ( https://en.geneanet.org/ ). Any of this information could be incorrect.

To Grandmother from Gaston and Julia in 1921 from Strasbourg

On 8 April, 1921, using a postcard from Pres des Ponts couverts in Strasbourg, Julia writes to her grandmother the Widow Elisa Maria (Verburgh) Loontjens at 19 Place du Marais in Ghent, Belgium. Julia's mother, Elisa was widowed in 1900. Elisa died in 1927. Julia writes: "Dear Grandmother. Your grandchildren are very happy and until now, they have had a nice trip. We have already driven through tunnels, but luckily, openings were provided. (?)... on both ends, as Mariette says. Receive dear Grandmother, the affectionate well intended kisses from Gaiton and from Julia." * Thank you to Sofie, who volunteered to translate this card. And thank you to Timo Van Havere, who added (in the comment below) the translation: "... luckily, openings were pierced on both ends on both ends, as Mariette says" . Yes, Timo, a very delightful way to describe a tunnel! Julia is a niece of Maria Kamiel (Loontjens) Van de Vyvere and a cousin of Jeanine.

A Friday evening message to Monsieur et Madame Jean Van de Vyvere in Rotterdam. Posted in 1929 from Roma.

This card is a print from Ernesto Richter, a publisher whose studio was at 170 Via Serpenti in Rome. This image is of the Tumuli degli Orazi e Curiazi, near Via Apia (a Roman Road). It was posted from Rome/Roma in 1929.

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