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This photo was found in the same box as the previous one, carefully saved by my mother through multiple moves and upheavals during her lifetime, so it must have had special significance to her. Again by process of elimination and some guesswork, I believe this is a picture of her mother (my grandmother) and her eldest son (my uncle - Harry Kuyters) - so this picture was taken before my mother was born in 1910.
These eight pictures are just a representative sample of the wider collection of family pictures that can be found elsewhere on these web-pages. But for quick easy reference, these few are briefly described below with links to their full-size images.

A   I can't be sure, but by process of elimination, I think these are grandparents of my mother. I don't know their names or even whether they are on her mother or her father's side. (Enlarge)

B   Again I'm not really sure, but I think this is my mother's mother. The picture was taken before my mother was born (1910) and the little boy is her eldest brother. (Harry Kuyters) (Enlarge)

C   This is my grandmother on my father's side - Hylkje van der Meulen. (Enlarge)

D   These are my grandparents on my father's side - Jitse and Hylkje Couperus. He was born 1868, married 1893, died 1939. (Enlarge)

E   Again my grandparents on my father's side - Jitse and Hylkje Couperus, after his retirement as a "veldwachter". (Enlarge)

F   My father, Epeus Gerardus Couperus, as a young man in Friesland, probably around the time he left home to seek his fortune. (Enlarge)

G   My father again, now somewhere in Central Africa (Western Uganda probably, near Mbarara or Kabale and the Mountains of The Moon) That is a Vervet monkey on his shoulder that he named Nellie (after my mother to whom he was engaged at the time.) (Enlarge)

H   This is me as a young soldier. I am wearing the uniform of The Kenya Regiment, pending re-assignment to the 4th Battallion The King's African Rifles. (Enlarge)