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September 27, 1907
Johan Albert Rusche
Born: September 27, 1907
Solo (Surakarta), Indonesia
My dad grew up in The Dutch East Indies, now known as Indonesia. He lived in Solo (Surakarta) in the West and Central part of the island of Java, the stronghold of the Dutch occupancy. He worked at the Rusche family businesses. He was known as Joopie or Joopie Slim. “Slim” is the Dutch word for smart!
Circa 1908
Opa Louis Herrebrugh at age 18 and his parents Andries and Anna Herrebrugh moved away from the Banda Islands. The Nutmeg plantations went bankrupt in 1904 because of the gradual loss of monopoly of the spice. They moved to the most northwestern tip of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, Banda Aceh. It was a very important seaport just brought into Dutch Colonial rule.
Circa 1913
Opa Louis Herrebrugh at age 23 became a customs officer at the Port of Banda Aceh, which was at the entrance to the Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea.
January 15,
1914
Louis Reynard Herrebrugh becomes engaged to
Anna Minke Teffer in Banda Aceh.
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February 23,
1914
Louis Reynard Herrebrugh marries
Anna Minke Teffer in Banda Aceh.
My Opa Louis and Oma Minke
World War I
July 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918
The Netherlands remained neutral in WWI.
Oma Diena Rusche brought her kids to The Netherlands during this time.
Joopie, Dina, Oma Rusche, Alwin, Theo
November 17, 1914
Constance Anna Herrebrugh
Born: November 17, 1914
Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia
December 18,
1915
Just after Conny turns 1 year old, her father , Louis Reinhard Herrebrugh dies in Banda Aceh of Cholera. He was 25 years old. Cholera outbreaks were common during this time period. 
July 7,
1916
Conny’s grandmother, Opa Louis’ mother, Anna Constance Herrebrugh (born Theodorusz) (1859-1916) passes away at age 66 in Banda Neira where she was born. She was the second wife of Andries Michiel Herrebrugh, and had one child, Louis Reinhard Herrebrugh. She married Aug 21 1889 in Banda Neira.
July 16,
1916
Anna Minke Herrebrugh (Oma Minke) gives birth to Conny’s brother,
Mattheus Thomas Herrebrugh. She was pregnant when Opa Louis passed away.
Mattheus (Thijs) was also born in Banda Aceh on the island of Sumatra.
1916
Oma Minke moves her children, Conny and Mattheus from Banda Aceh to the more Dutch dominated Sukabumi, on the west-side of the island of Java.
1917
Anna Minke Herrebrugh remarries her passed away husband Louis’s, half-brother
Jacobus Johannes Bernardus Josephus Herrebrugh (1887-1945) in Sukabumi.
Opa Jacq raises Conny and Mattheus.
1917
1918
Oma Diena Rusche returns from Europe
1922
Conny’s grandfather and Opa Jacq & Opa Louis’ father, Andries Micheal Herrebrugh passes away in Semarang at age 72.
Circa 1923
Oma Minke and Opa Jacq Herrebrugh with Conny and Mattheus move to Bandoeng in Central Java.
1930
Conny at age 16, attends Hoogere Burgerschool te Bandoeng (HBS), a 5 year secondary education school in Bandoeng, Indonesia.
July 9,
1931
Albert Rusche passes away in Solo at age 80.
Johan was 23 when his father passes.
“Mr. A. Rusche, former director of N.V. Albert and Co. it was heard, died in Solo.
With Mr. Rusche, who reached the age of 80 years, a Solonese of the old stamp has passed away. The deceased was a hard worker, who until a few years before his death, despite his advanced age, actively participated in the management of the case, of which he was director.”
May 23,
1932
Newspaper clipping Solo
Oma Diena Rusche leaves The Dutch East Indies for a year.
Director N.V. Albert Rusche
The director of N.V. Albert Rusche in Solo, Mrs. D. Rusche, left Sunday morning with the daily from Solo to Batavia, where they embark for a trip to Europe. Mrs. Rusche intends to stay in Europe for a year, before returning to the Indies. Wishing her a good trip and a pleasant stay.
January 24,
1933
Wassenaar,
The Netherlands
Johan at age 25, also travels to The Netherlands to study accounting and obtains Accounting Diploma in The Netherlands.
May 1933
Oma Diena Rusche and Johan return to Solo from a year in Europe.
October 11,
1934
Johan’s mother Oma Diena Rusche, passes away in Surabaya on Java at age 65. Johan was 27.
June 26,
1935
Conny at age 21, graduates from Hoogere Burgerschool te Bandoeng (HBS) a five-year secondary school in Bandoeng on Java.
November 29,
1935
Conny Herrebrugh at age 22 obtains diplomas as Office Stenographer and as a Typist in Bandoeng on Central Java.
