My grandfather worked as a sailor with the Dutch Merchant Marine when he landed in Wallaceburg, ON CA aboard a tramp steamer. His friend, Pieter Riemans and my Grandfather were unseparable and after surviving atrocious conditions on the stormy North Atlantic, they decided that permanent shore leave was a good idea in 1919. I have traced his family, and by extension, my family to Axel/Zamslaag, NL where he was born 03/03/1898 in the Province of Zeeland. Unfortunately that is where it ends. He passed away with his secrets in 1969 in Chatham, ON. My dutch is so very rusty and any help to track down his ship/vessel would be very appreciated.

Allen Van Doorn
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