My Virtual Photo AlbumWelcome to my online photo album.This page will be about me. My full name is Celia de Ruiter (named after my father's mother) and I was born on the 23rd of December 1955 in The Hague, the Netherlands. I am the eldest child of Richarde Antonia Wuck and Pieter Johannes de Ruiter. One year after I was born, my mother gave birth to my brother Robby, and one year after him, my brother Peter was born. My father was a hard working constructor, who owned his own business, loved his family and his work. I grew up in the house he was born in, in the inner city of The Hague. My mother was a nurse before she got married, and was also (and still is) a very gifted piano player. She was born in Amsterdam, and moved to The Hague when she was about 13 years old. I grew up with lots of music, creativity, books and love for animals and nature. When I was 14 years old, my father got seriously ill, and 2 years later, on the 13th of March 1972, he died at age 47. This changed the course of my life completely.
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My parents' Wedding Picture
This is a picture of my parents at their wedding day. This great event took place on the 16th of June 1955. |
Me in my christening robe
These pictures feature me in my christening robe with all my grandparents: the left picture shows both my grandmothers (mother's mother Ann on the left side, father's mother Celia, after whom I was named, holding me, and my great-grandmother sitting at the front) and the right picture shows both my grandfathers (left: grandfather Dolf, my mother's father, holding me, and right: grandfather Leen, my father's father).
All grandparents were obviously very proud!
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Me as a little girl
This is a picture of me as a little girl of about 1 1/2 years old. On my right is my father. This is one of the few pictures I have of me and my father on the same picture...
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