Who was Kamiel Riske?
Kamiel Riske was born on May 8th 1921 in Antwerp, Belgium.
Actually, his father also was called Kamiel (born in Temse, on February 25th 1893)
His mother was called Maria Suetens (Born in Antwerp on March 3th 1901)
Unfortunately Kamiel's father never lived to an old age. Sadly he died around his 30th birthday and as a consequence, Kamiel never knew his biological father.
At 6 months of age Kamiel contracted the measles which left him hard of hearing. As a result of this, he encountered difficulties when learning to speak properly.
But help was soon to arrive when is mother remarried mr. Van Bourgonie, who raised Kamiel as a son of his own. Soon after the marriage (in 1925) Kamiel's younger brother (Henri, also called Rik Van Bourgonie was born)
Throughout their lives both brothers had a special bond. Though Rik was the younger one, he was the one encouraging Kamiel learning to communicate and to live his life to the fullest!
posted by Froggy64 @ 1:39 PM
2 Comments:
Dear Denise,
My first memories of Kamiel and Henry were between 1939 and 1944. I spent many evenings playing wist with them and there family. I'm now 82 and remembering names is tough. Do you remember Coike Werbert he was also a friend at the time. My Brother was Joss Hertsens. I still have Family in Antwerp. Their names are Robert Hertsens and Guido Van Denbranden he live in Hoboken. My adopted Parent were Rene and Joshke Van Benaden. They were also school teachers. I remember going camping quite often with Kamiel and Henry. Please contact Sten at stenhertsens@yahoo.com I would love to hear from you. Best groetenn.
Mr Sten Hertsens also sent me a message which I added here as a blog post.
I sure will mail him!
I think my uncle Henry will be glad he still has got some friends living in the US who own some of Kamiel's work!
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