Ten Bruggencate Worldwide

     Dirk Bruggencate was born on 28 Sep 1916 in Enschede.^1,4 He married Evelyn Landvick on 14 Jul 1945.^5,1 He died in Nov 1997 in Ponoka, Alberta.¹

Other information: He immigrated with Johannes ten Bruggencate on 24 Mar 1920 on the Scotian to Throne, Coronation District, Canada.^4,6 He lived bt 1940 - 1950 at section 30-W1/2-30-41-26-W4th in Morningside, Ponoka, Alberta.^7,8
     Dirk lived in the Throne / Coronation District, Alberta, Canada from 1920 until mid-1947 and was engaged in farming. From mid-1947 to mid-1959 he resided at Buckley Bay on Vancouver Island and at several locations in the Surrey, British Columbia, Canada municipal region. At Buckley Bay, he and Evelyn owned and operated a general store, post office and gas pumps and he also worked in a shingle mill at nearby Fanny Bay. In Surrey, he was engaged in the wholesale and retail grocery business. From mid-1959 he resided in the Morningside/Ponoka, Alberta, Canada area and was engaged in farming as well as being bulk fuel distribution agent. Af the end of his working life, he worked for a few years at the Ponoka Hospital/Institution. In retirement, he and my Mother resided in Ponkoka in the summer and in Phoenix, Arizona, USA in the winter.² He was naturalized with his father John Bruggencate on 5 Jun 1936.^9,10
1921 British census: Household of Johannes ten Bruggencate, Coronation, Battle River.¹¹

Name variants: Dirk ten Bruggencate (in the passengerlist).⁴