Paul Matthysen papers, 1951-2010

MLMSS 9105

fonds

1951-2010

Textual Records, Photographs

1036856

0.16 metres of textual material (1 box)

Paul Matthysen was born in Sumatra, Indonesia in 1924, his family returned to Holland where he was educated. In 1951, with the prospect of Holland being occupied again he left for Australia. After travelling throughout country New South Wales he settled in Sydney where he met and married his wife Hendrika Schrameyer in 1957. They have 3 sons together.

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Personal papers including: various certificates of appreciation; qualifications; certificate of naturalisation as an Australian citizen; letters of reference, Justice of the Peace application with references; character references; various driving permits; Broken Hill Municipal Library ticket; copy of passport; copy of marriage certificate for Paul Matthysen and Hendrika Gerarda Schrameyer; Commonwealth Savings Bank of Australia, depositor's pass book, 1951-1954; Carte-de-visite of Paul Matthysen taken by Corine Ingelse Utrecht; 'Thoughts on my funeral etc' by Paul Matthysen; 'Some basic facts for a eulogy for Paul Matthysen' by Paul Matthysen and added to by son Robert; typescript document titled Some basic facts for a eulogy and a handwritten document beginning 'To bring my eulogy more up to date - the eulogies include some family history information and detail Paul Mattysen's emigration from Holland to Australia and then life in Australia; 2 hand written pages chronologically listing milestones and movements in Paul Mattysen's life from 1951-1996

Ledger of personal and household expenses, 1953-2010 in the form of 2 A3 books and 10 small notebooks, some of the notebooks have personal statistics on the front such as height, weight, address, phone number, bank account details, blood type and tax file number, dates as follows:

Dark green A3 ledger
05/12/1953-30/06/1995

Light green A3 ledger
06/07/1977-26/06/1987

Small notebooks
26/02/1966-17/03/1967

13/09/1980-19/03/1982

24/09/1983-23/08/1985

24/08/1985-14/11/1986

29/05/1999-06/04/2001

07/04/2001-14/06/2002

15/06/2002-19/11/2004

20/11/2004-10/02/2006

11/02/2006-06/03/2009

07/03/2009-03/12/2010

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