A Nanaimo man knows what it means for family mementos to be lost and found.
So he91裸聊视频檚 determined to do whatever he can to return 10 photo albums to a family he doesn91裸聊视频檛 know.
Suiker had while moving back to British Columbia from the Prairies in 2015. While the truck was recovered and Abbotsford Police solved the case, Suiker didn91裸聊视频檛 get back everything that was taken.
91裸聊视频淏its of history and little trinkets and items that were passed on from my grandparents,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淭here were a lot of those things that as far as value goes in the marketplace, are worth next to nothing, but they91裸聊视频檙e priceless when you actually consider what they mean to yourself.91裸聊视频�
A couple of years later, a stranger came across more of Suiker91裸聊视频檚 family91裸聊视频檚 belongings which had been separately mislaid 91裸聊视频� photos and letters and documents 91裸聊视频� and ensured the family got them back. Thanks to that kindness, Suiker was able to hold the ship ticket that his grandmother and aunt had used for passage from the Netherlands to Canada in 1928.
91裸聊视频淪omebody made the effort and reached out to somebody in my family to help us retrieve these items and that91裸聊视频檚 in part why it91裸聊视频檚 so important that these photos and documents that I recovered get back to the family91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淚 may not necessarily know what item or picture or document in particular will have that effect on somebody else because it means something different to everybody.91裸聊视频�
Suiker spied the 10 photo albums at an estate sale in Nanaimo in 2018. He was fascinated at the old pictures taken in Latvia at least as far back as the 1930s, and when advised the albums were to be thrown away, he didn91裸聊视频檛 think twice.
91裸聊视频淚 said, 91裸聊视频榯hese are somebody91裸聊视频檚 and they mean something to somebody. I can91裸聊视频檛 let them go to the landfill,91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频� Suiker said.
The albums seem to have belonged to Juris Bergins, who died in 2018, and therefore to his daughters Kristine Bergins and Monika Young, but Suiker hasn91裸聊视频檛 had success locating family members. He91裸聊视频檚 made inquiries at a funeral home, followed other leads that fizzled, and even contacted a newspaper in Latvia. Every few months he looks at the albums, he said, and 91裸聊视频淸looks] into it a little bit more, and unfortunately every avenue that I took led to a dead end.91裸聊视频�
More than once he91裸聊视频檚 considered throwing the albums away, but 91裸聊视频渕orally91裸聊视频� can91裸聊视频檛 bring himself to discard something he says is irreplaceable.
91裸聊视频淭here91裸聊视频檚 a story, there91裸聊视频檚 a history, there91裸聊视频檚 culture,91裸聊视频� Suiker said. 91裸聊视频淭here91裸聊视频檚 so much that when you look over it, at times it has almost brought me to tears when I91裸聊视频檓 looking through it because this is somebody91裸聊视频檚 life in picture form.91裸聊视频�
Suiker can be contacted at bms@sasktel.net.
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