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Cogedar Line
Please note: All personal photographs on
this page are the property off and © copyright 2007 by Yvette Meijer, daughter
of the late Jacoba Meijer, nee Ris. These are NOT to be copied by any means or
for any purpose and legal action will be considered. These are used by
ssMaritime with permission. Photographs of the ship are from the author’s
collection or other sources.
Note by the author of ssmaritime. Usually I
receive stories of those who have sailed on various migrant ships and rewrite
them. However, this time I have decided to let the daughter of the passenger
concerned do the telling, as she did such a fine job and I feel it makes for
interesting reading and it is a story that touches the heart in so many ways
and I know that there are those that will be able to identify with it! If you
sailed on the Aurelia and remember Jacoba, please write me at
The Jacoba (Terry) Ris-Török Story
Jacoba Ris was born in Schiedam The Netherlands on 23 May 1936. In the fifties she met Lajos
Török who was an engineer at the famed Wilton Feyenoord Schiedam ship yard. He
had come to The Netherlands along with many of his countrymen as a refugee from
the political situation in
In September 1960 mum resigned from her job at
De Kuyper, distillery in
The blond Jacoba Ris-Török is seen standing at the railing astern of
the ship in a grey skirt and dark top
“Some of the ports of call were Bremen,
Naples, Messina, Malta, I recall telling me how the Gulf of Biscay was so rough
and how most passengers were seasick. Obviously then there was
Voyage Photo Album
Jacoba awaits Aurelia’s departure from
Typical
scene along side the ship at
Jacoba looks at the ship that has brought her half way around the world, but she would join Aurelia again two years later
Jacoba anxiously looks on as she arrives in
Sydney and must be wondering about her future,
“Upon arrival, Lajos and my mum managed
to find accommodation in Rosebay,
This happy shot was taken at Taronga Park Zoo,
Sydney
Unfortunately the marriage did not last very
long and my mum decided, that now she was on her own, it was best for her to go
back home to be with her family, thus she saved for a year to be able to buy a
return ticket. Whilst in
MS Aurelia is seen departing Melbourne on
“Here is a funny story, on one of the
photo’s you will see mum dancing with a blond gentleman who still owes
her money. She used to tell the story until the day she died. Apparently he had
run into some misfortune and my mum, being rather naďve and not too well off
herself, bought the story and when he asked for it she lend him the money. He promised
that he would return it once they were back ashore. I have no idea what his
name or nationality is, but, these days a woman may not fall for his kind of
story as quickly as mum did, or would we?”
Voyage Photo Album
A typical shipboard lounge scene, all dressed up
and, off course - champagne
The perfect gentleman and a charming lady
enjoying the ball
Looks such a nice guy, but obviously a conman
who was more than willing to take Jacoba’s money and run!
Fun in the sun!
Jacoba is seen at the left
“My mum returned to her normal way of
life in The Netherlands obtaining a good job with “
I visited
Betty
and Ted Rappel, with the then 26 year old Yvette Meijer in the middle
“Unfortunately my mum passed away 2
years ago on
Author’s Note: If anyone knows anything about, or the whereabouts of Mr.
Lajos Török and or of his family, I
would greatly appreciate you contacting me at
Please Note: All personal photographs on this
page are the property off and © copyright 2007 by Yvette Meijer, daughter of
the late Jacoba Meijer, nee Ris. These are NOT to be copied by any means or for
any purpose and legal action will be considered. These are used by ssMaritime
with permission. Photographs of the ship are from the author’s collection
or other sources.
MS Aurelia
& Cogedar Line INDEX:
Page One: MS Aurelia – history page
Page Two: The
Bulthuis Family Story
Page
Three: MS Aurelia - Photo Page (From a brochure)
Page
Four: Jacoba Ris-Török Story
Also read: Other
Cogedar Line ships …
MS Flaminia – (The old Cogedar liner)
RMS Media / SS Flavia
– (The last of the Cogedar ships)
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