Frederik Raman - "Ouwe"

He was born in Amsterdam on December 5th, 1927.

Father: Frederik Raman (Amsterdam, May 23, 1905 - December 6, 1950)
Mother: Jacoba Maria Basseleur

Grew up in Amsterdam before WWII.  His father divorced his mother before the war
and he survived the war with his mother as a boy in High School (MULO).

After the war he was drafted to go to Nederlands-Indie, where he served three years (March 1947-1950) as
'Hospik' taking care of the wounded and the sick.  He served in the Cavalry Regiment Huzaren van Boreel, 2e Afd C. 2e Escadron.

Upon his return he married his sweethart that had stood by him during the three years he was away: Hendrika Maria (Henny) Bergen on December 7, 1950.  The marriage lasted over 55 years.

The couple had two children Dick and Rob.

They lived in Amsterdam in the Bloemstraat and then the Marnixstraat 27 until 1964 and then on the next block Marnixkade 6 until 1990.  Then they moved to Almere, Ketenstraat 5 and finally to the Bevrijdingsstraat 10 in 2000.

Scouting was his life.  He started as a cub scout in 1935 and became a scout leader after WWII. After his return from Indonesia he started his own scout group: Groep 67 'De Zwervers'.  The name which means  'Wanderers' was chosen since they were moving from one scout home to another finally ending up in the attic of the Pestalozzi girls school on Nassaukade 12 in Amsterdam.