Marriages and visits mark icy 1897 Iowa notes
A family record recounts a February 17 1897 marriage at Grandmother Houck’s home near Des Moines Crossing the Des Moines river on ice to a new home, plus many local updates on illnesses visits and community events across Lynnville Pella and nearby towns with names like Visser Klyn Klyn Lackey and Van Arkel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houck
Kate
Gerrit Klyn
Des Moines
Red Rock
John Martin Visser
Veterans’ Hospital
Barney Pate
Raymond Slocum
Celia Harvey
Viola Karr
Nelson Vos
Bartus Klyn
Pella
Klyn
Darlene
Harry de Heer
Farm of Delight Wing
Hugh Pontus
Libby
May van Hemert
Dora de Heer
Litchfield
Minnesota
Los Angeles
Lynnville News Social Roundup
Mr and Mrs Bernard Van Zante and Roland Eysink of Pella were Tuesday dinner guests in the Delmon Van Zante home. Mr and Mrs Oran McMain of near Union Mills called on Carl McMain midweek. Mr and Mrs Charles Elscott visited Mrs Flo Hull at a Newton nursing home Sunday. Mrs Carrie Quire hosted the Goodwill Club with a noon cooperative dinner a short meeting and quilting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollie Terlouw
Friendly Neighbors Farm Bureau Club
Lynnville
REA Day
Pella
Carl van Dusseldorp
Des Moines
John van Dusseldorp
Ada Stanley
Nelli Davis
Reuben Horn
Grinnell
Taintor
Ludlow School
Finis Allee
Vina Renaud
Myrtle Ver Steeg
Arma Harris
Gerald de Kock
Oskaloosa
Bill Dunsbergen
Near
Laurel
Lyle Montgomery
Carl Byrd
Hige
Montgomery
Killduff
Mabel Montgomery
Bergen
Ibel
University Hospital
Iowa City
Irene Stockton
Newton
Varbel
Ed Ver Steeg
Elizabeth van Rees, Jr
Ray Ver
Clark
Joe Willemsen
Arvillane
Bernard van Zante
Roland Eysink
Delmon van Zante
Oran McMain
Near Union Mills
Carl McMain
Charles Elscott
Flo Hull
Carrie Quire
Goodwill Club
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cordova
Mrs
Roy Karr
Hugh Jones
Wanda Howard
Drake University
Fred Mick
Bussey
Albert Waardhuizen
Ottey Co-op
Carlsbad
Burt Williams
C. B. Williams
Yosemite Drive
Calif
Tom Wood
Timmy
California
Iowa
Lincoln
Husband
Nevada
REA
Wilbur Kelderman
Tracy
Bonnie de Heer
Edgar van Arkel
Bill Karr
Chas. Burton
Grace Ballard
Maud Richerd
Arthur Richerd
Lloyd
Joy Shilling
Maud
Sadie Meyers
Knoxville
Bessie Haning
Tegger
Larry van Min
Don McKin Moines
Perheld
Dean i Larry van Gorp
Harch
Meredith
Allen
New York
Garf
Sue
Carl D. Byrd
Ray Ver Steeg
Os‘caloosa
Harold Macy
Henry Klyn
New Sharon
Klyns
Macy
Tracy Beyer
Glendale
Cal
Lucy Beyer
Gysbert
Carl Jay
Leslie
Monroe
Wendell Byrd
Jie
Vicki
Carol
Marshalltown
Friends Church
Ed Sparks
Donna
Rose Mary
Elsie
Lucille
Roy Copeland
Searsboro
Harvey Gause
Green Thumb Garden Club
Leslie Sylvester
Gary Needham
Kating
Sam Steffen
Linda
Jimmie
Spencer
Norma Petersma
Cedar Rapids
Lambert Petersma
Benday
David Gause
Charles Petersma
Marcia
Kove
Louis Bouma
Arie van Weelden
Robert
Diane
Larry van Rees
Herman van Weelden
Raymond Robus and Sons
Norman Robus
William Verwers
Bonnie
Cordell
Rodney
Mart Slykhuis
Kenneth
Duane
Connie
Henry Naaktgeboren
Willard Klein
Leonard Verwers
Donald Orr
George Boke
Otley
Frank Mining
San Diego
Emma Orr
Karen Olivier
Carol Koopman
Joan Wittenburg
Harold Harder
Chariton
Gerrit Wittenburg
Amvet
Otley School
Post
Mise ‘Veiesélaar
Janice Robus
Ons
Tool
Otley Reformed Church
Duane Robus
Reformed Church
Henry Bovenkerk
Board of Foreign Missions
Prairie City Reformed Church
Loren Vanden Oever
Hattie Versee
Charles Vander Kolk
Macro Red Wing Shoe CO
Red Wing, Minnesota
Carl M
Feorrees Ft
Choco Tae Elk of
Kevan
Oxford
Mahogeny
S. A. Kooyman
Lynnville News
Bell
Good Rock
Harry Ver Ploeg
Alonzo Ver
Henry Rus
James Rus
Frank Bakker
A. D. Klyn
Chronicle
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