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Weekly Visits On Van Maanen Farm In Leighton Saga
A Chronicle visit covers William and Fred Van Maanen and D De Prenger at the Van Maanen homestead near Leighton. The piece recalls Dutch American family roots, farm life, marriages, children, schooling, and a log cabin birth, plus anecdotes on debt, chaff feed, and a 97 year old father-in-law.
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William van Maanen
Fred van Maanen
D. de Prenger
Leighton
de Prenger
van Maanen
Des Moines
William
Fred
Charles
Elbert
Reuben
Letta
Fred Wotan
Fremont
Helen Stephenson
Oskaloosa
Brummel
Dorothy Bandstra
Tainter
Miss Bandstra
Florence
Liberty Street
Tracy
Fred van
Marcia Joy
Chronicle Man
Mr. de Prenger
Virginia
Ed Pup
Beulah
Cupid
Marinus de Zwarte
Roelofs
Holland
Keokuk
Dingeman de Haan
Jake
Simon de Haan
de Cook
John Kempe
Con
Harry
McGregor Co
John Denberger
Denberger