Visits With G G Klyn and Dutch Families in Fifield
This week’s Fifield visit highlights seed corn dealer G G Klyn selling 200 bushels with customers buying fast and a Sold Out sign on the door. It covers his family, early life near his birthplace, and connections to Connie Vanden Berg and William Zegers, plus notes on Dutch immigrant families, farm life, and local schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifield
G. G. Klyn
Connie Vanden Berg
William Zegers
Garby
Kiyn
Frank de Vries
Mitchellville
de Vries
Indies
Ir. Klyn
Cornie Vanden Berg Recalled by Farm Life and Family Ties
The article recalls Cornie Vanden Berg at his Knoxville farm with his mother and relatives. It notes his sawmill work for Ralph Kuiper building a nearby house, his roles on the corn hog committee and soil conservation board, and nineteen years on the family farm. It mentions his parents Pete and family, siblings John and two sisters, and references the Reynolds couple’s golden wedding anniversary and Mr. Reynolds’ past service on the Marion county board of supervisors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tone van
Klyn
Anne Klyn
Ollely
G. L. Klyn
Cordova
A. de Graaf
Prairie City
H. de Leeuw
Monroe
Tunis van Dyk
Ouey
Cornelius
Andrew
John Kool
Knoxville
Alice
Cornie Vanden Berg
Ralph Kuiper
Mr. Vanden Berg
Leland Croll
Soil Conservation and Planning Board
Pete Van+ den Berg
John
Louis Schuring
Pella
Mra
Cord
Vanden Ber
F. W. Reynolds
Vanden Berg
Mr. Reynolds
Marion County Board of Supervisors
Also Mentioned on This Page
Neigad
Netherlands
Wayne Vanden Berg
Sox
Inden Berg
William
Ervie
Reynolds
Helen
Wayne
Erma Verwers
Jimmy Allen
Jack Armstrong
Jake and
Lena
Delco
Bill Neely
Connie
Neely
Holland
Mrs Zegers
Galesburg
Tim
Kilduff
Artie
Ada
Hendricke
Mary
Nellie William
Mr. Good
Chromode Phat and
Raving
Lubertha
Chronicle Engraving
Arie Kool
Melyn
Cedar Rap
Helen Vande
Connie Vani Berg
Pella School
Nirle Photo and Engraving
Hronicle Photo and Engraving
Chronicle
William and
Miller’s Corn
Kellogg’s
Ohio
Arie van Waardhuizen
Vander Linden’s Drug Store
Rexall Drug Store
Armstrongs
Quaker
Wormhoudt & Son
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!