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De Bruyn life tale shows thrift amid Iowa farm strides
William C De Bruyn recounts a hard scrabble life in late 19th and early 20th century Iowa. He and wife Anna raised 8 surviving children from a family of 13, built farms near Kilduff and Monroe, and grew from laborer to cattle feeder with managerial thrift and bank trust.
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Galesburg
William C. de Bruyn
George Hendricks
Mr. de Bruyn
Gornie van Steenbergen
Herwyners
Holland
Mattie van Vark
William van Vark
Pella
James Anderson
Oshealooga
John van Vark
Lynnville
Bernice Leona Kling
Clara Wilma Hoekstra
Richland
Luella Fern Hiemstra
Gerald Waldo
Darrell Doyle
de Bruyn
Latham
Pella National Bank
Mr. Scholte
Bill
Hendricks
Hattie Castorf
Brush
William F. Freeman
Bernice
Lester
Margaret
Earl
Mr. Hendricks
Richard Lautenbach
Kuyper Lumber Co
Globe Plumbing Co
Delco
Chronicle
Ren