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Weekly Visits With Friends in Town and Country
Peter Vos stays with the horses on a Peoria area farm while sharing stories of Dutch language, farm life, and a Norwegian born wife, Mrs Harmon Brand, who left Sweden as a young girl. The piece traces Vos family ties, land, chickens, hogs, and local neighbors, including Vander Molen and Van Arkel farms, and notes Brand family history and recent deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Vander Moien
Pella
Oskaloosa Street
Stouwie
Peoria
Vander Molen
Brand
Henry Brand
John
Harmon
Harry
New Sharon
Maggie
John Elacott
Taintor
Gertrude
Louis Wanders
Harmon Brand
Bane
E. M. Loden
Osage
S. E. Loder
Brownville
Iowa
Marie Wymore
Eddyville
Nadine Hernon
Elida Strom
Sigran
Lindy
Sigrid
Ruth
Emma
Sweden
Mrs. Brand
Raymond
Success
Donna Jean
Gilbert