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Married 60 Years Terpstras Travel Across America
Jake and Flora Terpstra mark six decades of marriage while recounting a life of moving across the United States. Born in the Netherlands and emigrants to Michigan in 1912 and 1907 respectively, they farmed in South Dakota and Michigan, endured a hailstorm and cattle theft, and later settled near Martin on the Pine Ridge Reservation.
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Jake
Flora Terpstra
Thier
United States
Netherlands
Michigan
Flora
Springfield
South Dakota
Mutdo
Okaton
Missouri River
Terpsira
South Boardman
Terpstra’s
Grand Rapids
Middlewest
Martin
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
Terpstras
Agnet
Harry
Terpstra