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Personal data Jan David Aswegan 


Household of Jan David Aswegan

He is married to Taalke Harms de Groot.

They got married on September 30, 1866 at Midlum, Ostfriesland, Germany, he was 22 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Harm Janssen Aswegan  1866-1949 
  2. Anna Janssen Aswegen  1872-1944 
  3. Dave Janssen Aswegen  1869-1948 
  5. Luke Janssen Aswegen  1874-1961 
  9. Karl Aswegan  1889-????


Notes about Jan David Aswegan

SURN Aswegen
(Jan Davids van Aswege, John D)
Buried 03-31-1903 near Fern, Grundy Co., Iowa.
Was confirmed in Remels, Ostfriesland, Germany.
In the spring of 1881 when Dave J Aswegen was 13 years old he came to America with uncle and Aunt the LukeD Aswegen he had been working here and there making his home with his uncle and trying to earn enough money for his needs and save to try to get his Parents and family to America after serveral years he had saved up about enough but wrote his folks and told them he did not have quite enough for them all if it would all rigth to send enough for Harm so he could come first so he would not haveto go the army.. But mother wrote back and said no I have one in America now and if Harm comes we all want to come so Dave J went to his uncle Henry D Aswegen at Holland and asked him if he would loan him 40.00 dollars. so he could haveenough money to get his folks and brothers and sisters from Germany..the answer was yes. so Dave and uncle Henry went to the depot at Holland Ia. and sent them the tickets to come to America so as soon as the letter arrived there was a hurry up to get out of Germany because Harm was 20 years old and was to be called at any time to the army in Germany they have a standing army and as the young men reach the age of 20 to 21 they are to go for two years. Harm was about togo any time and they did not want to leave him behind so the folks asked theirneighbor Browoer Jaland if he would take care of the cow and few sheep and thechichens and the household furnishing and the propery so that they could leavethrough the night and he said he would gladly do so they packed up all their clothing things they wanted to keep and could carry and walked out by night to leave for America they walked to the Station at Remels and took the little train to Oldenburg then from there they took the big train to Bremerhaven from there they sailed by boat on the Atlantic Ocean to Baltimore Maryland..In Germany they have three Classes of trains Low,Medium and High clasto ride onit is mostlyfor people who or which they can afford so when they got to Baltimore their tickets had run out and there they were strandded they had to wait there while Harm soon wrote a letter to uncle henry telling him what had happend When Henry got the letter he went to the Holland depot agent and asked him what was the trouble that his brother and family was stranded in Baltimore Maryland he gave himenough money for the trip to Holland Ia so the depot agent said I will take care of ir right away so infew hours word came the Aswegens may so they were on there way again to Holland Ia. as everyone knew that they were coming most of the relatives were waiting and watching for them as the train was going though grundy center and stopped Mother looked out the window and saw Luke and Grace at the Station so she called to all and said lets get off and they all went but dad first asked for their luggage and had everything unloaded at Grundy Center..Luke knew that they to get off the train at Holland and that Henry and his family would be waiting for them there so he sent word to Holland right away ..this was May 8 1886.. after a short visit with everyone the family all moved in withgrandpa Dave J Aswegen and sister Jenna some of the family would go out and work where ever they could find worl through this time their neighor Brower Jaland in Germany had made plans to sell the household goods the cow and the sheep and the chickens he also sold the property after Mr.Jaland had sold everything and paid the morgtage that was left on the properly there was money left and hesent it to them in America. After the John D Aswegen family had been in the house with grandpa and janna for four years most of them working here and there throught this time now they had rented a 120 arces farm 3 miles east and 1 /4 mile north of fern Ia. they lived there for 9 years then they bought an 80 acre farm 1 mile east and 1 mile north of fern which was

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Birthday October 17, 1843

  • The temperature on October 17, 1843 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1843: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • February 6 » The first minstrel show in the United States, The Virginia Minstrels, opens (Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City).
    • May 18 » The Disruption in Edinburgh of the Free Church of Scotland from the Church of Scotland.
    • October 13 » In New York City, B'nai B'rith, the oldest Jewish service organization in the world, is founded.
    • October 30 » Fuerte Bulnes, the first Chilean settlement in the strait of Magellan, is founded.
    • November 28 » Ka Lā Hui (Hawaiian Independence Day): The Kingdom of Hawaii is officially recognized by the United Kingdom and France as an independent nation.
    • December 16 » The discovery of octonions by John T. Graves, who denoted them with a boldface O, was announced to his mathematician friend William Hamilton, discoverer of quaternions, in a letter on this date.

Day of marriage September 30, 1866

  • The temperature on September 30, 1866 was about 16.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 10, 1866 to June 1, 1866 the cabinet Fransen van de Putte, with I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
  • In the year 1866: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • April 6 » The Grand Army of the Republic, an American patriotic organization composed of Union veterans of the American Civil War, is founded. It lasts until 1956.
    • May 1 » The Memphis Race Riots begin. In three days time, 46 blacks and two whites were killed. Reports of the atrocities influenced passage of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
    • June 2 » The Fenians defeat Canadian forces at Ridgeway and Fort Erie, but the raids end soon after.
    • June 3 » The Fenians are driven out of Fort Erie, Ontario back into the United States.
    • September 22 » The Battle of Curupayty is Paraguay's only significant victory in the Paraguayan War.
    • October 22 » A plebiscite ratifies the annexion of Veneto and Mantua to Italy, which had occurred three days before, on October 19.

Day of death March 27, 1903

  • The temperature on March 27, 1903 was between 7.1 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (12%). Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
    • January 17 » El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
    • February 11 » Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
    • April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
    • June 19 » Benito Mussolini, at the time a radical Socialist, is arrested by Bern police for advocating a violent general strike.
    • July 20 » The Ford Motor Company ships its first automobile.
    • August 2 » The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising against the Ottoman Empire begins.


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