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Personal data Ipana Jansonius 


Household of Ipana Jansonius

She is married to Reemt U Harken.

They got married on March 16, 1905 at Ackley, Butler, Iowa, she was 20 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Bernice May Harken  1919-2019 
  3. Anna Marie Harken  1924-1987 
  4. Robert Arthur Harken  1921-2006 
  6. John Bert Harken  1907-2004 
  7. Margretha Harken  1906-1966 
  8. Fred Henry Harken  1912-1983 
  9. Urban Harken  1909-1956 


Notes about Ipana Jansonius

Written by Bob Harken

Mother was the 5th of ten children of John & Margaret Nymeyer Jansonius.One brother and three sisters were older and two brothers and threechildren were younger. She was born in the Island Grove area northeastof Ackley, Iowa on the farm in Grundy County to be nearer the school.Mother went to Cedar Falls to school for six weeks and taught countryschools until her marriage on March 16, 1905.
Dad was the 5th of a total of 13 children born to Ubbe andMargretha(Weichmann) Harken in Butler County, Iowa. I believe they were allborn on the farm 2 miles south and 3/4 mil east of Austinville. At theage of 6 1/2 his 5 year old sister died and I remember Dad talking abouthis pretty younger sister. At age 9 a 15 year-old brother died; at age15 a 4 year-old brother died. These boys were named Klaas. At age 20his father died and Dad was the oldest boy at home. Uncle Corneal Harkenwas married and probably lived down the road, but Grandma was left withgirls 23,22,15, and 11 years of age and boys 20,17,13,8, and 2 years ofage.

Dad talked of going to school thru the winter quarters until he was wellinto his teens. They were taught on an individual basis and he learnedenough math to help me with algebra when I got to high school.

One of my cousins told me that when Grandpa died Grandma told her boysthat if they would stay home and work they could have a farm rent freefor one year after they were married. After Dad and Mother married, theyjoined the Westfriesland Presbyterian Church and farmed on Grandma's farmfor four years. Margery and John were born on this farm 2 miles southand 1 1/2 miles east of Austinville. As Uncle Isbrandt Harken gotmarried in 1909 I assume that is the spring they moved to the Meickleyfarm 1 mile south of where they were living. Urban & Fred were born onthis farm which was larger than where they had been living.

In the spring of 1912 they moved to a small house in Austinville whereCornelius and Gertrude were born. They moved the house 3/4 of a blocknorth and built the new house where Bernice, I , and Anna Marie wereborn. Dad worked for R. C. Bode in the general store after moving toAustinville and later purchased the store in partnership with his cousin,John R. Harken. They sold the business in 1931 and Dad then didcarpenter work, sold Raleigh Products and Davis Paint, and worked in theWPA program, not necessarily in that order.

In 1934 Dad started driving a school bus to Aplington for high schoolstudents. He worked his carpenter work around this and probably droveuntil 1945 when he was 65. He also worked for Jack Limburg in thegrocery store even after his 1st heart attack in, I believe, 1949 or 1950.

Dad and Mother were both active in the Westfriesland PresbyterianChurch. Mother was in Ladies Aid and taught Sunday School, and Dad wasan elder, (over 30 consecutive years as elder and Clerk of Session),Deacon, and Sunday School teacher. Before the Christian Reformed Churchin Austinville started, my parents were very instrumental in starting anondenominational Sunday School in Austinville of which Dad wassuperintendent. He also served several terms on the Austinville SchoolBoard.

Through good times and bad, there was always food on the table, clothingto wear, juicy fruit gum on Sunday and a penny for Church and SundaySchool.

Several asides:
Dad always got up first in the morning, lit the fire, made a cup of tea,gave Mother a cup of tea in bed and went out to do chores. After Daddied Mother commented that she wasn't sure she liked the tea in bed butshe never said anything because she liked the thought and attention.

One time when only the three of us were home , Mother had dry cereal forbreakfast during the week. Dad commented on needing something to stickto the bones and we had pancakes every morning (including Sundays) for along time.

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Birthday March 28, 1884

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Day of marriage March 16, 1905

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Day of death May 28, 1966

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Day of burial May 31, 1966

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