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Overleden:
Landon lived 30 minutes was 1 lb 1.7 oz 11 1/2 inches long.

Levend getrouwd Levend. [Gezinsblad]

Ronnie getrouwd Levend [Gezinsblad]

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Tenant farmer around the Stephenson County area until 1965. In 1965 moved to Freeport and worked as a Pinkerton Guard at Kelly Springfield until his retirement. In 1999 still lives in his own home. Receives meals on wheels 4 days a week from the Freeport Hospital and CONTACT calls him daily for a reassurance call. No longer drives as of January 2, 1998, when he went through a stop light and hit another car. He was treated at the hospital; injuries were minor.

Likes to call The Journal Standard and have his little "sayings" AUTHished and especially likes to see his name in print.

Richard getrouwd Catherine Dinley on 23 mrt 1939 in Freeport, IL. Catherine is geboren on 19 dec 1907 in Freeport, IL; is gestorven on 20 aug 1989 in Freeport, IL; is begraven in Oakland Cemetery Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA . [Gezinsblad]

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"Just before my mom and dad were married (1939) Mom found out she had tuberculosis, and had to go to a sanitarium (which may have been in Dubuque, Iowa). She told my dad he didn't have to marry her, but he did anyway."

"When farming with her husband she especially enjoyed cooking, sewing, tending her large garden (fresh vegetable soup cooked over an open fire was great!) and tending her chickens. In the late 1950s worked as the salad girl at the Red Cedar Lounge in Freeport. Then went to work at Micro Switch, Freeport, until her retirement. Loved fishing and traveling."

NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS FROM MOM'S SCRAPBOOK
from the Journal Standard, March 23, 1939: "This afternoon at 1 o'clock, at the Second Presbyterian manse, Miss Catherine Dinley was united in marriage to Richard TerHark. Rev. Brainerd N. Covert was the officiating clergyman.

"The bride wore an ensemble of Mignon blue crepe, with corsage of spring flowers. The bride's father, Thomas Dinley, and Miss Jennie TerHark, sister of the groom, were the attendants.

"Richard TerHark is employed by Mr. and Mrs. Willard B. Hance on their farm "Green Gables" and he and his bride will live on the farm.
"A dinner for relatives of the two families will be served at the country home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry TerHark this evening."

(My note: I remember mom saying that the Hance's said when they got married they weren't to have children while working there ... so they didn't have me till 1941. ... this farm was behind where "Culvers" is in Freeport now, June 2000.)
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from a newspaper clipping: A post-nuptial shower was given Wednesday night for Mrs. Richard TerHark, nee Catherine Dinley, by Mrs. Henry TerHark and Miss Jennie TerHark at the home of the former. Bunco and checkers were played with favors going to Miss Burness Kampen and George TerHark, the guest prize being presented to Mrs. TerHark who also received a variety of pretty and useful gifts. Refreshments were enjoyed at midnight.
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August 18, 1930: "The Misses Catherine Dinley and Lillian Jones, 127 1/2 E. Stephenson Street, leave tonight on a two weeks motor trip through the Black Hills of South Dakota."
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MISS CATHERINE DINLEY INJURED IN AUTO MISHAP
FREEPORT RESIDENT SUSTAINS FRACTURED PELVIS IN ACCIDENT AT WAUKESHA, WIS.
While returning from Green Bay, Wis. with other employees of the Kraft-Phenix Company of this city, Miss Catherine Dinley, 27, 214 1/2 W. Main street, was severely injured Sunday near Waukesha, Wisc., when an auto in which she was riding ran into a ditch. She suffered a fractured pelvis, numerous bruises and cuts and also suffered from shock. Other occupants of the car were not injured. Miss Dinley was removed to Waukesha Municipal Hospital, where she will remain for some time.
According to reports received here the Freeporters were crowded off the highway by another car with the result that their machine turned over several times and was badly damaged.
(My note: If I remember correctly she was in a body cast for three months in Waukesha)
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from a Waukesha paper: "Catherine Dinley, Freeport, IL, sustained a fractured pelvis in an accident occurring Sunday near the Waukesha-Walworth county line. She was brought here for treatment.
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Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dinley, West Avon Street, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dinley, West Moseley Street and Jack Baldwin motored to Waukesha, Wis. Sunday to spend the day with Miss Kathryn (misspelled) Dinley who has been a patient at the Waukesha Municipal hospital since the 11th of august, when she suffered two fractures of the pelvis and a spinal injury in a motor accident.
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November 13, 1935: Miss Catherine Dinley, Freeport, who has been a patient at Waukesha, Wis. Municipal Hospital since August 11, as a result of injuries incurred in an automobile accident, was operated on Wednesday for appendicitis. She is reported to be doing nicely.
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November 24, 1935: Miss Catherine Dinley has returned to her home, 214 1/2 West Main Street. She had been in a Waukesha, Wis., hospital since August 11th recovering from an automobile accident and is getting along nicely at present.
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DINLEY -- I wish to thank everyone for cards, letters, flowers and presents I received while at the Waukesha, Wis. hospital and at home. --
Catherine Dinley

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I remember hearing that Frederik had a pair of wooden shoes from Holland. Someone threw one down the well; he got mad and threw the other one in too. Frederik either was, or was going to be, a body guard to Queen Wilhemina, before he came to America. Birth date could have been May 15

Frederik getrouwd Janna Nieman on 18 aug 1893 in Freeport, IL. Janna (dochter van Jacob Hindriks Nieman en Reina Mooi) is geboren on 5 sep 1869 in Oude Pekela; is gestorven on 29 jun 1931 in Freeport, IL; is begraven in Oakland Cemetery Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA. [Gezinsblad]

Andere gebeurtenissen:

• Immigratie: 7 jun 1893; came to America Jun 7 1893 aboard the Noordland

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1981 ... Jenny Keppen and Ann Riebe remember: When their father left for America, Janna Nieman sat up all night making him a pair of socks to take along. She hadn't known until the night before that he was leaving. Her family were fishermen and they lived on a boat. She was the oldest child and never went to school, having to stay home and help with the work.

Other stories I remember hearing: Janna couldn't speak English; however, one time someone came looking for her sons and she was overheard to say, "The boys are in the potato patch." Another time, a blind piano tuner came to tune their piano ... without thinking she said, "Let me raise the shade so you can see better."