Janssen, Christian Lorenz 1865-1933

JANSSEN, POST, FREDERICHS, POPKEN, WESSELS, MEYER, STEFFENS

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Date: 2/12/2010 at 13:07:18

Hawarden Independent, Hawarden, Sioux, Iowa, USA Thursday, July 6, 1933

Obituary of C. L Janssen

Christian Lorenz Janssen, son of Henrich Janssen and Marie Sophie Post, was born March 28, 1865, at Rispel Ostenfriesland, Germany, the third children in a family of nine children, two girls and seven boys. He passed away at his home, southeast of Ireton, June 23, 1933. He received his schooling and was confirmed at Lehrhane. At the age of 16 he left his native land, having had a desire to locate in America. He landed in the United States in 1881, locating in Jones county, Iowa. Later he moved to Coleridge, Nebraska and then to Sioux county where he purchased a fine farm in southeast Reading township and by hard work and saving and splendid judgment he soon added to his possessions and at the time of his death, he had 520 acres to his credit. On March 4, 1890, he was united in marriage with Franke Frederichs and to this union five children were born. The children are Henry, Mrs. John G. Popken, Mrs. Herman Wessels, Dick and Mrs. Ernest Meyer, all of them living in this vicinity. His is the first death among his brothers and sisters and his own immediate family. Besides his widow and children he leaves seven brothers and two sisters, John and Julif of Coleridge, Nebraska, Mrs. James Steffens of Hartington, Nebraska; Henry of Herkimer, Kansas, and the others in Germany. There are also 25 grandchildren.