Jongewaard, Ringert Cornelis, 1859-1915

JONGEWAARD, VERPLOEG

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Date: 11/11/2015 at 19:29:51

From the Alton Democrat, February 13, 1915: Sioux Center news:

R. C. Jongewaard who was operated upon for appendicitis here last week is getting along nicely. It was a serious case as the appendix was broken. Dr. Cram of Sheldon performed the operation with Drs. A. C. Jongewaard and Maris.

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From the Rock Valley Bee, February 19, 1915:

DEATH OF R. C. JONGEWAARD

Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Walhof were at Sioux Center the first of the week to attend the funeral of Mrs. Walhof's brother, R. C. Jongewaard, who died Friday morning following an operation for appendicitis which he submitted to about a week before his death. The operation at first was apparently successful and the patient seemed to be recovering and gaining strength until Friday morning when he was taken seriously ill and passed away shortly afterwards. The deceased was past fifty-five years old and was one of the early settlers of this county. He was a man who was highly respected by all who knew him. He leaves a wife and grown up children and several brothers and sisters.

[A chunk is missing from this paragraph] When the deceased was four years old, with his parents, he made an overland trip from Pella, Ia., to the state of Oregon in a prairie schooner drawn by oxen over the "Oregon Trail." There were many interesting adventures on this trip. Twice the horses and cattle were stampeded by hostile Indians. The family returned to Pella in 1868. The next year his father took him to Sioux county to view the land which had been selected [for a?] Holland settlement by a co[missing] from Pella. They traveled [missing] the then nearest [missing] by horseback [missing] his father, the [elder?] Jongewaar[ds] selected a homestead, near the present site of Orange City.

He was united in marriage in 1885 to Miss Jennie Verploeg. They moved on a farm between Sioux Center and Orange City where they lived till 1894 when they moved to Sioux Center where the deceased bought stock for a time and later went into the furniture business. He retired from business a few years ago.

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From the Alton Democrat, February 20, 1915: Sioux Center news:

Monday afternoon was a gloomy day in our town. It was then that the funeral of one of our most esteemed citizens, R. C. Jongewaard, took place. An hour before the time the Central Reformed church was filled to overflowing. It was estimated that more than half could not obtain entrance. Not only a very large relationship but friends from all over the county were there. It showed how highly he was respected. The stores were closed and as he was a member of the school board the school was also closed.

Wife and children were overcome with grief. Rev. Ossewaarde had charge of the services and spoke words of comfort. The hymn, "Some Time We'll Understand," was feelingly sung. We hope that the Great Comforter may sustain the bereaved.

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From the Sioux Center Nieuwsblad, February 17, 1915:

MR. R. C. JONGEWAARD.

We zijn in de gelegenheid een korte levensschots van den overledene te geven.

Ringerd C. Jongewaard werd geboren op 23 Dec. 1859, te Pella, Ia. Op vierjarigen leeftijd ging hij met zijne ouders "overland" langs de "Old Oregon Trail" van Pella naar Oregon. De reis werd gemaakt in "Prairie schooners." Het reisgezelschap werd tot tweemaal toe aangevallen door Indianen, die paarden en vee buit maakten.

Na een driejarig verblijf in Oregon vertrok hij met zijne ouders bij de Panama route, via New York, naar Pella, in 1868. In New York geraakte hij gescheiden van het gezelschap en kwam in een verkeerde trein, die eerder vertrok. Men ontdekte 't echter gauw en hij kwam gelukkig weer bij zijne ouders, die toen hun reis naar Pella zonder verden oponthoud voortzetten.

In 1869 vergezelde hij zijne vader wijlen C. Jongewaard, naar Sioux Co. Hij was de eenigst jongen van 't gezelschap. -- Ze kozen een goede plaats voor homestead uit, in het gedeelte dat het vorige jaar door de commissie was uitgezocht voor settlement. -- Het gezelschap reisde van Pella naar Sioux City per trein en vandaar te paard naar Sioux County. Hij was toen een knap van negen jaar oud.

In 1870 vestigden zijne ouders zich op een homestead nabij Orange City. Op 21 Mei 1885 trad hij in het huwelijk met Miss Jennie Verploeg, welk huwelijk in Welcome twp. voltrokken werd. Zij vestigden zich op de farm tusschen hier en Orange City, waar zij woonden tot 't voorjaar van 1894, toen zij naar Sioux Center verhuisden, waar zij sinds dien tijd gewoond hebben. Mr. Jongewaard was hier veekooper en meubelhandelaar en had zich in de laatste jaren uit de zaken teruggetrokken. Sinds Jaren was hij lid van de schoolboard.

Hij laat een weduwe na en negen kinderen, n. l.: Nellie, echtgenoote van L. Redeker, wonende nabij Carmel; Dr. Neal Jongewaard, van Sioux Center; Conrad Jongewaard, Secr. Y.M.C.A. Battle Creek, Mich.; Lizzie, echtgenoote van G. De Mets Jr., Sioux Center; Helena Jongewaard, die de Iowa State Teachers College, te Cedar Falls bezoekt; drie dochters, Minnie, Marie en Alice en een zoontje, Harold, welken allen thuis zijn.

TRANSLATION:

We have the opportunity to give a brief biography of the deceased.

Ringerd C. Jongewaard was born on 23 Dec. 1859, in Pella, Ia. At four years of age he went with his parents "overland" along the "Old Oregon Trail" from Pella to Oregon. The trip was made in "Prairie Schooners." The party was attacked on two occasions by Indians, who made off with horses and cattle.

After a three year stay in Oregon he moved with his parents by the Panama route, via New York, to Pella, in 1868. In New York he became separated from the group and got onto a wrong train, which departed earlier. They discovered it however, and soon he was happy again with his parents, when their trip to Pella could continue without delay.
In 1869 he accompanied his father, the late C. Jongewaard, to Sioux Co. He was the only boy in the company. - They chose a good place to homestead out in the area that the previous year the committee had chosen for settlement. - The group traveled from Pella to Sioux City by train and from there on horseback to Sioux County. He was a handsome nine years old.

In 1870 his parents settled on a homestead near Orange City. On 21 May 1885 he married Miss Jennie Verploeg, which marriage occurred in Welcome Township. They settled on the farm between here and Orange City, where they lived until the year 1894, when they moved to Sioux Center, where they have lived since that time. Here Mr. Jongewaard was a cattle buyer and furniture dealer and had retired from business in the last few years. For years he was a member of the school board.

He leaves a widow and nine children, namely: Nellie, wife of L. Redeker, residing near Carmel; Dr. Neal Jongewaard, Sioux Center; Conrad Jongewaard, Secr[etary] Y.M.C.A. Battle Creek, Mich .; Lizzie, wife of G. De Mets Jr, Sioux Center.; Helena Jongewaard, who attends the Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls; three daughters, Minnie, Marie and Alice, and a son, Harold, who are all at home.

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The Sioux County Cemetery Index has Jongewaard, Ringert C., b. 23 Dec 1859, d. 12 Feb 1915, Father ss Jennie, Memory Gardens, Sioux Center IA.

For further details of the life of Ringert Cornelius Jongewaard, click on the Bios icon on the left side of the main window of the Sioux County IAGenWb site page. This biography also includes a photograph. www.iagenweb.org/sioux.)