Wassenaar, baby of Robert, died 1921

WASSENAAR

Posted By: Lydia Lucas - Volunteer (email)
Date: 11/4/2016 at 08:01:42

From the Alton Democrat, January 8, 1921: Rock Valley news:

An infant babe of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wassenaar, who reside southwest of town near Hudson, died and was buried here Tuesday [January 4]. Rev. H. Colenbrander conducted a brief service at the cemetery.

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The 1920 federal census, taken in January 1920, shows Robert Wassenaar, a 21-year-old farmer who immigrated from Holland in 1902; his 19-year-old wife Grace, born in South Dakota; and 4-month-old daughter Viola G., born in Iowa, living in Garfield Township (southwest of Rock Valley). The deceased "infant" may be this child, or it may be a newborn. There is no entry for the child in the Sioux County Cemetery Index.