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Fred Xavier Harmsen

Birth	:	10 Nov 1890 Harrison County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	18 Oct 1984 Harlan, Shelby County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	East Winthrop Cemetery, Winthrop, Kennebec County, USA
Coordinate	:	44.3210602, -69.8956680
Description	:	Fred Harmsen was born to Harm and Theresa (Aleck) Harmsen, November 10, 1890, on a farm northwest of Persia in Cass Township just east of the Banner School, and near his grandfather, Xaver Aleck's farm. He had four brothers and sisters; Herman, Ella, William and Emma. He is the only surviving member of his family. When he was thirteen years old he moved with his family to a farm in Washington Township, the first place north of Persia School. The Bob Frieze family now resides there. He attended school during the winter months and helped with the... Read More	Fred Harmsen was born to Harm and Theresa (Aleck) Harmsen, November 10, 1890, on a farm northwest of Persia in Cass Township just east of the Banner School, and near his grandfather, Xaver Aleck's farm. He had four brothers and sisters; Herman, Ella, William and Emma. He is the only surviving member of his family. When he was thirteen years old he moved with his family to a farm in Washington Township, the first place north of Persia School. The Bob Frieze family now resides there. He attended school during the winter months and helped with the farm work the remainder of the year. Bertha was born to Charles and Augusta (Wunder) Hamann on April 29, 1890, on the farm that is now owned by our grandson, Larry Watson and family. I had eight brothers and sisters: Gus, Emil, John, Louie, Carl, Freeda, Dora and Leona. I attended Sunny Hillside school with my brothers and sisters. When I was fourteen years old my mother died and being the oldest girl in the family, I had the task of caring for them. In 1906 I moved with my family to the farm now owned by Kenneth Letts. I lived there until February 14, 1912, when Fred and I were married. We were married at the Christian Church in Council Bluffs. We stayed overnight and came back on the train the next day to Fred's home place. His parents had moved to Persia. Our two children were born there, Clifford born and died March 5, 1916, and Velma Harmsen Watson born December 19, 1917. We lived there until March 1918 when he bought the farm now owned by Lynn Graps. Weed spray was unheard of in those days so Fred would go to the cornfields with a hoe on those hot summer days and hoe out the cockleburrs. In March 1941, we moved to the farm where I was born, and resided there until July, 1959, when we bought a home in Persia next to the RlL.D.S. Church. Our grandson, Larry Watson, was married to Carol Simonin and moved to our farm. Fred always raised a lot of hogs, and in our early years of farming the hogs were driven to the Persia stockyards, and loaded on the train and shipped to F. A Wellman & Sons at the Omaha Stockyards. We picked corn by hand. I finally learned to take my own team and wagon so I wouldn't get hit on my head with an ear of corn that sometimes went astray when two were working at the same wagon. We were married 70 years in February. We are the oldest couple ever to have lived in Persia. We are members of the United Methodist Church. I belong to the U.M.W. and American Legion Auxiliary. We have one daughter, Velma Watson, and her husband, Milton, two grandchildren, Larry Watson and wife, Carol, and Lynette Dvorak and husband, Marvin, and seven great-grandchildren, Jennifer, Suzanne, Rebecca, and Barbara Watson, and Jacquelyn, David and Meghan Dvorak. Submitted by Bertha Harmsen. Source: Persia Centennial 1883-1983. Written by the People of Persia, Iowa. Taylor Publishing Co., Omaha, Neb., 1983, p. 99-100.

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Fred Xavier Harmsen's memorial is located at: East Winthrop Cemetery, Winthrop, Kennebec County, USA.
When did Fred Xavier Harmsen death?
Fred Xavier Harmsen death on 18 Oct 1984 in Harlan, Shelby County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 44.3210602
Longitude: -69.8956680

Family Members:

Parent

Harm Harmsen

(1857 - 1935)

Theresa Marie Aleck Harmsen

(1866 - 1950)

Spouse

Bertha Elizabeth Hamann Harmsen

(1890 - 1985)

Siblings

(unknow - unknow)

Ella Christine Harmsen Clausen

(1893 - 1939)

William Henry Harmsen

(1894 - 1957)

Emma Elizabeth Harmsen Dohrman

(1899 - 1920)

Children

Clifford C. Harmsen

(1916 - 1916)

Velma Lucile Harmsen Watson

(1917 - 1996)

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Nearby Cemetories:

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Winthrop, Kennebec County, USA
Coordinate: 44.3210602, -69.8956680

2. Friends Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.3133050, -69.8696360

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Coordinate: 44.3574500, -69.8607600

12. Saint Mary's Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.3203860, -69.8327740

13. Whittier Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.3544006, -69.9411011

14. Benson Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.2703500, -69.8837800

15. Wade Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.3530277, -69.8284945

16. Maple Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.3055850, -69.9735550

17. Friends Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.2584000, -69.9063034

18. Howard Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.2580100, -69.9069430

19. Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery on Mount Vernon Road
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Coordinate: 44.3525085, -69.8147583

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Coordinate: 44.3432999, -69.8082962

21. Carter Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.2630100, -69.8479500

22. Monmouth Neck Cemetery
Monmouth, Kennebec County, USA
Coordinate: 44.2604200, -69.9492600

23. Dudley Plains Cemetery
Readfield, Kennebec County, USA
Coordinate: 44.3962900, -69.9076700

24. Blaine Memorial Park
Augusta, Kennebec County, USA
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