De boerderij (van Schelling) op de Elftplaats, waar Arie Groenenboom boer was in de 19e eeuw.
Twee nazaten van Arie Groenenboom en Niesje Kleinjan
Col. Dale L.Groenenboom, US Army (Ret.) entered into rest on Sunday, June 7, 2015. Colonel Groenenboom, son of the late Johannes and Olive (Jones) Groenenboom, a native of Brookings, South Dakota, and, since January of 1964, a resident of Augusta, Georgia,enlisted in the United States Army at Fort Crook, Nebraska in 1945. His service in the US Army Counter Intelligence Corps and Military Police Corps placed him in a variety of Assignments in the US, Europe, Marshal Islands, and Asia. His military awards include Meritorious Service Medal, Bronze Star Medal, Army Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster, Good Conduct Medal, and several military campaign and service awards. Colonel Groenenboom is survived by his wife, Christel, two daughters, Stephanie (William C.) Brown of Grovetown, GA and Kristine (Donald E.) Newbold of Pittsview, AL, three sons, Robert of Augusta, GA, Joe (Holly) of Elko, SC, and Richard (Natalie) of Park City, UT, a brother, Keith A. Groenenboom of Marysville, IN, ten grandchildren, five greatgrandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
Glenara L Groenenboom Dunkle Birth: Dec. 29, 1928, Inwood, Lyon County, Iowa, USA. Death: Jul. 21, 2009, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, USA. Glenara L. Dunkle, 80, Luverne, died Tuesday, July 21, 2009, at Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D. Glenara Groenenboom was born on Dec. 29,1928, to Peter and Anna Matilda (Johnson)Groenenboom on the family farm near Inwood.
Arie Groenenboom, geboren 14-09-1852 te Poortugaal en Niesje Kleinjan, geboren 19-12-1882 te Pernis vertrokken met hun kinderen Arie, Pietertje en Maartje op 30 maart 1889 met het schip ‘Waesland’ van Antwerpen naar New York. Bestemming Pella, Orange County, Iowa.
Arie was pachtboer op de Elftplaat.
Een broer van Niesje Kleinjan was hen voorgegaan naar Amerika. In 1889 volgden er nog meer familieleden Kleinjan naar Amerika.
In het jaar voor hun emigratie stierven 3 dochtertjes binnen 14 dagen aan de kroep.
