{"id":1475,"date":"2021-11-26T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T05:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=1475"},"modified":"2021-11-24T21:03:42","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T02:03:42","slug":"happy-birthday-to-a-first-generation-american-anna-wellman-vonderhaar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=1475","title":{"rendered":"Happy birthday to a first generation American: Anna Wellman Vonderhaar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anna Wellman Vonderhaar was born on November 27, 1884 in West Point, Iowa. Her parents were Elizabeth Terborg and Bernard Wellman. She was the first of five children born to the couple. Both of her parents were born in Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"629\" height=\"381\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therabbithoel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Grandma-link-Anna-and-Henry.jpg?resize=629%2C381&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therabbithoel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Grandma-link-Anna-and-Henry.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therabbithoel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Grandma-link-Anna-and-Henry.jpg?resize=300%2C182&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therabbithoel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Grandma-link-Anna-and-Henry.jpg?resize=768%2C465&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><figcaption>Cousins: Elizabeth Wellman Link, Anna Wellman Vonderhaar, and Henry Wellman <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She married Henry Gerhard Vonderhaar on June 16, 1908 at St. Mary&#8217;s Church in West Point, Iowa.  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