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Elizabeth Harmeyer was born on March 15, 1894 to Gerhard and Mary Menke Harmeyer in West Point, Iowa. She is a distant relation of Walt’s on the Wellman side of the family. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

In 1900, we find Elizabeth and her family living with her grandfather Joseph Harmeyer and her uncle Aloysius on the family farm. By 1910, there were 5 kids in the family and they were still living on the farm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On February 14, 1917, Elizabeth married John Matthias Nichting in West Point by Father Groethe. John was living in Henry County working as a farmer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 1920, John and Elizabeth were living in Henry County. Their first son Gerhard was born just a month before the census was taken. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By 1930, they had 4 children. They were still living in Henry County on the farm. John and Elizabeth also had a lodger living with them. He helped on the farm. They also had a brother-in-law living with them, listed as William Britton. I am not sure how he was connected to the family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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By 1950, John and Elizabeth were living in Lee County near Houghton on a farm. They had a lodger on this census as well, a Jon Farnya, from Poland, who was working as a custodian at St John’s Church. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elizabeth Harmeyer Nichting died on December 22, 1983. She was buried in St John’s Cemetery in Houghton, Iowa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harmeyers get mentioned a couple of times in Georgie’s memories. In the post<\/a> where she talks about bootlegging, she mentions living on the Harmeyer place. In a post<\/a> about cooking, she mentions that Mrs. Al Harmeyer made the best angel food cake. That is the same Aloysious that was Elizabeth’s uncle. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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