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John Benjamin Jelsma

Birth: 15 Mar 1897
Galesburg, Jasper County, Iowa, USA
Death: 10 Jul 1986 (aged 89)
Grinnell, Poweshiek County, Iowa, USA
Burial: Sully Cemetery

Sully, Jasper County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 43877400 View Source

Father: Arend Louis Jelsma, the son of Luite (Louis) Harmens Jelsma and Sjoerdjen Arends Paulus Spek Jelsma

Mother: Jantje Binderts Pietersma Jelsma (Jennie Pietersma Jelsma), the daughter of Benjamin Oenses Pietersma and Baukje Tjeerds van Dijk Pietersma

Siblings: Infant Brother Jelsma, Herman Jelsma, Charles Jelsma, Carl Jelsma, Louis Clarence Jelsma, Bessie Jelsma Sparks, Susan B. Jelsma Speas, Gertrude Jelsma Talbot, Anna Jelsma Van Der Kamp and Marie Jelsma McBride

Wife: Laura L. Talbot Jelsma, the daughter of William Morris Talbot and Martha C. Milton Talbot

Married: February 7, 1923

Child: Verda P. Jelsma

Father: Arend Louis Jelsma, the son of Luite (Louis) Harmens Jelsma and Sjoerdjen Arends Paulus Spek Jelsma

Mother: Jantje Binderts Pietersma Jelsma (Jennie Pietersma Jelsma), the daughter of Benjamin Oenses Pietersma and Baukje Tjeerds van Dijk Pietersma

Siblings: Infant Brother Jelsma, Herman Jelsma, Charles Jelsma, Carl Jelsma, Louis Clarence Jelsma, Bessie Jelsma Sparks, Susan B. Jelsma Speas, Gertrude Jelsma Talbot, Anna Jelsma Van Der Kamp and Marie Jelsma McBride

Wife: Laura L. Talbot Jelsma, the daughter of William Morris Talbot and Martha C. Milton Talbot

Married: February 7, 1923

Child: Verda P. Jelsma

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Laura L. Talbot Jelsma

1896–1925

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Verda P. Jelsma

1925–1993

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Maintained by: Janet Jelsma
Originally Created by: Richard Weston
Added: Nov 3, 2009
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43877400/john_benjamin-jelsma: accessed ), memorial page for John Benjamin Jelsma (15 Mar 1897–10 Jul 1986), Find a Grave Memorial ID 43877400, citing Sully Cemetery, Sully, Jasper County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by Janet Jelsma (contributor 46593816).

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