Scholten, Jan “John” Sr., 1846-1925

SCHOLTEN, HAYTINK

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From the Boyden Reporter, October 29, 1925:

JAN SCHOLTEN, SR.

Mr. Jan Scholten, Sr., a Sioux county pioneer, passed away at his home two miles west of Boyden on Sunday morning at about 11 a.m., at the age of 79 years, 5 months and 11 days. His death was the result of a serious illness for several days with pneumonia. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 1:00 o’clock at the home and interment was made in the Nassau cemetery at Alton, Iowa.

Jan Scholten, Sr., was born on the 14th day of May, 1846, in Zutphen, Gelderland, Netherlands. He came to this country and settled in Sioux county in the year of 1871. After living here seven years he returned to the Netherlands and was married to Miss Jennie Scholten, returning with his bride to America. Eight children were born to this union: Evert, of Springfield, S.D.; Harry, of Hull; Gerrit, Anna, Jan Jr. and Bert, all of Boyden; Mrs. Hattie Scholten, of Hull; and Mrs. Lizzie Weersink, of Chicago, Ill. His wife preceded him in death some eight years ago, and his burial will be made beside her grave. Besides the children who are left to mourn his death, there is a large number of relatives.

Deceased was a devout Christian and a member of the Christian Reformed church of Hull. For many years he was very active in church work. He had a large acquaintance in Sioux county and was one of those pioneers who withstood the hardships of the early day.

The Reporter extends its sympathy to the bereaved children and relatives.

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From the Alton Democrat, October 30, 1925, p. 1:

Pioneer Gone
JOHN SCHOLTEN

John Scholten, one of the earliest settlers of Sioux County, died at his home near Boyden October 25 and was buried at Alton Tuesday.

[This brief news note includes a photo. An obituary in the same issue of the Democrat, Boyden news, provides no additional information to the Boyden Reporter obit.]

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RESEARCH NOTES:

The Sioux County Cemetery Index has him as Jan Scholten.

FindaGrave.com has him as Albert Jan “John” Scholten; wife Jenneken Scholten (1853-1917); children Adrianus Hermanus Scholten (1880-1953), Gerrit Scholten (1883-1943), Hein Scholten (1885-1918), Hattie Scholten De Boer Slager (1886-1941), Jan Scholten (1888-1979), and Lambertus Hendrikus Scholten (1897-1980). There are photographs of him as a youngish man, of the Scholten family (presumably), and of the joint headstone of Jan and Jenneken Scholten.

His death certificate has him as Jan Scholten; wife Jennie Scholten; retired farmer; in the U.S. 55 years; parents Evert Jan Scholten and Maria E. Haytenk or Haytink; died of broncho pneumonia.

The Netherlands birth index (from WieWasWie) gives his name as Jan Scholten and his parents as Evert Jan Scholten and Maria Elisabeth Haijtink. As does the marriage index on WieWasWie, which shows him marrying Jenneken Scholten, daughter of Adrianus Harmanus Scholten and Hendrika Gardina Klein Kraanenbarg on March 27, 1878 in Zutphen.