As for George Lester Niffen & Laura Amanda Wintjen. They had 16 kids & I think George had a duaghter and a son last name Anderson. George had a twin sister named Martha Louise. I guess she died at birth. Laura wanted 10 girls & 10 boys. She almost did it. George died eleven days before Laura. They died in thier 60s. Grandma told me she just gave up because she didnt want to be alone. That is odd. They died eleven days apart. Five of thier Children died at a young age. Thier 2 boys drowned in the Mississippi River by Louisiana, Missouri. Harold Alvin was 16 & George Allen was 15. All my life I heard that one of them fall off the bridge & the other boy jump after him. But when I got older theres another story. On this cold cold night they went out on a boat to fish but the wind got them & dip them over. Couple of days later they found them in the river holding on each other. Their sister's hubby John Clark, his brother Bennett & the Niffen's cousin James Elden Saunders drowned along with them on December 27, 1957. This is true I found a artcle about them under neath "Daily Register, The Saturday, December 28, 1957" but it dont say no names. It only says, five - yorth beleived drowned in the Mississippi River during hunting expedition. The five started up river Friday to hunt on Ducker Island.
To the Niffen's & Clark's BOYS. "RIP" Dec 27, 1957.
All 4 of them are buried next to each other.
Did George and Laura have a girl named Shirley? I remember my grandmother saying her parents names were Lester and Laura Niffen and that she had 2 brothers that had drowned.
ReplyDeleteYes, They have a daughter name Shirley Rose Niffen. Married to a James Dave Robinson.
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Laura Wintjen Niffen was my 3rd cousin. I was a little surprised to see how many kids she had, but back then, the more the merrier.
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My grandma is a daughter of George & Laura "Wintjen" Niffen
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