SPARENBERG FAMILY HISTORY For the Danforth Historical...

SPARENBERG FAMILY HISTORY

For the Danforth Historical Society

John and Marie Ewerks Sparenberg

John’s childhood home in Pilsum Ostriesland, Germany

John’s childhood home in Ostfriesland, Germany

Sparenberg family windmill near home in Germany

John (born May 23, 1881) and Marie (Henrys) Sparenberg Parents of Myron Sparenberg, Danforth, IL

Abe Sparenberg (July 23, 1891)

Abe and Alice (Alberts) Sparenberg

Bert and Lulu (Gerdes) Sparenberg

Bert and Lulu Sparenberg

Great-Grandfather John Sparenberg Died April 22, 1934

Great Grandfather John Sparenberg and his children Hilda, Mattie, Mary, Joe, John, George, Abe, Bert, Antone (Tony)

Joseph Fry Family Emma Fry Karr, Middle Row, Right: Great-great Grandmother

Albert Orrin Karr and Emma Ardella Fry married 10-14-1878

Robert, Ada Odessa , Florence, Viola Karr Children of Albert and Emma Karr

Antone Ernest Sparenberg married Ada Odessa Karr, Granfather and Grandmother

Sparenberg

Tony and Ada Sparenberg, 1948

Tony and Ada moved to this house and farm in 1910

Tony and Ada moved to this house in Danforth in 1948

Tony and Ada with first 5 children. Elizabeth, Albert, Robert, Hilda, Emma and Antone

Antone (Tony) and Ada Sparenberg Family Wilbur, Emma, Ernest, Wendell, Robert, Kenneth

Elizabeth, Antone, Wayne, Richard, Ada, HIlda

Herman (Hike) Heideman and Emma Sparenberg Heideman

Lois Jean Heideman Young

Florence Heideman Wycoff, Dorothy Anne Heideman, Tony Heideman

Children of Hike and Emma Heideman

Hike and Emma Heideman

Hike and Emma Heideman

Robert and Elna Shule Sparenberg

Robert and Elna Sparenberg

Elna and Robert Sparenberg Loretta Mueller ZumMallen, John Sparenberg, Carol Sue Albrecht

Hilda Sparenberg Wilken and William Wilken

Hilda and Bill Wilken

Hilda and Bill Wilken Linda Wilken Sweeney and Elsie Wilken Evelsizer

Steve and Linda Sweeney, Hilda and Bill Wilken, Elsie and Dennis Evelsizer Hilda (Sparenberg) and Bill Wilken’s grandchildren

Ernest and Myrtle Bork Sparenberg

Ernest and Myrt Sparenberg

Cullen Larsen and Elizabeth Sparenberg Larsen

David Larsen Janice Larsen Leroy

Elizabeth and Cullen Larsen

Verna Wilken Sparenberg and Wendell Sparenberg

Jim Sparenberg and JoAnne Sparenberg Zirkle

Wendell, Verna, JoAnne (Sparenberg) Zirkle and Jim Sparenberg

Wilbur Sparenberg

Wilbur Sparenberg

Kenneth Karr Sparenberg

Joyce (Rohrbach) and Kenneth Sparenberg Richard Sparenberg, Dorothy Rohrbach Reichert

Barbara Sparenberg Quinn, Kevin Sparenberg, Jeff Sparenberg Children of Joyce and Kenneth Sparenberg

Wayne and Myrtle (William) Sparenberg

Wayne and Myrtle (William) Sparenberg William, Carl, Dennis, Jerald

Myrtle and Wayne Sparenberg

Inez (Clair) and Richard Sparenberg

Gary, Steven, and Nancy Wessels Children of Inez and Richard Sparenberg

Inez and Richard (Sparky) Sparenberg