Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Jongewaard were both born in Iowa. Anthony was born in 1864 and his wife (Mary Haverkamp) in 1863. They came to North Dakota in 1904 and settled a mile east of Litchville, North Dakota, on what is now known as the Harvey Kluvers farm. In 1908 they decided to move to Greenland Township (East Half of Section 19) ten miles northwest of Marion, North Dakota. When the arrived at their new home all that was there was a granary but no other buildings, so the family made the granary their home while they first built a new barn to accommodate the livestock in the approaching winter. They spent that first winter in the granary and the children woke up many mornings with snow on their beds that had sifted in during the night. The following year they built their new house and they lived there until 1924 when their son, Richard, rented the place and eventually purchased the farm. Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Jongewaard and their daughter, Henrietta, resided in Marion where for many years they operated a cream station, then after Mr. Jongewaard passed away in 1932 Henrietta became associated with Dr. Merrett and the Marion Hospital. Henrietta cared for her mother and managed the hospital until her mother's death in 1945. Their children are: Arie, who managed the J. C. Miller elevator at Marion for many years and now resides in a rest home at Lynden, WN; Richard, who is retired on the home farm at Marion; Janet (Mrs. Clarence Boom) who resides in Marion and Henrietta (Jonggwaard) Kummer, who has been a patient at the Sheyenne Memorial Hospital in Valley City for the past ten years.

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 117