Van Haaften, Mabel Korver, 1901-1989
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1901 - 1989
Biography
Mabel Korver was born to Dutch immigrant parents in 1901 and raised on a farm near Leighton, Iowa with her three sisters. Her parents rented farms until 1919, when they bought a farm that they then lived on for more than twenty years. Mabel Korver married Arie Van Haaften in 1928; they raised four children and farmed near Leighton, retiring to that town in 1964.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Mabel Korver Van Haaften memoir
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0409
Abstract
Arrangement
Dutch-American farmwoman in early nineteenth century Iowa.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Dates:
1986
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives