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Female Etta Beving Click to view Etta Beving in the family tree

Etta was born on October 12th, 1898 in Matlock, Sioux or near Woden, Hancock, Iowa.  Etta's father was Dick (Dirk) Beving and her mother was Mareka Willemssen.  Her paternal grandparents were Dirk (Ubbens) Evers Beving and Trientje "Tena" Jans Freeksen; her maternal grandparents were Jan Hindkerk Willemssen and Peterke (Pearl) Muntinga. She had five brothers and ten sisters, named John Willemssen, Dirk (Dick), Ubbe, Henry, Henry, Trientja (Tena), Peterka (Patty), Antje (Anna), Gepka (Abbie), Amke (Emma), Wopka (Myrtle), Mareka (Mary), Henrietta, Minnie and Bertha.  She was the third youngest of the sixteen children.  She died at the age of 86 on February 6th, 1985 in Breckenridge, Wilkin, Minnesota.


Etta's family with John McDougall

‌Etta and John were married in a religious ceremony on January 28th, 1919 in Breckenridge, Wilkin, Minnesota.  They had a son and a daughter, named Robert Nelson and Eunice Mae.

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