Some history

I'm a bit young for good memories, unless they are about my own grandparents and my mom's family. So I can only really add some history.

This may be why the Jansen's left Denmark:

Without a navy and crippled by huge debts and a loss of much of its prestige, Denmark sank into poverty. In 1813, the national treasury went bankrupt. Several years later, especially between 1818 and 1824, the price of grain virtually collapsed, which culminated in many farm failures and a massive exodus from Denmark to the New World. The country's precarious financial and military position also put a virtual end to any hope of liberal reforms.

And a marriage record:

Midwest Historical and Genealogical Society has a number of Sedgwick County, KS marriage affidavits in their library...

Jansen, Albert J.	Mies, Mary A.	November 20, 1906	K440
Jansen, Anna	Holmes, R.B.	October 26, 1910	N417
Jansen, Anna Dora	Behner, G.B. McClellen	January 1, 1888	D189
Jansen, B.A.	Beaver, H.E.	June 12, 1912	P275
Jansen, Charles	Prock, Zoela	May 1, 1918	V126
Jansen, Edward O.	Tomford, Lulu	January 29, 1906	K189
Jansen, Elizabeth L.	Evertz, Adam	November 26, 1891	E426
Jansen, Elizabeth L.	Ewertz, Adam	November 26, 1891	E426
Jansen, Etta K.	Mahlandt, A.W.	August 8, 1900	H375
Jansen, Frances	Jaax, Edward	April 18, 1893	F114
Jansen, Harman H.	Allen, Bertha R.	October 25, 1910	N410
Jansen, Helen	Neville, Edward L.	January 15, 1903	I465
Jansen, Ida M.	Bock, Valentine	April 15, 1890	E116
Jansen, J.	Pollock, Opal	December 2, 1907	L222
Jansen, Manda(Amanda)	Baldwin, A.E.	April 25, 1895	F531
Jansen, Mary C.	Kessler, Loren L.		E064
Jansen, Minnie	Marnane, Joseph	April 30, 1912	P211
Jansen, R.L.	Harpstrite, Florence M.	March 2, 1910	N034
Jansen, Susanna(soma)	Springob, Peter	June 5, 1900	H331
Janson, Maud Cordella	Myers, Clarence Arthur	May 20, 1908	L407
Janssen, Anna	Seiler, Peter	January 16, 1883	B338
Daily, Charles E.	Prock, May E.	January 20, 1900	H259

Midwest Historical and Genealogical Society Wichita, Kansas



This isn't all that I have, but some of the more interesting tidbits on G'pa's family that hasn't already been said. I have a lot on G'ma's family too.

We'll just end with a picture of some happy people. :-) They are just too cute!!

Scandia, Kansas

A few days after Shirley's funeral, I had a memory come and I had a visit back in time. I was only about five at the time of this little happening. I had been recovering from a sickness that left me unable to walk. I pulled myself around with my arms, dragging my legs. As time went by I improved up to a crawl. Needless to say, I got preferential treatment from everyone. Probably spoiled a little. I remember Martha swatting me then running. I did my best to catch her, but couldn't. I worked and worked and got to where I could get up on my feet and run a few steps before falling and finally actually staying on my feet, still trying to catch Martha . . unintentional therapy. When Martha was in school at Paul, Idaho, she was the fastest girl in the whole school. I always thought I should get a little credit for her training. I put the pressure on her.
Back at Scandia, I'm still the spoiled little kid in the family. And then Whammo, Shirley is born! Everyone thinks she is pretty neat. All eyes are on her. I am five years old and my prestige has taken a fall. A few days later the neighbors acrosst the street, Bertha & Ed Wiers who owned the drug store up on Main street, came over to our house and possibly thinking that we had enough kids and as they had none and wanted a sweet little baby like we had, that we would consider letting them adopt Shirley. This is in all seriousness. As a five year old spoiled kid, I thought, WOW, things could get back to normal. What a good deal, Shirley would have money and everything and I could still have my place back. I don't know if this decision came to a vote or not. I was just five. Anyway we kept her.
She probably is still saying, Ha, Ha, Ha!
~Karl Jansen, April 2008