John Van Houten, his father, a native of the Keystone State, served during the Civil War as a member of Company K, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He then resided near Cushing, Iowa. John married Miss Mary Ann Boyles, a native of Pennsylvania. They had seven children, 3 sons and 4 daughters.
Carlton C. Van Houten was reared on a farm in his native state. At the age of twenty, he came to Iowa and located in Cedar County, 3 years later went to Benton County, and in 1882 came from there to near Battle Creek, Iowa. Here he owned 120 acres of land in Section 8, Maple Township, well improved with good buildings, fences, grove, orchard, etc., and under a high state of cultivation. His house was 16 x 24 feet, with an L, 14 x 20 feet, and there were two barns, one 24 x 32 feet, and the other 16 x 20 feet.
Mr. Van Houten was married at the age of twenty-seven in Muscatine, Iowa, to Lizzie Fricke (1856-1896), a native of Muscatine County, Iowa, and a daughter of August and Fredrica (Herwig) Fricke, the latter a native of Germany. They had four children: the first born died in infancy, Charles Leander, Homer P., Malcom David, and Orr Roy.
He married Christina Sofia Kjar, she was born April 9, 1868, and d. June 8, 1946.
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Carlton Curtis VAN HOUTEN
Given Name: Carlton Curtis
Surname: Van Houten
Sex: M
Birth: 24 Apr 1856 in Porter Township,Clarion,PA
Death: 28 Jan 1935 in Maple Twp,Ida Co.,PA
Father: John Carleton VAN HOUTEN b: 18 Mar 1818 in PA
Mother: Mary Ann BOYLES b: 10 Dec 1822 in PA
Marriage 1 Elizabeth FRICKE b: 30 Jun 1856 in Muscatine Co.,IA
Married: 10 Jan 1882 in Muscatine,IA
Children
Carleton John VAN HOUTEN b: 1883
Charles Leander VAN HOUTEN b: 8 Nov 1884
Homer Preston VAN HOUTEN b: 29 Sep 1886 in Battle Creek,Ida Co.,Iowa
Malcolm David VAN HOUTEN b: 10 Oct 1888 in Maple Twp,Ida Co.,PA
Orr Roy VAN HOUTEN b: 29 May 1891
Sina Mae VAN HOUTEN b: 24 Mar 1893
Infant VAN HOUTEN b: 1896
Marriage 2 Christina KJAR b: 9 Apr 1868 in PA
Married: 14 Nov 1897 in Battle Creek,Ida Co.,Iowa
John Van Houten, his father, a native of the Keystone State, served during the Civil War as a member of Company K, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He then resided near Cushing, Iowa. John married Miss Mary Ann Boyles, a native of Pennsylvania. They had seven children, 3 sons and 4 daughters.
Carlton C. Van Houten was reared on a farm in his native state. At the age of twenty, he came to Iowa and located in Cedar County, 3 years later went to Benton County, and in 1882 came from there to near Battle Creek, Iowa. Here he owned 120 acres of land in Section 8, Maple Township, well improved with good buildings, fences, grove, orchard, etc., and under a high state of cultivation. His house was 16 x 24 feet, with an L, 14 x 20 feet, and there were two barns, one 24 x 32 feet, and the other 16 x 20 feet.
Mr. Van Houten was married at the age of twenty-seven in Muscatine, Iowa, to Lizzie Fricke (1856-1896), a native of Muscatine County, Iowa, and a daughter of August and Fredrica (Herwig) Fricke, the latter a native of Germany. They had four children: the first born died in infancy, Charles Leander, Homer P., Malcom David, and Orr Roy.
He married Christina Sofia Kjar, she was born April 9, 1868, and d. June 8, 1946.
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Carlton Curtis VAN HOUTEN
Given Name: Carlton Curtis
Surname: Van Houten
Sex: M
Birth: 24 Apr 1856 in Porter Township,Clarion,PA
Death: 28 Jan 1935 in Maple Twp,Ida Co.,PA
Father: John Carleton VAN HOUTEN b: 18 Mar 1818 in PA
Mother: Mary Ann BOYLES b: 10 Dec 1822 in PA
Marriage 1 Elizabeth FRICKE b: 30 Jun 1856 in Muscatine Co.,IA
Married: 10 Jan 1882 in Muscatine,IA
Children
Carleton John VAN HOUTEN b: 1883
Charles Leander VAN HOUTEN b: 8 Nov 1884
Homer Preston VAN HOUTEN b: 29 Sep 1886 in Battle Creek,Ida Co.,Iowa
Malcolm David VAN HOUTEN b: 10 Oct 1888 in Maple Twp,Ida Co.,PA
Orr Roy VAN HOUTEN b: 29 May 1891
Sina Mae VAN HOUTEN b: 24 Mar 1893
Infant VAN HOUTEN b: 1896
Marriage 2 Christina KJAR b: 9 Apr 1868 in PA
Married: 14 Nov 1897 in Battle Creek,Ida Co.,Iowa
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Burial: 31 January 1935
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