Henry Bornholdt was born Sept 9th 1867, and the women he married was Ida Bornholdt who was born March 26 1867. Ida came to Avoca at the age of ten. Henry came much later and they had three kids, Elmer Bornholdt who married Ella Thiessen, Della Bornholdt who married Billy Miessen, and Ina Bornholdt who married Frank Vierhus. Frank Vierhus owned the Avoca bank which is where a lot of my grandparents' money came from, but Henry was a farmer.
Elmer was born in Avoca. Elmer and Ella had two sons, Robert, and my grandpa Jack. Robert married Elizabeth Rackaway and they had two kids, Ann and Lee Bornholdt. Robert was an entrepreneur. Elmer was a farmer.
Jack Bornholdt was born January 25th 1927, and he married my grandma Elizabeth Bombeck, who was born June 19 1931. My grandpa died July 2 last year, while my grandma is my one remaining relative of that generation. They had 3 kids, Shelley, Beth, and my mom, Vanessa. My grandpa was a farmer while my grandma was an art teacher. Now she is somehow very rich and travels around the world.
My mom is Vanessa Bornholdt and she married my dad Roger Heilig. My mom is a councilor for the Council Bluffs school district, and my dad is the electrical, sewer, and water superintendent for the town of Shelby. My mom was born May 16th on some date she won't tell me, but she insists she is 43, a lie, so I'm gonna guess 1963. My dad was born in 1956 on October 3. They had two kids, me and my brother Ben.
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