==Ipsen family==
* Harry 's paternal grandparents were Mathias Christian Ipsen(b. 1865 Bornholm, Hovedstaden, Denmark - d. 1957 La Grange, Chicago, IL) & Hansine Nikoline Hansen Ipsen (b. 1871 Bornholm, Denmark - d. 1907 La Grange, IL), who were members of the official religion of Denmark (Evangelical Lutheran). Emigrating to the U.S. in 1892, they were married in 1893 at the [https://www.bethlehem-chicago.org/ Bethlehem ELCA] in Chicago. Mathias (or "Christ") was employed in Chicago as a cobbler for a retail shoe store. In 1940, Harry was employed in Denver with the [https://northomahahistory.com/2018/11/28/a-history-of-the-iten-barmettler-biscuit-company/ Merchant Biscuit Company], then located at its founding location at 842 Walnut St. in Denver, Colorado (which is now part of the Metropolitan State University campus). That year (1940), Merchant also purchased a factory in Omaha, Nebraska from Nabisco that nine years later made the first Girl Scout cookies. In 1927, Merchant merged with several others to form the United Biscuit Company of America, and rebranded in 1966 as [https://www.keebler.com/ Keebler], as per its [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keebler_Company wiki].* Doris By 1952, Harry was employed in Charles City with the [https://www.historymuseumsb.org/the-oliver-corporation/ Oliver Corp.], incorporated by James Oliver in 1858 in South Bend, IN, which produced castings for Singer sewing machines, wagon skeins for Studebaker, Hoosier drills, Thomas & Mast grain drills, cider presses & cultivators, Buckeye drills, Hart & Parr combustion engines, Red River threshers, Ann Arbor hay balers, White tractors, Cletrac (Cleveland) tractors & crawlers, Cockshutt tractors, and Farquar cultivators. During WWII, they built airplane fuselages for Boeing at their factory in Battle Creek, Michigan, 25-ton crane carrier transmissions and 106MM rifle gun mounts for the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers in Charles City, IA, the MG-1 crawler & M-47 tank final drives in Cleveland, 76MM Walker Bull-Dog tank guns in Gilroy, California, and 150MM Howitzer gun parts in Shelbyville, OH. In 1947, the company employed 9,000. The company stopped manufacturing in 1976. Also see its [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Farm_Equipment_Company wiki] and its [https://oliverheritage.com/ heritage] organization. Harry's mother worked 20 years for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Denver_Dry_Goods_Company Denver Dry Goods] in charge of alterations, and a member of [https://edgewaterunitedmethodist.wordpress.com/ Edgewater UMC] 1938-1968. Harry's father's 2nd wife was Marion "Minnie" Stewart Yuill Dunsmore-Ipsen(b. 1901 Fergus Co., [[Montana|MT]] - d. 2000 CO), daughter of Robert Yuill (b. 1868 Glasgow, [[Scotland|Scot.]] - d. 1921 Lewistown, Fergus, MT) & Elizabeth Watson Yuill-Van Tine (b. 1868 Edinburgh, Scot. - d. 1934 Auburn, King, WA). ** David Ipsen** Bill Harry Julius Ipsen** Roger '''+1995''' (b. 1918 Winfield, Cowley, [[Kansas|KS]] - d. 1995 Greene, Butler, IA), son of Albert Andrew Ipsen** Mary (b. 1894 Chicago, IL - d. 1959 Denver, CO) & Helen B. Adams Ipsen-Norred (b. 1891 Bushnell, McDonough, IL - d. 1968 Edgewater, Jefferson, CO). 1920 @ Ninnescah, Cowley, KS. In Harry's early years, the family moved to Colorado where Albert was employed as a lineman for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_States_Telephone_Building Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph], as per his obit in [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194004920 FindAGrave]. Their wedding was witnessed by Doris' sister and her husband, Mr. & Mrs. Eldred C. Mather. Harry & Doris resided in Denver for five years after their wedding, then returned to Greene. ** Doris Elaine Beguelin Ipsen'''1917-1934+; +1995''' (b. 1917 Bennezette Twp., Butler, IA; m. 1941 Presby. parsonage, Denver, CO; d. 1995 Charles City, IA), daughter of Alfred Beguelin '''+1917-1949+''' (b. 1885 Highland, IL - d. 1955 Greene, IL) & Emma Louise Mange Beguelin '''+1917-1949+''' (b. 1887 Highland, IL - d. 1978 Charles City, IA). Also see Beguelin family. Doris was a schoolteacher in Dumont, Packard & Aredale prior to her wedding in 1941, residing in Bristow. She then sold homemade pies during her time in Denver. She regularly attended the summer PB conferences in Cedar Falls, as per her obit in [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194004921/doris_elaine_ipsen FindAGrave]. Children: William "Bill", Mary, David, Roger & Elaine.
==Jepsen family==
