The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 449 ALBERT JONGEWAARD. Albert Jongewaard is the owner of a valuable farm property of nineteen acres, devoted to the raising of fruit and vegetables, and the progressive methods which he follows in this undertaking are making his work very profitable. A native of Oregon, he was born on the 10th of January, 1865, a son of Arie and Dora (Van Rossum) Jongewaard, who took up their residence in Oregon in 1864 and spent seven years in that state, the father there passing away. The mother afterward returned with her family to Iowa and continued to make her home in Sioux county, that state, until her death. Albert Jongewaard acquired a public school education in Iowa and through the period of his boyhood and youth worked upon farms in that state. He early became familiar with the best methods of tilling the soil and caring for the crops and his early diligence and industry constituted the foundation upon which he has built his later success. After working for others for some time he rented farm land, which he cultivated on his own account. The lure of the west, however, was upon him and in 1901 he came to Yakima county, where he purchased twenty acres of land. He afterward sold one acre of that tract for school purposes. His place was all wild land but he at once began to cultivate it and his labors soon brought about a marked change in its appearance and in its value. He still owns this tract of nineteen acres and he has four acres planted to apples and pears, while the remainder of the farm is used for the raising of corn, potatoes, beets and hay. On the 16th of June, 1904, Mr. Jongewaard was married to Miss Kate Swier, who was born in Holland and came to the United States when eleven years of age. The four children of this marriage are Margaret, George, Ethel and Donald. The parents and their children are members of the Dutch Reformed church and in social circles of the community they occupy an enviable position. Mr. Jongewaard votes with the republican party. He has never regretted his determination to leave the Mississippi valley and try his fortune in the Pacific coast country. He has here found the opportunities which he sought and in their utilization has worked his way steadily upward, becoming one of the substantial and successful business men of Yakima county. ******************************** Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.