Herbert's father was the Rev. Jerome Nicholas Vlieland, his mother Frances Elizabeth (Samworth). He was born in St. Mary's Stalisfield, England. His mother died when he was very young, and his father remarried to Sarah Ann Johnson. His father died when he was 12 then he was sent to a boarding school. After school he apprenticed with a ferm putting up the first electric wires in Scotland, they just attached them house to house. Before he finished his apprenticeship he developed pneumonis and recooperated at his brothers house, who was a doctor. He then sailed to America, settling in Wisconsin. There he met his future wife, they had 7 children. They had an emporium, later they moved north to River Falls where he had greenhouses and ran a nursery. After his son moved to California, they followed him out there the following year. His house and gardens were dotted with fish ponds and was a beautiful place to see. His wife Jennie Amelia Ford died in 1943, later he remarried and lived a long life.
Herbert's father was the Rev. Jerome Nicholas Vlieland, his mother Frances Elizabeth (Samworth). He was born in St. Mary's Stalisfield, England. His mother died when he was very young, and his father remarried to Sarah Ann Johnson. His father died when he was 12 then he was sent to a boarding school. After school he apprenticed with a ferm putting up the first electric wires in Scotland, they just attached them house to house. Before he finished his apprenticeship he developed pneumonis and recooperated at his brothers house, who was a doctor. He then sailed to America, settling in Wisconsin. There he met his future wife, they had 7 children. They had an emporium, later they moved north to River Falls where he had greenhouses and ran a nursery. After his son moved to California, they followed him out there the following year. His house and gardens were dotted with fish ponds and was a beautiful place to see. His wife Jennie Amelia Ford died in 1943, later he remarried and lived a long life.
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