My grandmother-in-law is Margaret Yelden Kragenbrink of Earlville, Iowa. Her father was Martin Reinhardt Yelden, son of John and Johanna (Schnittjer) Yelden. Martin was born near Delaware, Iowa, in 1878. Some of my information comes from the Nieman Family book. I have not taken any time to research at St. Paul's Lutheran in Delaware to go back further on the Yeldens. If I can be of further assistance, contact me at
laxsonRN@aol.com. Yelden is still a fairly common name in the northeast Iowa area.