Individual Details
Estella M. Sangsland
(6 Jan 1912 - 20 Jan 1999)
BIRTH-MARRIAGE: Neva Sangsland Lemm, 1973
SSDI
ESTELLA M CARTWRIGHT 06 Jan 1912 20 Jan 1999 (V) 95815 (Sacramento, Sacramento, CA) (none specified) 559-10-8913 California
Unknown newspaper [possibly Adams County Record or Hettinger Tribune]; information from Dakota Butte Museum, Hettinger ND
ESTELLA SANGSLAND WEDS CARTWRIGHT
Nuptial Vows Exchanged at Church Ceremony Here Saturday Morning
A color scheme of rose and white was carried out in the decoration of the Hettinger Lutheran church Saturday for the marriage ceremony at which Miss Estella Sangsland became the bride of Rex Cartwright.
The single ring ceremony was performed at 11:30 a.m. by the Rev. E. Leland Rude in the presence of relatives and a number of friends.
The bride was given in marriage by her brother, Elmer Sangsland. Attendants were Miss Neva Sangsland and Carl Sangsland, sister and brother of the bride.
For the occasion the bride wore a gown of lavender chiffon velvet and carried a bouquet of pink roses. A metallic hat and silver slippers completed her ensemble. The bridesmaid was also gowned in lavender chiffon velvet.
Preceding and during the ceremony, Mrs. Rude played a program of nuptial music on the rgan. While the guests were being seated, she played an organ solo, "Silent As the Night" by Bohn. During the processional she played the wedding march from "Lohengrin" and for the recessional she used Mendelssohn's wedding march. While the nuptial vows were being exchanged she played "To a Wild Rose" by McDonald. Two vocal solos were also included on the program of nuptial music. Mrs. Ernest Stedje, accompanied by Mrs. Rude, sang "When Song Is Sweet" and Carleton Austad, accompanied by Doris Wilhelm, sang "I Love You Truly."
Covers were laid for 18 guests at the wedding dinner given by the bride's mother at the Lundel cafe following the ceremony.
The bride is the daugher of Mrs. Bertina Sangsland, Hettinger, and the late Mr. Sangsland. She is a graduate of the Hettinger high school and for the past three yers has been employed at Snyder's Quality Bakery.
The bridegroom is the son of Mrs. Ira D. Cartwright, Minong, Wis., and the late Mr. Cartwright. He has made his home in Hettinger for eight years and for the past two years he has been employed at the Adams County creamery. Recently he has purchased a business establishment at Baker, Montana where he and his bride will make their home after a wedding trip to Miles City, Mont.
Unknown source [possible county history booko]; information from Dakota Butte Museum, Hettinger ND
ESTELLA MARGHRETA SANGSLAND CARTWRIGHT
Born to Bertina and Nels Sangsland on a cold day in January, that was I. I survived a mastoid ear surgery as a one month old baby, typhoid fever at age five, and a fire that burned a cardboard playhouse built as a lean-to on the neighbor's house. My playmate was scared and had to be pulled from the flames by her father.
The only home I remember is a two story house over-looking Hettinger to the west, the Yellowstone Trail from the east, Mirror Lake to the south and Lover's Butte to the north. It was here I grew up with my brothers and sisters: Albert, Norman, Sigrd, Carl, Anna, Neva, Elmer, Edward, Lillian and Alice. My parents owned a 360 acre farm eight miles north of Hettinger, and east of Hettinger they rented large acreage. My brothers, sisters and myself all worked and played, spending all the summer months on the farms. We pulled mustard plants out of the wheat fields, drove the header box with a team of horses, cooked, cleaned, and used precious water from the rainbarrel for water fights.
My brother Albert was a rural mail carrier and owned a Model T Ford. He taught me to drive it when I was 12 years old. My brother Carl and my father were his substitute carriers and since my dad had a heart condition it became my duty to do the driving for him. During the spring planting season and at the harvest time it was my chore to deliver the workers and my brothers to the farm, return the Model T Ford in back of the post office at Hettinger, and get to my classes by nine o'clock. Life was not easy in those days.
Thinking of school, I remember one morning the day after Halloween we arrived at school to find a Jersey cow in the auditorium. She would lead to the stairs but would not go down those stairs. That evening I overheard my brothers and some of their friends say, "Funny, that blasted cow led up those steps like nothing."
One morning I was late for school and my father decided to get me there in a hurry using my brother's Motel T Ford which he was not familiar with. When he arrived at the school he was at a loss as how to stop the car so he circled the block. The plan now was to slow down the car and I was to jump. Jump!! I did and lost my footing on the gravel road and wound up with a skinned shin, but I got to class on time.
In due time I arrived in high school and graduated in 1931. I had ambition to attend nurses college and to study voice. I was baptized and confirmed in the Hettinger Lutheran church, teaching Sunday School for many years.
My high school days and graduation were happy events. It was about that time the "Great Depression" was upon us and the dust storms struck the western prairies. There was very little money to spend, but there was enough dust in the air to blot out the other side of the street. It swept fields clean and covered the line fences. By 1935 things were on the upswing. On Saturday, December 7, 1935, I was married to Rex Cartwright at the Hettinger Lutheran Church by Rev. Rude. The entire community was invited. Following the wedding our dinner was served to relatives and friends at Lundeen Cafe. Following the dinner many men of the community, too many to name, were waiting and they hauled us up and down the main street of Hettinger in an old buggy with a commode hanging under the rear axel. This was being pulled by a truck, keeping on for several hours. Pleading to be on our honeymoon was to no avail. Finally we were turned loose. After we all stopped at Thomas Cafe I was given a huge gift wrapped box. All the people sat around as I opened one gift wrapped box after another and finally after opening a dozen boxes the tiny box at the very bottom had a "baby rattle". All the men and women had a good laugh and we really were having fun.
We moved to Baker, Montana. After a winter of 60 degrees below and a summer of 118 degrees, we moved to Auburn, California. It was so beautiful to see roses growing over the fences and walls, fruit trees and beautiful flowers and vines. It seemed like paradise to me. Three children were born to us in Auburn, Diana, Joan and Paul. We built a house overlooking Auburn and the Sacramento Valley. During the war we were forced out of our home as thre freeway was built through our front room. We moved to Sacramento where our fourth child was born, our son, John.
We are very proud of our children. All have college degrees and our daughter Joan has received her doctors credentials. They are all married. We have two fine sons-in-law, Donald Lee married to Diana and Larry Blunt married to Joan and two lovely daughters-in-law, Phyllis married to Paul and Susan married to John. We have four lovely grandchildren: Cheryl and Carol Lee, daughters of Diana and Don, Daniel Cartwright, son of Phyllis and Paul, and Sara Marie Cartwright, daughter of Susan and John.
SSDI
ESTELLA M CARTWRIGHT 06 Jan 1912 20 Jan 1999 (V) 95815 (Sacramento, Sacramento, CA
Unknown newspaper [possibly Adams County Record or Hettinger Tribune]; information from Dakota Butte Museum, Hettinger ND
ESTELLA SANGSLAND WEDS CARTWRIGHT
Nuptial Vows Exchanged at Church Ceremony Here Saturday Morning
A color scheme of rose and white was carried out in the decoration of the Hettinger Lutheran church Saturday for the marriage ceremony at which Miss Estella Sangsland became the bride of Rex Cartwright.
The single ring ceremony was performed at 11:30 a.m. by the Rev. E. Leland Rude in the presence of relatives and a number of friends.
The bride was given in marriage by her brother, Elmer Sangsland. Attendants were Miss Neva Sangsland and Carl Sangsland, sister and brother of the bride.
For the occasion the bride wore a gown of lavender chiffon velvet and carried a bouquet of pink roses. A metallic hat and silver slippers completed her ensemble. The bridesmaid was also gowned in lavender chiffon velvet.
Preceding and during the ceremony, Mrs. Rude played a program of nuptial music on the rgan. While the guests were being seated, she played an organ solo, "Silent As the Night" by Bohn. During the processional she played the wedding march from "Lohengrin" and for the recessional she used Mendelssohn's wedding march. While the nuptial vows were being exchanged she played "To a Wild Rose" by McDonald. Two vocal solos were also included on the program of nuptial music. Mrs. Ernest Stedje, accompanied by Mrs. Rude, sang "When Song Is Sweet" and Carleton Austad, accompanied by Doris Wilhelm, sang "I Love You Truly."
Covers were laid for 18 guests at the wedding dinner given by the bride's mother at the Lundel cafe following the ceremony.
The bride is the daugher of Mrs. Bertina Sangsland, Hettinger, and the late Mr. Sangsland. She is a graduate of the Hettinger high school and for the past three yers has been employed at Snyder's Quality Bakery.
The bridegroom is the son of Mrs. Ira D. Cartwright, Minong, Wis., and the late Mr. Cartwright. He has made his home in Hettinger for eight years and for the past two years he has been employed at the Adams County creamery. Recently he has purchased a business establishment at Baker, Montana where he and his bride will make their home after a wedding trip to Miles City, Mont.
Unknown source [possible county history booko]; information from Dakota Butte Museum, Hettinger ND
ESTELLA MARGHRETA SANGSLAND CARTWRIGHT
Born to Bertina and Nels Sangsland on a cold day in January, that was I. I survived a mastoid ear surgery as a one month old baby, typhoid fever at age five, and a fire that burned a cardboard playhouse built as a lean-to on the neighbor's house. My playmate was scared and had to be pulled from the flames by her father.
The only home I remember is a two story house over-looking Hettinger to the west, the Yellowstone Trail from the east, Mirror Lake to the south and Lover's Butte to the north. It was here I grew up with my brothers and sisters: Albert, Norman, Sigrd, Carl, Anna, Neva, Elmer, Edward, Lillian and Alice. My parents owned a 360 acre farm eight miles north of Hettinger, and east of Hettinger they rented large acreage. My brothers, sisters and myself all worked and played, spending all the summer months on the farms. We pulled mustard plants out of the wheat fields, drove the header box with a team of horses, cooked, cleaned, and used precious water from the rainbarrel for water fights.
My brother Albert was a rural mail carrier and owned a Model T Ford. He taught me to drive it when I was 12 years old. My brother Carl and my father were his substitute carriers and since my dad had a heart condition it became my duty to do the driving for him. During the spring planting season and at the harvest time it was my chore to deliver the workers and my brothers to the farm, return the Model T Ford in back of the post office at Hettinger, and get to my classes by nine o'clock. Life was not easy in those days.
Thinking of school, I remember one morning the day after Halloween we arrived at school to find a Jersey cow in the auditorium. She would lead to the stairs but would not go down those stairs. That evening I overheard my brothers and some of their friends say, "Funny, that blasted cow led up those steps like nothing."
One morning I was late for school and my father decided to get me there in a hurry using my brother's Motel T Ford which he was not familiar with. When he arrived at the school he was at a loss as how to stop the car so he circled the block. The plan now was to slow down the car and I was to jump. Jump!! I did and lost my footing on the gravel road and wound up with a skinned shin, but I got to class on time.
In due time I arrived in high school and graduated in 1931. I had ambition to attend nurses college and to study voice. I was baptized and confirmed in the Hettinger Lutheran church, teaching Sunday School for many years.
My high school days and graduation were happy events. It was about that time the "Great Depression" was upon us and the dust storms struck the western prairies. There was very little money to spend, but there was enough dust in the air to blot out the other side of the street. It swept fields clean and covered the line fences. By 1935 things were on the upswing. On Saturday, December 7, 1935, I was married to Rex Cartwright at the Hettinger Lutheran Church by Rev. Rude. The entire community was invited. Following the wedding our dinner was served to relatives and friends at Lundeen Cafe. Following the dinner many men of the community, too many to name, were waiting and they hauled us up and down the main street of Hettinger in an old buggy with a commode hanging under the rear axel. This was being pulled by a truck, keeping on for several hours. Pleading to be on our honeymoon was to no avail. Finally we were turned loose. After we all stopped at Thomas Cafe I was given a huge gift wrapped box. All the people sat around as I opened one gift wrapped box after another and finally after opening a dozen boxes the tiny box at the very bottom had a "baby rattle". All the men and women had a good laugh and we really were having fun.
We moved to Baker, Montana. After a winter of 60 degrees below and a summer of 118 degrees, we moved to Auburn, California. It was so beautiful to see roses growing over the fences and walls, fruit trees and beautiful flowers and vines. It seemed like paradise to me. Three children were born to us in Auburn, Diana, Joan and Paul. We built a house overlooking Auburn and the Sacramento Valley. During the war we were forced out of our home as thre freeway was built through our front room. We moved to Sacramento where our fourth child was born, our son, John.
We are very proud of our children. All have college degrees and our daughter Joan has received her doctors credentials. They are all married. We have two fine sons-in-law, Donald Lee married to Diana and Larry Blunt married to Joan and two lovely daughters-in-law, Phyllis married to Paul and Susan married to John. We have four lovely grandchildren: Cheryl and Carol Lee, daughters of Diana and Don, Daniel Cartwright, son of Phyllis and Paul, and Sara Marie Cartwright, daughter of Susan and John.
Events
| Birth | 6 Jan 1912 | Hettinger, ND | |||
| Marriage | 7 Dec 1935 | Rex Cartwright | |||
| Death | 20 Jan 1999 | California |  |
Families
| Spouse | Rex Cartwright |
| Child | Diana Cartwright |
| Child | Joan Cartwright |
| Child | Paul Cartwright |
| Child | John Cartwright |
| Father | Nels Sangsland (1866 - ) |
| Mother | Bertina Staberg (1884 - ) |
| Sibling | Albert S. Sangsland (1901 - ) |
| Sibling | Norman Bernard Sangsland (1903 - ) |
| Sibling | Sigrid A. Sangsland (1906 - 1998) |
| Sibling | Carl K. Sangsland (1907 - 1973) |
| Sibling | Anna Clarissa Sangsland (1909 - 1989) |
| Sibling | Neva B. Sangsland (1914 - 1998) |
| Sibling | Elmer William Sangsland (1916 - 1983) |
| Sibling | Edward S. Sangsland (1919 - 1998) |
| Sibling | Lillian E. Sangsland (1921 - ) |
| Sibling | Alice Sangsland (1924 - ) |
Endnotes
1. U.S. Social Security Death Index .