Individual Details

Came from Christiana, became Oslo in early 1900s. He came before her on Christmas Day in 1908-09. He didn't have enough money for her to come right away. Came to NY and to relatives in MN and saved money for her to come but not enough for the child who stayed behind and was raised by relatives.
Hardie was child's name. Grandma shunned her when she she visited here in 70's 80's. Aug 1996 Jon and his dad went over there for a simple ceremony for burial of Hardie. Hardie died in April 1996. He died in 1951. Karen died in 1988-91. she was 90 some. Uncle Wally was in Navy and made contact with Hardie and in mid 70s they arranged for her to come over here. Hardie's granddaughter showed them a letter of Karen to Hardie saying don't come.
Karen never went back to Norway. They had Hardie before they were married. The families knew each other...Jon thinks.

Greta's twin daughters said (during a visit in 2017) said Grandma had to wait until she was 21 to come to America. Child couldn't because Norwegian law. After a while they tried to get baby and people who had her would not release her. She had a hard life there and they treated her like a servant.

He had been in the navy and was a barrel maker or such. He hired out to farmers in Winona and later worked in a flour mill. Tried farming in Watoka, south of Winona.

Or spelled Hanson
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MN Death Index
Karen Annetta Ask
Birth Date 19 Jul 1890
Death Date 30 May 1985
Death County Houston
State file # 015682
Certificate # 015682
Certificate Year 1985
Record # 2182309
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MN Naturalization Records Index 1854-1957
Haakon (Mrs Karen) Ask
County Winona
Reel 5
Code 19
Vol 2
Page 47
Document type: Final papers
Years 1913-1918
#s 1-100
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SSDI
Karen Ask
SSN 474-12-3079
Last Res 55943 Houston, Houston, MN
Birth 19 Jul 1890
Death May 1985
State SSN issued MN
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BIO: Karen was born in Norway, but came to the United States to join her husband in 1911. If someone knows specifically where she was born I would be glad to include this information. She was short 5'2", but a dynamo of energy. Raising 12 children is a great legacy to leave. Many of her grandchildren also stayed with her at 803 Olmstead in Winona while they attended Winona State College. She would clean house for many distinctive Winona citizens (Judge Murphy for one), late into her 70's. She was burned over a large part of her body while she was in her 80's. An average person would have died from such an ordeal, but Karen recovered to live many more years. She spent the last of her years in Houston at the Valley View Nursing Home. (Written on her 90th birthday) As you look back on 90 years, with all its joys and all its tears, You'll see it all has been worthwhile, bring toot her much joy and a smile, Childhood years in Norway fair, things were not good then over there. At age 21, on the Lusitania, you came across to our America. Right on west to Minnesota land where you and Haakon, hand in hand, Began a home and tilled the soil, in those days it was real toil. Then the babies began to come, making it a happy home. Alma, lively and full of pep, making excitement at every step. Florence's laughter seemed to ring, adding sparkle to everything. Little Carl was Daddy's pride, usually found close by his side. Then came Roy, content to be dominated by his siblings three. Wally decided, when very little, that he would not be second fiddle. Next came Hazel, sweet and petite, after three boys, a real treat. Velma, industrious even when small, wouldn't tolerate dirt at all. Esther, studious and wise, know how to calm and organize. Lyle, with a smile like Dad, cheerful and witty, that can't be bad. Evie, the singer, hushing dolls cries, later on sang many lullabies. Carol, the creative one, also always lots of fun. Anita, the baby, the family pet, even today is a sweetheart yet. Hardy helps us in this day to remember our roots are in Norway. 54 grandchildren, good looking and smart, 54 great-grandchildren to warm the heart, And one great-great-grandchild, that's a start. There is so much more we could unfold, remembering happiness so often told. But there are values handed on, and we will continue son to son, Teaching the children to trust in the Lord, and that work itself is its own reward As you read this you must consent, those 90 years have been well spent by Ellinore Ask (1980)
This is from Ancestry.com database called Haakon Ask by Paul Ask, 2001.
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Karen Annette Hansen Ask

Birth: Jul. 19, 1890
Oslo fylke, Norway
Death: May 30, 1985
Houston
Houston County
Minnesota, USA

Daughter of Adolf and Alma Hansen.
Karen married Haakon Ask in Winona, Mn. November 11, 1911.
They were the parents of 13 children. 
 
Family links: 
 Spouse:
  Haakon Ask (1891 - 1951)
 
 Children:
  Alma Kristiane Ask Eberhard (1912 - 2005)*
  Velma Marie Ask Degallier (1923 - 2015)*

Burial:
Stone Church Cemetery 
Houston
Houston County
Minnesota, USA
 
Created by: Rita Macy
Record added: Feb 06, 2014 
Find A Grave Memorial# 124752765
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Birth	19 Jul 1890	Oslo, Norway
Marriage	9 Nov 1911	Winona, Minnesota, United States - Haakon Ask
Death	30 May 1985	Valley View Nursing Home, Houston, Minnesota, United States
Burial		Stone Church Cemetery, Houston, Houston, Minnesota, United States
Census	1910 Norway

Spouse	Haakon Ask (1891 - 1951)
Child	Lyle Haakon Ask (1928 - 2021)
Child	Hardy Anita Napstad (1910 - 1996)
Child	Alma Kristina Ask (1912 - 2005)
Child	Florence Louise Ask (1914 - 1952)
Child	Carl Herbert Ask (1915 - 2002)
Child	Roy Harvey Ask ( - 2019)
Child	Walter Harold "Wally" Ask (1919 - 2013)
Child	Hazel Bernice Ask (1921 - 2011)
Child	Velma Marie Ask (1923 - 2015)
Child	Esther Lorena Ask (1926 - )
Child	Evelyn Kari Ask (1930 - 1992)
Child	Carol Jean Ask (1933 - )
Child	Anita Ask (1936 - )

Father	Adolf Theodore Julius Hansen (1853 - 1915)
Mother	Alma Josephina Olsen (1859 - 1900)
Sibling	Karl Julius Hansen (1880 - 1949)
Sibling	Anna Hansen (1879 - 1900)
Sibling	Adolph Hartvig Hansen (1884 - )
Sibling	Harolda Fernanda Hansen (1886 - 1900)

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