Individual Details
Hans Jakobsen Lovro
(17 Dec 1885 - 16 May 1964)
Medical: Metastic cancer of breast (Death Certificate)
Known in Norway as Hans Jakobsen Langrød.
Hans Jacobsen Lovro arrived at Boston, Mass. on 'Saxonia' from Trondjem, Norway on May 19, 1905. He signed his first papers in Lincoln County, MN on Oct. 21, 1908. His physical description was: born Dec 17, 1885 in Trondjem, Norway; physical description was: fair complexion, 6 ft 0 inches; 180 lbs.; dark brown hair; blue eyes; no distinctive visible marks. He resides in Hansonville Township, MN.
First Naturalization Papers - BJS
Hans & Oline came to America on "S.S. Ivernia" , sailing from Liverpool, June 2, 1908. Final destination - Minneapolis, Minn. This is on the Boston Passenger Lists 1820-1943.
BJS - Ancestry - Oct. 2007
Hans was born in Singsas, Norway --- Then his folks moved to Trondheim. Helga thinks they moved to Trondheim before Hans came to America, but she isn't sure about that. The second farm was at Bjarka. You could see Trondheim and the fjord from the farm when Helga was at the farm in 1978.
BJS - per conversation with Helga on 12-19-2001
HANS LOVRO
Granville -- The funeral for Hans Lovro, 78, Granville, who died Saturday in a Minot hospital after being a patient six months, will be Tuesday at 2 in First Lutheran Church at Granville.
Rev. Marloe Karlen will officiate and burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens, north of Minot. Pallbearers will be Valdemar Hovde, Hiram Finneseth, Kenneth Krefting, Samuel Anderson, Luther Ness and Maurice Grondahl.
Friends may call at Thompson-Larson Funeral Home, Minot, until 11 a.m. Tuesday.
Mr. Lovro was born in Trondheim, Norway, Dec. 17, 1885, and came to the United States and Hendricks, Minn., when he was 17.
On Oct. 24, 1908, he married Oline Haseth. They moved to Bonetraill in 1919, and farmed there for about 18 years. While at Bonetraill Mr. Lovro was active in Scandia Valley Lutheran Church and in township affairs.
In 1937 they settled on a farm near Granville, in Egg Creek Township, McHenry County, and 12 years later retired and moved into Granville. At Granville Mr. Lovro was active in First Lutheran church and served on the church council. Mrs. Lovro died Dec. 12, 1956.
Surviving are one son, Justin of Norwich; four daughters, Mrs. Kolbjorn (Mabel) Hoff of Bonetraill, Mrs. Kenneth (Helga) Cross and Mrs. Lyle (Alpha) Hills, both of Granville, and Mrs. Ingvald (Olga) Odland of Voltaire; one brother, Jacob of Strinda, Norway; and 12 grandchildren.
a newspaper article
FUNERAL HERE TUESDAY FOR HANS LOVRO
Funeral services were held here Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in First Lutheran Church for Hans Lovro who died in a Minot hospital Saturday. The Rev. Marloe Karlen, pastor, was in charge. Burial was in Sunset Memorial Gardens north of Minot. Pallbearers were Valdemar Hovde, Hiram Finneseth, Kenneth Krefting, Samuel Anderson, Luther Ness and Maurice Grondahl.
Mr. Lovro was 78 years old and suffered from a heart condition. For some time a patient in a Minot rest home, he had been a hospital patient for six months prior to his death. Reviewal was permitted at the Thompson-Larson Funeral Home in Minot until 11 o'clock Tuesday forenoon.
Mr. Lovro was born in Trondheim, Norway, December 17, 1885, and came to the United States and Hendricks, Minn., when he was 17.
On Oct. 24, 1908, he married Oline Haseth. They moved to Bonetrail in 1919, and farmed there for about 18 years. While at Bonetrail Mr. Lovro was active in Scandia Valley Lutheran Church and in township affairs.
In 1937 they settled on a farm near Granville, in Egg Creek Township, and 12 years later retired and moved into Granville. At Granville, Mr. Lovro was active in First Lutheran Church and served on the church council. Mrs. Lovro died December 12, 1956.
Surviving are one son, Justin of Norwich; four daughters, Mrs. Kolbjorn (Mabel) Hoff of Bonetrail, Mrs. Kenneth (Helga) Cross and Mrs. Lyle (Alpha) Hills, both of Granville and Mrs. Ingvald (Olga) Odland of Voltaire; one brother, Jacob of Strinda, Norway; and 12 grandchildren.
a newspaper article *
*with several errors, Hans was never in a Minot rest home, he was a geriatric patient at Trinity Hospital (they had a geriatric floor, 6th floor), he had lived with Alpha for awhile and then got his own tiny mobile home and lived on Helga's farm until he became to ill to live there,--- he didn't have a heart condition, he died of breast cancer that had metasticised to the bone, per his death certificate. BJS
HANS LOVRO FAMILY by Helga Lovro Cross
Hans and Oline Lovro, son Justin and daughters Mabel and Helga came in October 1919, arriving at Grenora by train from Hendricks, Minnesota. We traveled by team to Magne Stovers, where we stayed about four days before we could have occupancy of the farm purchased from John Moltzer and located one mile south and one half mile east of Borstad Store, later Hagboe & Johnson Store.
Entertainment centered around school and church activities. We first heard radio with ear phones at the Erik Hoff home in 1925 or 1926. We owned our first radio about 1930. The reception was good as long as the wind blew so that we could keep the batteries charged. We read Normanden, Decorah Posten, all the school library books and any borrowed books we could lay our hands on, besides the old Norwegian novels and books (devotional and other) brought with the family. The first movie we saw was at Williston when Mabel graduated from grade school and all graduates and their families were invited to Williston for graduation exercises and a free movie, Tom Sawyer.
In 1929 the farming was improved with the use of a Fordson tractor. If it was an improvement or not is uncertain because of all the cranking necessary to keep it running.
Alpha and Olga were added to the family and all the children attended Hagbo school. Helga graduated from high school at Grenora in 1933 and from Teachers College at Minot. Olga graduated from high school at Granville in 1946. Mabel (Mrs. K.) Hoff remained in Strandahl but the rest of the family left in 1937, on account of the drought and dust storms, settled in Granville and are still living in the vicinity, Helga (Mrs. Kenneth) Cross and Alpha (Mrs. Lyle) Hills on farms at Granville. Justin Lovro and family live on a farm at Norwich and Olga (Mrs. Ingvald) Oldland at Voltaire.
County agents were established in the early 1930s, but weren't much help at that time. They did teach us to add molasses and salt to thistles to keep the cows alive. We got through the Dirty Thirties by milking cows and living on the cream checks and W.P.A. work. Other hard times were caused by hail storms, dry years and grasshoppers. One good year was 1928 when we got a bumper crop, but we got only 27 cents a bushel for wheat.
Hans Lovro and later son Justin they hauled coal from mines 10 or 12 miles away for the school and Hagboe Store as well as for their home. Many hours were spent waiting in line to get a load of coal and many frozen sandwiches were eaten for noon lunch.
There were small hospitals at Grenora and Williston where we went for hospital care. Medicines used were Kuriko, liniment, naphta drops on sugar lumps, licorice and turpentine and tallow on wool cloths for chest applications.
Life was not as complicated as it seems to be now. Simple amusements and get togethers in those days meant more, I feel, than the big extravanganzas in this day and age. I think of how we drove with horses and buggy decorated with flags to Bonetraill to celebrate the 4th of July in about 1925 or thereabouts. This celebration consisted of a picnic dinner, a ball game, and the opportunity to buy "ice cream" by the cone.
Also I think of how we, together with neighbors, would go to the sandhills (probably a distance of about 15 miles toward Medicine Lake, Montana) to spend the day picniking and picking chokecherries for jelly. If we were real fortunate, we might also find a few June berries when we would go to Snake Butte for a picnic and fellowship. It was also considered quite an outing to drive to Fort Buford to see the Indians, or to go to Williston to attend the Old Timers' Fiddler Contest.
The Wonder of Williams A History of Williams County
Vol. 2
According to Mabel Hoff - Aug. 14, 2005 - Hans and Oline lost their farm at Bonetraill, they owed taxes or whatever and just left because they couldn't pay it.
BJS
Known in Norway as Hans Jakobsen Langrød.
Hans Jacobsen Lovro arrived at Boston, Mass. on 'Saxonia' from Trondjem, Norway on May 19, 1905. He signed his first papers in Lincoln County, MN on Oct. 21, 1908. His physical description was: born Dec 17, 1885 in Trondjem, Norway; physical description was: fair complexion, 6 ft 0 inches; 180 lbs.; dark brown hair; blue eyes; no distinctive visible marks. He resides in Hansonville Township, MN.
First Naturalization Papers - BJS
Hans & Oline came to America on "S.S. Ivernia" , sailing from Liverpool, June 2, 1908. Final destination - Minneapolis, Minn. This is on the Boston Passenger Lists 1820-1943.
BJS - Ancestry - Oct. 2007
Hans was born in Singsas, Norway --- Then his folks moved to Trondheim. Helga thinks they moved to Trondheim before Hans came to America, but she isn't sure about that. The second farm was at Bjarka. You could see Trondheim and the fjord from the farm when Helga was at the farm in 1978.
BJS - per conversation with Helga on 12-19-2001
HANS LOVRO
Granville -- The funeral for Hans Lovro, 78, Granville, who died Saturday in a Minot hospital after being a patient six months, will be Tuesday at 2 in First Lutheran Church at Granville.
Rev. Marloe Karlen will officiate and burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens, north of Minot. Pallbearers will be Valdemar Hovde, Hiram Finneseth, Kenneth Krefting, Samuel Anderson, Luther Ness and Maurice Grondahl.
Friends may call at Thompson-Larson Funeral Home, Minot, until 11 a.m. Tuesday.
Mr. Lovro was born in Trondheim, Norway, Dec. 17, 1885, and came to the United States and Hendricks, Minn., when he was 17.
On Oct. 24, 1908, he married Oline Haseth. They moved to Bonetraill in 1919, and farmed there for about 18 years. While at Bonetraill Mr. Lovro was active in Scandia Valley Lutheran Church and in township affairs.
In 1937 they settled on a farm near Granville, in Egg Creek Township, McHenry County, and 12 years later retired and moved into Granville. At Granville Mr. Lovro was active in First Lutheran church and served on the church council. Mrs. Lovro died Dec. 12, 1956.
Surviving are one son, Justin of Norwich; four daughters, Mrs. Kolbjorn (Mabel) Hoff of Bonetraill, Mrs. Kenneth (Helga) Cross and Mrs. Lyle (Alpha) Hills, both of Granville, and Mrs. Ingvald (Olga) Odland of Voltaire; one brother, Jacob of Strinda, Norway; and 12 grandchildren.
a newspaper article
FUNERAL HERE TUESDAY FOR HANS LOVRO
Funeral services were held here Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in First Lutheran Church for Hans Lovro who died in a Minot hospital Saturday. The Rev. Marloe Karlen, pastor, was in charge. Burial was in Sunset Memorial Gardens north of Minot. Pallbearers were Valdemar Hovde, Hiram Finneseth, Kenneth Krefting, Samuel Anderson, Luther Ness and Maurice Grondahl.
Mr. Lovro was 78 years old and suffered from a heart condition. For some time a patient in a Minot rest home, he had been a hospital patient for six months prior to his death. Reviewal was permitted at the Thompson-Larson Funeral Home in Minot until 11 o'clock Tuesday forenoon.
Mr. Lovro was born in Trondheim, Norway, December 17, 1885, and came to the United States and Hendricks, Minn., when he was 17.
On Oct. 24, 1908, he married Oline Haseth. They moved to Bonetrail in 1919, and farmed there for about 18 years. While at Bonetrail Mr. Lovro was active in Scandia Valley Lutheran Church and in township affairs.
In 1937 they settled on a farm near Granville, in Egg Creek Township, and 12 years later retired and moved into Granville. At Granville, Mr. Lovro was active in First Lutheran Church and served on the church council. Mrs. Lovro died December 12, 1956.
Surviving are one son, Justin of Norwich; four daughters, Mrs. Kolbjorn (Mabel) Hoff of Bonetrail, Mrs. Kenneth (Helga) Cross and Mrs. Lyle (Alpha) Hills, both of Granville and Mrs. Ingvald (Olga) Odland of Voltaire; one brother, Jacob of Strinda, Norway; and 12 grandchildren.
a newspaper article *
*with several errors, Hans was never in a Minot rest home, he was a geriatric patient at Trinity Hospital (they had a geriatric floor, 6th floor), he had lived with Alpha for awhile and then got his own tiny mobile home and lived on Helga's farm until he became to ill to live there,--- he didn't have a heart condition, he died of breast cancer that had metasticised to the bone, per his death certificate. BJS
HANS LOVRO FAMILY by Helga Lovro Cross
Hans and Oline Lovro, son Justin and daughters Mabel and Helga came in October 1919, arriving at Grenora by train from Hendricks, Minnesota. We traveled by team to Magne Stovers, where we stayed about four days before we could have occupancy of the farm purchased from John Moltzer and located one mile south and one half mile east of Borstad Store, later Hagboe & Johnson Store.
Entertainment centered around school and church activities. We first heard radio with ear phones at the Erik Hoff home in 1925 or 1926. We owned our first radio about 1930. The reception was good as long as the wind blew so that we could keep the batteries charged. We read Normanden, Decorah Posten, all the school library books and any borrowed books we could lay our hands on, besides the old Norwegian novels and books (devotional and other) brought with the family. The first movie we saw was at Williston when Mabel graduated from grade school and all graduates and their families were invited to Williston for graduation exercises and a free movie, Tom Sawyer.
In 1929 the farming was improved with the use of a Fordson tractor. If it was an improvement or not is uncertain because of all the cranking necessary to keep it running.
Alpha and Olga were added to the family and all the children attended Hagbo school. Helga graduated from high school at Grenora in 1933 and from Teachers College at Minot. Olga graduated from high school at Granville in 1946. Mabel (Mrs. K.) Hoff remained in Strandahl but the rest of the family left in 1937, on account of the drought and dust storms, settled in Granville and are still living in the vicinity, Helga (Mrs. Kenneth) Cross and Alpha (Mrs. Lyle) Hills on farms at Granville. Justin Lovro and family live on a farm at Norwich and Olga (Mrs. Ingvald) Oldland at Voltaire.
County agents were established in the early 1930s, but weren't much help at that time. They did teach us to add molasses and salt to thistles to keep the cows alive. We got through the Dirty Thirties by milking cows and living on the cream checks and W.P.A. work. Other hard times were caused by hail storms, dry years and grasshoppers. One good year was 1928 when we got a bumper crop, but we got only 27 cents a bushel for wheat.
Hans Lovro and later son Justin they hauled coal from mines 10 or 12 miles away for the school and Hagboe Store as well as for their home. Many hours were spent waiting in line to get a load of coal and many frozen sandwiches were eaten for noon lunch.
There were small hospitals at Grenora and Williston where we went for hospital care. Medicines used were Kuriko, liniment, naphta drops on sugar lumps, licorice and turpentine and tallow on wool cloths for chest applications.
Life was not as complicated as it seems to be now. Simple amusements and get togethers in those days meant more, I feel, than the big extravanganzas in this day and age. I think of how we drove with horses and buggy decorated with flags to Bonetraill to celebrate the 4th of July in about 1925 or thereabouts. This celebration consisted of a picnic dinner, a ball game, and the opportunity to buy "ice cream" by the cone.
Also I think of how we, together with neighbors, would go to the sandhills (probably a distance of about 15 miles toward Medicine Lake, Montana) to spend the day picniking and picking chokecherries for jelly. If we were real fortunate, we might also find a few June berries when we would go to Snake Butte for a picnic and fellowship. It was also considered quite an outing to drive to Fort Buford to see the Indians, or to go to Williston to attend the Old Timers' Fiddler Contest.
The Wonder of Williams A History of Williams County
Vol. 2
According to Mabel Hoff - Aug. 14, 2005 - Hans and Oline lost their farm at Bonetraill, they owed taxes or whatever and just left because they couldn't pay it.
BJS
Events
| Birth | 17 Dec 1885 | Singsås, Norway | |||
| Confirmation | 1901 | Norway | |||
| Marriage | 24 Oct 1908 | Singsaas Lutheran Church - Rural Hendricks, MN - Oline Jorgine Haseth | |||
| Death | 16 May 1964 | broncho pneumonia, terminal, 48 hours (Death Certificate) - Trinity Hospital, Minot, Ward County, ND | |||
| Burial | 19 May 1964 | Sunset Memorial Gardens, Minot, ND | |||
| Alt name | Hans Jacobsen Lovro | ||||
| Occupation | Farmer |
Families
| Spouse | Oline Jorgine Haseth (1885 - 1956) |
| Child | Alpha Marie Lovro |
| Child | Olga Helene Lovro |
| Child | Helga Oterlie Lovro |
| Child | Justin Gerhard Lovro (1911 - 2000) |
| Child | Mabel Pauline Lovro (1913 - ) |
| Father | Jakob Elefsen Løkkesmoe (1843 - 1912) |
| Mother | Gjertru Hansdatter Kosberggrind (1843 - 1901) |
| Sibling | Ola Jakobsen Løvrød (1883 - ) |
| Sibling | Hans Jakobsen Langrød (1880 - 1884) |
| Sibling | Jakob Jakobsen Langrød (1888 - 1967) |
| Sibling | Gjertrud Jakobsdatter Løvrød (1876 - 1943) |
| Sibling | Hans Jakobsen Løvrød (1868 - 1870) |
| Sibling | Ellef Jakobsen Løvrød (1866 - 1937) |
| Sibling | Anne Jakobsdatter Løvrød (1873 - 1912) |
| Sibling | Marit Jakobsdatter Løvrød (1871 - 1906) |