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LAFAVE, Edward
SOURCE: “A Meeting of the Reds: East Grand Forks, 1887-1987,”
Two Volumes, (out of print), Dr. Stephen Sylvester,
East Grand Forks Centennial Committee,
East Grand Forks, Minnesota
Volume 1, pages 120-122
Edward LaFave was born Aug. 27, 1900, at Merrifield, N.D. He was the oldest son of Wilford and Delia Marie (Turcotte) LaFave. He moved to the northend of Grand Forks as a boy.
Edward later married Magdalene “Lena” Dorsher, on April 28, 1919 in Grand Forks. They moved to East Grand Forks where they raised and educated their twelve children.
Edward was employed by Hanson and Maves Co., in East Grand Forks, which was the place of employment for three generations of Lefaves. Edward was also employed at The Armor Meat Packing Co., for many years up to retirement.
Magdalene “Lena” immigrated from Odessa, Russia with her family at the age of two. She is the daughter of Anton and Regina Dorsher.
Magdalene was employed at the Star Troy Laundry and the Model Laundry from 1945 to 1962, she is retired.
Edward LaFave died on Feb. 15, 1969 and Magdalene died July 6, 1963 in East Grand Forks.
Their children include:
Lloyd Edward, born March 3 1920. He married Frances Delibe in Florence, Italy while serving in the U.S. Army in World War II. They have three children, Edward, Gloria and Sandra. Lloyd died on Dec. 3, 1972.
Irene Dora (Mrs. Myron P. Wynne) was born Feb. 12, 1922 and was married on Feb. 18, 1938. They have seven children: Myron, Leonard, Delbert, Richard, Diana (Mrs. Ross Watland), Marlene (Mrs. Gary Barton) and Beverly (Mrs. James Ashley).
Richard was born on Oct. 9, 1935 and married LaVerne Juve on Nov. 17, 1956. “Dick” served in the U.S. Air Force for 22 years. He and his wife have four children: Pamela (Mrs. Stanley Noga), Michael, Anthony and Theresa.
Alice (Mrs. Morris Jacobson) was born March 20, 1937 and was married May 12, 1956. They had five children: Debra (Mrs. John Maxwell), Cynthia (Mrs. Michael Morrison), Todd, Lolita (Mrs. Kevin Driscoll) and Becky.
LeVerne (Mrs. E. Kasprick) was born May 20, 1938 and was married March 14, 1957. Before they divorced on July 3, 1975, they have six children: Vicki (Mrs. Robert Kirchoffner), Jolene Kristine and Jilene Nadine (Mrs. Robert Dudgeon), Kristine (Mrs. John Riskey), Michele and Jenifer (Mrs. Denny Wynne).
Muriel (Mrs. Donald McGinnis) was born on July 25, 1923 and was married June 10, 1952. Their six children are: Raymond, Robert, Ruth (Mrs. Ronald Fuqua), Roger, Ronald and Rose (Mrs. Edward LaFave).
Allen Dean was born Nov.24, 1924 and married Elva Nesdahl on Oct. 20, 1945. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and was employed at the Hanson Maves Co. for 45 years. He has served as Second Ward Alderman for seven years and has been a volunteer fireman for 20 years. Al is active in the [East Grand Forks] Rod and Gun Club, 47 Club, V.F.W., American Legion and the Eagles Club. His children are: Linda (Mrs. Fred Buffilini), Allen and Kim (Mrs. Dale Piker).
Russell, born Dec. 17, 1925 and was married on Dec. 12 to Elaine Griese. Russ has been employed at the Hanson and Maves Co. for 37 years. They have one daughter Lynn Ranae.
Evelyn (Mrs. Lloyd Coble) was born Dec. 26, 1928 and was married on Nov. 16, 1943. they live in Missouri and have six children: Clayton Lee, David William, Gloria Jean (Mrs. George Miller), Wayne Clark, Daniel Jay and Dale Keith.
Rose (Mrs. Andrew Skavlem) was born Oct. 19, 1931 and married on Aug. 18, 1949. They have nine children: Charles, Eugene, Carol (Mrs. Wayne Edvall), Jan (Mrs. Robert Woods), Judy, Myra Leah (Mrs. Mark Kuhn), Glen Arnold, Darla Marie (Mrs. Jay Deal) and Jody Lynn.
Florence Mae (Mrs. Robert Rubash) was married Oct. 15, 1932 and was married Jun 9, 1952. They had eight children: Steven, Mitchell, Randy, Rita (Mrs. Kevin Herman), Marvin, Lorna (Mrs. Billy Worm), Janelle Marie and Kevin Robert.
Darlene Rita (Mrs. Kernen Lien) was born July 2, 1934 and was married Dec. 19, 1952. They have six children: Merle Dean, James Kennedy, Michael James, John Kernen, Mathew K. and Kernen Peter.
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LAFAVE, JOSEPH
SOURCE: “A Meeting of the Reds: East Grand Forks, 1887-1987,”
Two Volumes, (out of print), Dr. Stephen Sylvester,
East Grand Forks Centennial Committee,
East Grand Forks, Minnesota, copyright 1988
page 122
Joseph LaFave was born May 11, 1848 in St. Paul, Minn. He is the son of Canadian immigrans, Jacque (James) LaFave and Marguerite (Gregriche) LaFave.
Joseph enlisted into the Civil War at the age of 15, on Feb. 23, 1863 at Goodhue County, Minn. He served with Company H, 2nd Regiment, Minnesota Calvary. He was discharged April 28, 1866 at Fort Snelling, Minn. at the close of the Civil War.
Joseph married Matilda Lembeart on Feb. 7, 1873, at Fort Abercrombie, N.D. He worked as a farm laborer in various part of Minnesota. In later years he settled in the Thompson,, N.D. area.
Matilda LaFave died in March 1881. Joseph then married Emma Hall, who died November, 1929.
Joseph, in his twilight years, moved to Eckman, N.D., to live under the care of his daughter, Laura Marto, until his death on Sept. 19, 1930.
Joseph and Matilda had four children: Wilford Joseph, Laura, Mathias and George William.
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LAFAVE, WILFORD
SOURCE: “A Meeting of the Reds: East Grand Forks, 1887-1987,”
Two Volumes, (out of print), Dr. Stephen Sylvester,
East Grand Forks Centennial Committee,
East Grand Forks, Minnesota
Wilford LaFave was born May 13, 1873 in Dakota Territory. He was the son of Joseph and Matilda (Lembeart) LaFave. He was raised on a small farm at Merrifield, N.D. with one brother, Mathias, and one sister, Laura. Wilford died June 16, 1951.
Wilford married Delia Marie Turcotte in St. Michael’s Church, Grand Forks, N.D. on Oct. 23, 1899. She was the daughter of Louis and Rosalie (Marcoux) Turcotte. She was born Dec. 25, 1883 and died Feb. 23, 1969. Her parents migrated from St. Marie de Beauce, Quebec, Canada in 1882 and settled on a small farmstead in the Thompson area.
Wilford and Delia had six children:
Edward, born on Aug. 27, 1900 and married Magdalene Dorsher on April 28, 1919. They had two children, Anton and Regina. He died Feb. 15, 1969.
Robert, born March 30, 1902 and married Nina Whitney. He died on Jan. 28, 1890 and Nine resides in Washington.
Frank, born on Aug. 7, 1904 and married Mable Tolleford on May 28, 1929. He died on Feb. 16, 1986 and Mable resides in Washington.
George, born March 5, 1907 and married Karine Thallender on June 4, 1933. George died on June 17, 1986 and Karin lives in Washington.
Clarence “Pat” was born March 9, 1912 and married Irene Mokler on Aug. 18, 1931. They make their home in Washington.
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LARSON, H. L.
SOURCE: Compendium of History and Biography of Polk County, Minnesota, Major R.I.
Holcombe, Historical Editor; William H. Bingham, General Editor; W.H. Bingham
And Company, Minneapolis, Minn.; 1916; reprinted by Higginson Book Company;
Salem Massachusetts; (book no longer copyrighted)
Library of Congress control number 16009966
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pages 207-208
H.L. Larson, a prominent manufacturer and ex-mayor of Crookston, is a native of Norway, born near Bergen, December 11, 1864, the son of Ole M. and Helen Larson. The father engaged in farming in his native land during his lifetime and the mother still resides in the old home. Of their family of seven children, four emigrated to America, H.L. Larson came to Minnesota when seventeen years of age, in company with a sister and located at St. Peter, where he worked as a laborer for a time and then secured employment with an uncle in a factory. He later removed to St. Paul, where his older brother was living and worked at the carpenter trade with him, for several years and then engaged in the contracting business at Little Falls, enjoying an extensive trade and erecting many of the more substantial homes of that city.
Subsequently he removed his contracting business to Ada, in Norman county, where he remained for nine years. He then located in Crookston and has since been notably associated with the business interests of that city. During the first four years of his residence, he continued his lucrative operations as a contractor and then established a manufacturing plant for the production of sash door and store and office fixtures. This enterprise has become one of the leading industries of the city and commands a steadily growing trade. As a successful business man and prominent citizen, Mr. Larson enjoys the esteem and confidence of his business associates and fellow citizens and was honored with public office in 1911, when he was elected mayor, with the additional distinction of being the only mayor ever elected on the socialist ticket in the part of the state, and won the approval of his constituents for his competent executive service.
He was married in 1886 to Mary Johnson, whose death occurred in 1900. Three children were born to this union, all of whom reside in Crookston, Lilly, who was married to Mr. Waade; John and Elmer. Mr. Larson contracted a second marriage in 1915 with Mrs. Lee, who was a widow. In social organizations, he is affiliated with the Sons of Norway and the order of Eagles and Scandinavian Workmen Association.
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LEE, HANS O.
SOURCE: Compendium of History and Biography of Polk County, Minnesota, Major R.I.
Holcombe, Historical Editor; William H. Bingham, General Editor; W.H. Bingham
And Company, Minneapolis, Minn.; 1916; reprinted by Higginson Book Company;
Salem Massachusetts; (book no longer copyrighted)
Library of Congress control number 16009966
This book can be ordered from Borders Book Store or from Higginson.
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pages 341-342
Hans O. Lee, of Badger township, a prominent farmer of the county and proprietor of the Badger Valley Farm, is a pioneer of this region, having located in Wisconsin in the early seventies. He was born in Norway, April 30, 1858, and came with his parents, Ole and Martha Lee to Grand County, Wisconsin, when ten years of age. There the father died. He assisted in the clearing of the timber land in Wisconsin. When he was sixteen years of age he left home to seek employment as a farm laborer and for ten years worked on a Fillmore and Norman county farm.
During this time he helped defray expenses on the home place in Wisconsin, and thus was not able to advance his own interests by saving from his wages. Upon the opening of the Thirteen Towns, in 1883, he filed on land in section seven, Badger township, and entered upon his farming career with a capital of seven dollars. During the first years he worked in the harvest fields in Norman county and had but little time to give to the improvement of his tract. In 1886 he was married to Lena Weger of Fillmore county, Minnesota, and his finances permitting but a small payment, he purchased a team of horses and wagon from her father, on credit, and brought his wife to the new home in the wilderness. Their first home was in the sod claim shanty with the humble surroundings of pioneer life. The thrift and competent management which marked the years that followed appear in the model farm and prosperous interest of Mr. Lee.
He has steadily added to his property and owned five hundred and twenty acres, but has given two hundred and forty to his sons, Ole Lee and Herman Lee. Badger Valley Farm now comprises two hundred and eighty acres of land, which in natural advantages of fertility of soil, as well as in its great productiveness under the direction of its owner, ranks as one of the most desirable farms in the county. The extent of his operations may be seen in his harvest of 5,000 bushels of grain in 1915 and in his successful enterprise in stock farming. He keeps a large herd of cattle, raising for the market and dairying purposes and is breeding Short Horn stock. In 1903 he erected the present country home, which replaced the log house which was the second home of the family.
Mr. Lee has always manifested an active interest in the welfare and progress of the community and has given able service to public interests as a member of the township board and of the school board. He has also been associated for five years with the co-operative creamery at Erskine as stockholder and director, and is a shareholder in the Scandia Bank at Erskine. He is a member of Sorum Lutheran Church and is prominently identified with church affairs as trustee. Mr. Lee has a family of five children, Ole, Herman, Nels, Carl, and Martha, who married O.T. Fretta and lives about three miles east of her old home. Ole Lee is the owner of a one hundred and sixty acre farm, and Herman Lee of eighty acres, given them by their father, and they are associated with him in his agricultural interests.
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LIND, OLE
SOURCE: Compendium of History and Biography of Polk County, Minnesota, Major R.I.
Holcombe, Historical Editor; William H. Bingham, General Editor; W.H. Bingham
And Company, Minneapolis, Minn.; 1916; reprinted by Higginson Book Company;
Salem Massachusetts; (book no longer copyrighted)
Library of Congress control number 16009966
This book can be ordered from Borders Book Store or from Higginson.
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This progressive and prosperous farmer, who owns the southwest quarter of section 22, Higdem Township, this county, and has his residence but one-quarter of a mile from that of his father and brother John, who live on the adjoining tract, is a native of Sweden, where his life began June 7, 1875. In 1888, he was brought to the United States by his parents, Nels and Carrie Lind, who located for a few months at Warren, in Marshall County, Minnesota, and in the fall of the same year took up their residence on the farm on which the father still lives, and which he then purchased.
The farm had 30 acres of its land plowed and contained a small log house which the family used as a dwelling until the father erected the present larger and more convenient residence. During the first summer the father worked out, but did not save much, as the living of the family took nearly all his earnings. He went in debt for his land, but soon after locating on it bought a yoke of oxen and began to make it yield something in the way of crops. To keep the family, however, during the winter he cut cord wood and hauled it eighteen miles to Warren, where he received about $3 a cord for it. The father has added forty acres to the farm and made all the improvements there are on it. He has recently sold it to his son John, but continues to make his home on it.
The mother died January 28, 1914. The father has served as road overseer. The four sons in the family, Peter, Ole, Johann and John, all worked at home during their minority. When they left home, Peter, Ole and Johann bought 240 acres of land which the three worked together until the death of Johann at the age of twenty-one. One year later, Peter and Ole divided the land, Peter taking 160 acres and Ole eighty acres. Each has since bought an additional tract of 160 acres, the two purchases constituting the south half off section 22. The boys all made their home with their father until 1911 except Johann, who died prior to that year. Ole Lind’s farm was originally the tree claim of Robert Olson, and that gentleman set out ten or eleven acres in trees which have already yielded a profitable supply of sawlogs, the trees being principally cottonwood and box elder.
Mr. Lind has set out 500 or 600 additional trees mainly to serve as windbreaks. He has built a good dwelling house and made other improvements on his land and is engaged principally in raising grain, but he also keeps five or six milk cows regularly. He has taken an active and helpful part in the affairs of the township and served it as supervisor. On July 16, 1908, Mr. Lind was married to Miss Clara Olson, a daughter of Ole E. Olson, of Higdem Township, who came to Polk County in his young manhood. Mrs. Lind was born in Marshall County, but not far from her present home. Two children have been born of the marriage, Matilda Caroline and Nicholas Oliver. All the members of the family belong to the Kongsvinger Lutheran Church, of which Ole Lind is now one of the trustees, and in which his father has been active during the whole of his residence in this county. During seven years of the life of the late Thomas Hendrickson, Mr. Lind was his partner in operating a threshing outfit.
LOVE, JOHN
SOURCE: A Meeting of the Reds: East Grand Forks, 1887-1987,
Two Volumes, (out of print), Dr. Stephen Sylvester,
East Grand Forks Centennial Committee,
East Grand Forks, Minnesota
Volume One, page 134
Annie Marie Armstrong was born Aug. 12, 1861 in Perth, Ontario, Canada and came to Minnesota in March of 1877. In December of that year, she and John Love returned to Perth where they were married on Jan. 25, 1888 at the home of her father near Perth.
John Love was a descendent of Robert and Deborah (Donahue) Love who were married in Glasgow and after their first child, Mary, was born they moved to Canada. John’s parents were James and Ann (Totten) Love. James was born in Scotland and Ann in Ireland. Ann moved to Canada at the age of two months and lived to the age of 92.
John and Annie Marie’s children were: Ann (Mrs. James Gilmour), Jessie Mae, John Edmund, James Walter, Carrie (Mrs. William Chalmers), Robert Delbert, George Ernest, Margaret (Mrs. Bert Newburg) and William Ralph.
Jessie Mae died at the age of four of scarlet fever. John Edmund was killed at age 29 when he was struck by lightening after having served meritoriously in World War I. After suffering several strokes, Annie died at age 63, and John died suddenly of a heart attack at the age of 74.
Margaret Abernathy (Armstrong) Rutherford, who was the beloved “Aunt Abby” to the children of John and Annie Love, was Annie’s sister and close neighbor in Key West. The close ties between the Loves and Rutherfords began with Abby and Annie and continue to this day.
The homestead was farmed first by John and his five sons. After John Edmund’s death, James and Robert established farms of their own. After John’s death the homestead was farmed as “Love Brothers” by Ernest and William. In 1939 Ernest moved to his present home not far from the homesteaded farm. William continues to live on the homestead. His son, Allen, had a new home built on the site of the 1898 home in 1967 and still lives there with his family.
As of April 25, 1986, there are 132 living, direct descendants of John and Annie Love plus 53 living spouses. By generation, the breakdown is:
I. Ann Alberta Love married James Gilmour in 1920. They adopted one daughter, Gail Ann, who in 1960 married Orvis Murl Olson. They have two children Dale and Debra.
II. Jessie Mae Love was born in 1892 and died in 1897, she never married. John Edmund Love was born in 1895 and died in July 1924.
III. Carrie Lillian Love married William Chalmers in 1917. They had five children, Donald, Ardell, Elynor (Mrs. Edward B. Schue), Gordon and Rolland.
IV. James Walter Love married Amber Emilia Osterloh in 1931. Amber died in 1967 and James married Amy Winslow in 1967. James has two children; Gordon and Dorothy (Mrs. Ronald Jeffrey).
VI. Robert Delbert Love married Mathilda Mehren in 1923. In 1968 Mathilda died and Robert married Goldie Raatz in 1969. Robert has four children Evelyn Ann (Mrs. Erwin Vanek), Robert John, William Theodore and Delbert Edmund.
VII. George Ernest married Inez Strobel in 1935, they have four children; John Ernest, Thomas Wayne, Roger Frederick and Linda Lou (Mrs. Douglas Bogert).
VIII. Margaret Evelyn Love married Louis Osterloh in 1923. In 1946 Louis passed away and Margaret married Bert Newburg in 1957. Margaret is the mother of two; Margaret Ann (Mrs. Aeschliman) and Howard John.
IX. William Ralph married Alvia Allen in 1929 and they have three children; Allen, Marlys (Mrs. Glen Finkenbinder) and Jeanette (Mrs. Anton Filipi).
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Love, William
SOURCE: A Meeting of the Reds: East Grand Forks, 1887-1987,
Two Volumes, (out of print), Dr. Stephen Sylvester,
East Grand Forks Centennial Committee,
East Grand Forks, Minnesota
Volume One, page 135
I, William Love, am the youngest son born to John and Annie Love. John Love came from Canada to Fisher’s Landing on June 1, 1886, and homesteaded a farm in Fanny Township. He returned to Canada and married Annie Armstrong on Jan. 25, 1888.
I, William, attended a rural school and worked on the family farm. After my father’s death, brother Ernest and I farmed as Love Brothers. In 1957 we split the farm partnership and son Allen farmed with me. Allen continues to operate the family farm.
Alvia Allen was born in Alpha, Mn., Oct. 12, 1906. William Allen and Sophia Myers were born in Illinois. They moved to southern Minnesota, and in 1911, they moved to Angus, Mn., where all of us children grew up.
I was married to Alvia Allen on March 27, 1929. To our union were born three children: Allen, Marlys, and Jeanette. I retired from active farming in 1982. We continue to reside on the family farm, as does son Allen.
On June 1, 1986, we celebrated our farm’s centennial with a family reunion. About 150 relatives attended. I was clerk of Fanny Township for 30 years. I was also acting elder in the Key West Presbyterian Church, until joining Mendenhall Presbyterian Church in East Grand Forks.
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