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Tosten (the younger) Hagen

Tosten Hagen was born on May 20, 1884, making him four years younger than Grandpa Hagen. He and his wife Tina, lived on the Hagen farm by Elbow Lake. Laverne Hagen, his son, lived on the farm with his mother after his father's death. The reason he was referred to Tosten the younger is that he had an older brother also named Tosten. Tina died in 1978, just a few days short of her 100th birthday. Laverne is still living in Ashby and is probably the last of the Hagen cousins. Tosten and Tina had 9 children and Laverne was the yougest and he was born in 1920. I remember that Laverne was well looked after by his five sisters. The Hagen farm is next to a lake and Laverne sold it in recent years to hunters.

Grandpa Hagen's younger sister Tillie

Reading about Tillie in Arnold's book , it is interesting to note that her life must not always been a happy one. She never married and lived on the farm with her parents until their death. She loved horses and made many paintings using them as her models. Late in life, she lived in a small home in Ashby. She must have died of Alzheimers since Arnold wrote that she became unmanageable and was put into the State Hospital in Fergus Falls. She died in l940.

I don't know where this picture was taken but I thought the hay stacks were neat! Looks like a lot of work.

It has to have been a picture from Minnesota since there are trees in the background.

Grandpa Andrew Hagen's family

This picture was taken outside the Hagen home directly after the funeral for Great Grandpa Hagen. Arnold wrote that Great Grandpa's picture was inserted later about August 7,1909. He also said that this is the last known picture of some of the Hagen children. The names are: Grandpa Andrew, Huldah, Lewis, Andreas, Bergit (Neset) Great Grandmother, Betsy, Ingeborg, Tillie, Ole, Tosten Halver, Rev. Toesten A., Ingeborg Olson, Anna Eken, Margaret.

Marilyn and Gayle

This is Marilyn's graduation picture from1960. I was a freshman the year that she was a senior. I was just enough younger that I could irritate her without trying. She didn't appreciate that I would take her calls and pretend that I was her. Marilyn also hated that I had to tag along to Williston whenever she drove in with her friends. Can you imagine that? The picture of me is my college graduation picture taken in l967. I had my hair done the day before and slept with my head wrapped in toilet paper to prevent it from getting mussed! It wasn't so many years before that that we slept with a nylon hose on our heads. It was supposed to finger wave your hair. It never seemed to work for me. My hair is still as straight as a bone and only Lynn can beat me in this category. Marilyn, of course, has more curls than any of us! Thanks, Andrew, for scanning the pictures. I have more old time pictures that I will post tomorrow.

Happy Birthday, Jane

As you can see, Jane has always enjoyed birthday parties - especially when there's cake! Jane is, of course, holding the cake, and I'm the much younger guy on the right.

Lewis, Maureen, Jaime & Sean

This is my sister Jaime and my nephew Sean. The other photo is my parents (Lewis & Maureen) and Sean. I'm not sure exactly how old these photos are, but I think they are around a year old.

North Dakota

This is one of my favorite photos of North Dakota. I am not exactly sure where this photo was taken, but I think it is from the corner where the road turns north toward the farm. Wheat and sky and not much else.

Ralph's Place

This is a photo of Ralph's Place, which I believe was where Nick Nilson's bar was. I am sure others here know better than I. Leonard Halvorson is up front looking at the camera. Guess who is in the back by the stove looking down the narrow end of a bottle? ;-)

Lewis

I am a little sketchy on the details of this photo. I do not know the exact year of thos photo. From what I understand my dad was twisting one of the tines on the cultivator trying to fix something and it sprung out of the pipe he was using and knocked out a few teeth. On the plus side, he now has a golden smile.

Susi and Jon

Susi and Jon were married September 1, 2005 at the top of the Stratosphere in Las Vegas. I keep trying to get Susi to join this blog, but no luck yet. I think this is a really good picture of them from their wedding day.

Luke and Suzy

I have not posted a picture of my two kids...this was one when they were just back from fishing last summer...Suzy is in Manzanita, Oregon and married and Luke in Sioux Falls, SD. I never remember to take family pictures when they are home so this year I must do that in June when we all will be together for a week here. Seems I take pictures of flowers but not the kids! HA! I have to get better about this but if I have not learned in 34 years...well I am thinking the prospects are not good! I obviously do not have Gayle or Marilyn's traits in this nor my sister Marlene's as she takes pictures constantly! I am just rotten at it!

Here're Chris

Most of you haven't seen my son Chris since he was a kid. Now he's 31 years old.
Here we are on the Rhine River. He's working as a bartender in northern
Vermont, not far from Canada. He's a mountain man, a hiker, backpacker,
fly fisherman and also a jazz musician on the electric guitar.

Got on at least once

Hi from Andrea and Otfried. I've had difficulty getting on, so I don't know whether this post will work. The picture is from Sept. 9, 2006, on a boat

on the Rhine River. It's was Otfried's 65th birthday party and our 3rd

wedding anniversery.

Mermaid Cake

Alyssa celebrated her birthday at Libby Lu's. The girls got all dolled up with makeup and dressed up in disco clothes. They ended the session dancing to the music. Grandma made the cake using directions from the Family Fun magazine. I have made quite a few of their cakes, some turning out better than others!

The future Grandma Olsen

Marilyn as a young bride. Ginger Westerso was her personal attendant. Marilyn said that she just came across her going away gloves. She was dressed to the nines for her going away trip to Wolfpoint. She will have to fill us in on the details. The other picture is Marilyn’s senior picture. All the boys in Williams and Divide County were chasing her! Arne caught her and they have been happily married for 44 years on July 6th.

Future Grandma Olsen

Marilyn should be able to tell us how old she is on these pictures (since she is older). All I can say is she is younger here than she is today! But she still looks marvelous!!!!

Babe (Lynette) and Lynn (formerly known as babe)

Here are a couple of beauties! Lynn and Lanette were probably around four and six on this picture. They always seemed to be the same age. If Lynn was too timid to do something, Lanette would say, "I'll do it! I'll do it!

Three peas in a pod

I remember being at Grandma Hagen's getting ready for this picture. It was always such an ordeal getting our hair ready for an event such as this. It required curlers which caused lots of snarls! Our hair was thick and it was a terrible mess every time our hair was washed. It was before conditioner had been invented, yes, we are that old! The three of us took a picture together last summer to replicate our earlier pose. We will scan it when we get it figured out.

Marilyn, Gayle & Bernice with stuffed bears

Gayle & Bernice Marilyn & Gayle

Marilyn probably remembers when this picture was taken being she is older (notice that this is becoming a reoccurring theme). The teddy bears were probably some of the first big stuffed animals available. They seemed to be featured in many of the pictures that even include Loren, Lloyd, and Allen. I wish that I could say that we treasured the bears, which we did, and that we still have them, but they didn't survive the assault of three younger brothers.

Rural school attended by Hagen Siblings

This is the school that our parents attended. It stood northwest of our house about a fourth of a mile, along the road going to the church. It was torn down sometime ago. I do remember that the indians ( Native Americans) that worked for dad lived in the school during the summer months. Marilyn is older so maybe she can recall more details about the school. I know that dad has told me who is in the picture but I have forgotten. I know that the tallest person has to be a Holgerson. Notice the outhouse. Dad told us that he and Conrad Holgerson ran a stick through an opening in the back of the toilet and tickled the teachers bottom as she was going potty. The teacher was living with Grandma and Grandpa at the time . Dad said that he thought they were amused by their antics but it was a punishable offense!

Tollefson House, Ashby, MN

This is a picture of the Tollefson house in Ashby, MN. Grandma's parents built this house after their family was grown. It was a duplex with Grandma and Grandpa Tollefson on one side and their daughter and family on the other. Buelah Casberg Haugejorden shared some of her stories with John and me while we were in Ashby visiting. She grew up on the farm and her brother Emory later had a dairy with many cows and lots of milk! He was so proud of his new barn and loved showing it off when we visited. Now, the barn stands empty since no one lives there now. His wife, Wilma, is in the nursing home in Ashby. They have two daughters about my age. It would be fun to look them up sometime and learn more about the Tollefsons.

Tom, Anna & Arvid Larson

Tom Larson was Grandpa Hagen's cousin who homesteaded with him in Divide County. Dad had many stories about Tom and being we grew up on his farm, we felt very close to their family. They left ND when Arvid was about seven since Mrs. Larson wasn't too keen on living on the prairie. They moved back to Elbow Lake, MN where we visited many times. Arvid is now in a nursing home suffering from Alzheimer’s.

Norris and Mabel Hagen

This is a picture of Norris and Mabel Hagen.

I'm not sure if it is their wedding pictures or not. Andrea will have to give us more information about her parents. I think it is interesting that Mabel's father's name was Hagen Krabseth. There was a boy on tv last night with the first name Hagan. Different, huh?

Wedding photo - Laurence and Bernice Hagen

Mom and Dad were married in Miles City, MT on 21 September 1940. This photo was taken soon after in Williston. Mabel Hagen and the pastor's wife were witnesses.

Grandma Hagen 1940's

Picture of Grandma sometime not long after Grandpa died.

Family Pictures

The picture on the left is the wedding picture of Grandma, Josie, and Grandpa Andrew Hagen. I believe the picture on the right was taken on their 25th wedding anniversary. I should verify that with mom or Eva. These pictures and others I will post, as time permits, were provided by Andrew Hagen, Lewis' son. He scanned them while visiting mom (Bernice Hagen) in rural Alamo during Christmas 2006.