Louis and Bertha Henke
Oliver County 1885-1985, Pages 715-716
Louis Dietrich Friedrich Henke, the youngest son of Wilhelm and Maria (Feischen) Henke, was born on June 16 1886. Louis was baptized July 21, 1886 by Pastor F. Photenhauer, and confirmed on March 22, 1899 by Pastor F. Wohifeil. Louis married Bertha Kemmesat, November 16, 1910 at Rosebud, North Dakota.
He claimed a homestead for his mother one mile north west of his parents' farm. On April 3, 1899 Louis's father died. Louis went to school near the Deitrich Henke home one mile north of Hannover. Dietrich and Dorothea Henke were Louis's aunt and uncle, so he stayed at their home during the week. He and cousin, Herman W, were about the same age and very good friends. They played together, went to school together, and also made their own cigarettes and tried to smoke. They started a prairie fire which frightened them because it was burning toward Hannover; however not much damage was done. They never tried to smoke again in their lifetimes. Louis's nephew, Fred Henke, lived with Louis's parents because Fred's mother died at the time of his birth. Louis played with him and also helped take care of him. Louis was about ten years old when Fred died at the age of six months.
Louise and Bertha had eight children. They were: Carl William born September 23, 1911; Frederick Rudolph born August 19, 1913; Maria Anna born December 14, 1916; Anna Eliza born May 3, 1918; Bertha Anna born January 13, 1922; a son who died at birth; Louise Carolina born June 20, 1928; and Martin Louis born June 14, 1930.
There were many hardships endured, especially in October of 1912 when Louis, Bertha, and baby Carl were taking the hired girl to her home (Lange home). They were driving with a team and buggy back to their home when they saw smoke. When they arrived home they found their house had burned to the ground.
They rebuilt their farm on a hill but it seemed no trees would grow on that hill for shelter except plum, caragana, and lilacs, and there being a water shortage, they started moving buildings down the hill near the coulee. The house was moved first, then the garage and coal shed were built. In those days they heated the house and cooked and baked with a coal range. The children took their turns carrying water and coal in buckets. The children also herded the cows sometimes with a pony.
On Sunday afternoons the young men would have their own rodeos, breaking horses to ride. Most of the breaking of a driving team was done in the winter when the snow was deep. Horses were hitched very carefully to a heavy bobsled and away they would go.
The farm wives did much field work. Bertha would go out with the three horses hitched to a corn binder and cut the corn, or if the binders would get broken she would help Dad put the parts together again so he wouldn't lose time. The girls always took turns washing the dishes. We all remembered when Dad bought a Maytag washing machine with a motor for our mother, she was so happy. The time also came for picking wild mustard from the grain fields, which the girls would do by hand, of course. The fields weren't all yellow as they are now. Bertha and Anna always did mowing and raking, and helped their father stack hay with the bull rake gathering it in close to the stack.
When drought years were upon us, the brothers worked for farmers for one dollar a day plus board and room. The sisters stayed at home milking twenty to thirty cows during the hot summer months by hand and turning the cream separator by hand. Our father built a heavy wagon triple box out of planks then he loaded the tubs of sweet cream butter from the Hannover creamery on the triple box and covered it. In the winter the wagon box was on a bobsled, and in the summer on a wagon, he would haul this butter to the New Salem depot where it was shipped to other cities. He would leave early in the morning and at times come home late at night and we all stayed up and waited for his return; maybe because he always brought candy treats for us. He also brought freight back for the store at Hannover. One night it stormed terribly, the snow was blowing and Dad got lost, so he loosened his hold on the reins and the horses found their way home. Dad always had sleigh bells on the harness and we would take turns listening outside the house, waiting to hear if he was near. The girls took their turns to take the sweet cream to the Hannover Creamery on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. They traveled with a one seated buggy; and to church and school it was with a two seated black surrey. This had a black top on it and side curtains. We also rode horse back to school, which was three miles. Christmas and Easter were thrilling times for the children. The boys got a new shirt and dress pants and the girls got a new dress, and all got one toy as a gift.
Our father, Louis, worked on the farm up to the age of 85 years. He sold the farm to his youngest son Martin.
Bertha, our mother, broke her hip in 1970, and later her other hip. She became an invalid, all crippled with arthritis. She spent her last few years in the Missouri Slope Lutheran Nursing Home. Father died in the nursing home on October 24, 1974, and Mother died March 3, 1978. They are both buried at Hannover Cemetery.
Louis was a honorary member of the Lutheran Laymen's League and he was active in church where he served as elder and trustee.
Bertha was an honorary member of L.W.M.L. Both were lifetime members of St. Peter's Lutheran Church.
Oliver County 1885-1985, Pages 715-716
Louis Dietrich Friedrich Henke, the youngest son of Wilhelm and Maria (Feischen) Henke, was born on June 16 1886. Louis was baptized July 21, 1886 by Pastor F. Photenhauer, and confirmed on March 22, 1899 by Pastor F. Wohifeil. Louis married Bertha Kemmesat, November 16, 1910 at Rosebud, North Dakota.
He claimed a homestead for his mother one mile north west of his parents' farm. On April 3, 1899 Louis's father died. Louis went to school near the Deitrich Henke home one mile north of Hannover. Dietrich and Dorothea Henke were Louis's aunt and uncle, so he stayed at their home during the week. He and cousin, Herman W, were about the same age and very good friends. They played together, went to school together, and also made their own cigarettes and tried to smoke. They started a prairie fire which frightened them because it was burning toward Hannover; however not much damage was done. They never tried to smoke again in their lifetimes. Louis's nephew, Fred Henke, lived with Louis's parents because Fred's mother died at the time of his birth. Louis played with him and also helped take care of him. Louis was about ten years old when Fred died at the age of six months.
Louise and Bertha had eight children. They were: Carl William born September 23, 1911; Frederick Rudolph born August 19, 1913; Maria Anna born December 14, 1916; Anna Eliza born May 3, 1918; Bertha Anna born January 13, 1922; a son who died at birth; Louise Carolina born June 20, 1928; and Martin Louis born June 14, 1930.
There were many hardships endured, especially in October of 1912 when Louis, Bertha, and baby Carl were taking the hired girl to her home (Lange home). They were driving with a team and buggy back to their home when they saw smoke. When they arrived home they found their house had burned to the ground.
They rebuilt their farm on a hill but it seemed no trees would grow on that hill for shelter except plum, caragana, and lilacs, and there being a water shortage, they started moving buildings down the hill near the coulee. The house was moved first, then the garage and coal shed were built. In those days they heated the house and cooked and baked with a coal range. The children took their turns carrying water and coal in buckets. The children also herded the cows sometimes with a pony.
On Sunday afternoons the young men would have their own rodeos, breaking horses to ride. Most of the breaking of a driving team was done in the winter when the snow was deep. Horses were hitched very carefully to a heavy bobsled and away they would go.
The farm wives did much field work. Bertha would go out with the three horses hitched to a corn binder and cut the corn, or if the binders would get broken she would help Dad put the parts together again so he wouldn't lose time. The girls always took turns washing the dishes. We all remembered when Dad bought a Maytag washing machine with a motor for our mother, she was so happy. The time also came for picking wild mustard from the grain fields, which the girls would do by hand, of course. The fields weren't all yellow as they are now. Bertha and Anna always did mowing and raking, and helped their father stack hay with the bull rake gathering it in close to the stack.
When drought years were upon us, the brothers worked for farmers for one dollar a day plus board and room. The sisters stayed at home milking twenty to thirty cows during the hot summer months by hand and turning the cream separator by hand. Our father built a heavy wagon triple box out of planks then he loaded the tubs of sweet cream butter from the Hannover creamery on the triple box and covered it. In the winter the wagon box was on a bobsled, and in the summer on a wagon, he would haul this butter to the New Salem depot where it was shipped to other cities. He would leave early in the morning and at times come home late at night and we all stayed up and waited for his return; maybe because he always brought candy treats for us. He also brought freight back for the store at Hannover. One night it stormed terribly, the snow was blowing and Dad got lost, so he loosened his hold on the reins and the horses found their way home. Dad always had sleigh bells on the harness and we would take turns listening outside the house, waiting to hear if he was near. The girls took their turns to take the sweet cream to the Hannover Creamery on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. They traveled with a one seated buggy; and to church and school it was with a two seated black surrey. This had a black top on it and side curtains. We also rode horse back to school, which was three miles. Christmas and Easter were thrilling times for the children. The boys got a new shirt and dress pants and the girls got a new dress, and all got one toy as a gift.
Our father, Louis, worked on the farm up to the age of 85 years. He sold the farm to his youngest son Martin.
Bertha, our mother, broke her hip in 1970, and later her other hip. She became an invalid, all crippled with arthritis. She spent her last few years in the Missouri Slope Lutheran Nursing Home. Father died in the nursing home on October 24, 1974, and Mother died March 3, 1978. They are both buried at Hannover Cemetery.
Louis was a honorary member of the Lutheran Laymen's League and he was active in church where he served as elder and trustee.
Bertha was an honorary member of L.W.M.L. Both were lifetime members of St. Peter's Lutheran Church.
Louis and Bertha Henke
Oliver County 1885-1985, Pages 715-716
Louis Dietrich Friedrich Henke, the youngest son of Wilhelm and Maria (Feischen) Henke, was born on June 16 1886. Louis was baptized July 21, 1886 by Pastor F. Photenhauer, and confirmed on March 22, 1899 by Pastor F. Wohifeil. Louis married Bertha Kemmesat, November 16, 1910 at Rosebud, North Dakota.
He claimed a homestead for his mother one mile north west of his parents' farm. On April 3, 1899 Louis's father died. Louis went to school near the Deitrich Henke home one mile north of Hannover. Dietrich and Dorothea Henke were Louis's aunt and uncle, so he stayed at their home during the week. He and cousin, Herman W, were about the same age and very good friends. They played together, went to school together, and also made their own cigarettes and tried to smoke. They started a prairie fire which frightened them because it was burning toward Hannover; however not much damage was done. They never tried to smoke again in their lifetimes. Louis's nephew, Fred Henke, lived with Louis's parents because Fred's mother died at the time of his birth. Louis played with him and also helped take care of him. Louis was about ten years old when Fred died at the age of six months.
Louise and Bertha had eight children. They were: Carl William born September 23, 1911; Frederick Rudolph born August 19, 1913; Maria Anna born December 14, 1916; Anna Eliza born May 3, 1918; Bertha Anna born January 13, 1922; a son who died at birth; Louise Carolina born June 20, 1928; and Martin Louis born June 14, 1930.
There were many hardships endured, especially in October of 1912 when Louis, Bertha, and baby Carl were taking the hired girl to her home (Lange home). They were driving with a team and buggy back to their home when they saw smoke. When they arrived home they found their house had burned to the ground.
They rebuilt their farm on a hill but it seemed no trees would grow on that hill for shelter except plum, caragana, and lilacs, and there being a water shortage, they started moving buildings down the hill near the coulee. The house was moved first, then the garage and coal shed were built. In those days they heated the house and cooked and baked with a coal range. The children took their turns carrying water and coal in buckets. The children also herded the cows sometimes with a pony.
On Sunday afternoons the young men would have their own rodeos, breaking horses to ride. Most of the breaking of a driving team was done in the winter when the snow was deep. Horses were hitched very carefully to a heavy bobsled and away they would go.
The farm wives did much field work. Bertha would go out with the three horses hitched to a corn binder and cut the corn, or if the binders would get broken she would help Dad put the parts together again so he wouldn't lose time. The girls always took turns washing the dishes. We all remembered when Dad bought a Maytag washing machine with a motor for our mother, she was so happy. The time also came for picking wild mustard from the grain fields, which the girls would do by hand, of course. The fields weren't all yellow as they are now. Bertha and Anna always did mowing and raking, and helped their father stack hay with the bull rake gathering it in close to the stack.
When drought years were upon us, the brothers worked for farmers for one dollar a day plus board and room. The sisters stayed at home milking twenty to thirty cows during the hot summer months by hand and turning the cream separator by hand. Our father built a heavy wagon triple box out of planks then he loaded the tubs of sweet cream butter from the Hannover creamery on the triple box and covered it. In the winter the wagon box was on a bobsled, and in the summer on a wagon, he would haul this butter to the New Salem depot where it was shipped to other cities. He would leave early in the morning and at times come home late at night and we all stayed up and waited for his return; maybe because he always brought candy treats for us. He also brought freight back for the store at Hannover. One night it stormed terribly, the snow was blowing and Dad got lost, so he loosened his hold on the reins and the horses found their way home. Dad always had sleigh bells on the harness and we would take turns listening outside the house, waiting to hear if he was near. The girls took their turns to take the sweet cream to the Hannover Creamery on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. They traveled with a one seated buggy; and to church and school it was with a two seated black surrey. This had a black top on it and side curtains. We also rode horse back to school, which was three miles. Christmas and Easter were thrilling times for the children. The boys got a new shirt and dress pants and the girls got a new dress, and all got one toy as a gift.
Our father, Louis, worked on the farm up to the age of 85 years. He sold the farm to his youngest son Martin.
Bertha, our mother, broke her hip in 1970, and later her other hip. She became an invalid, all crippled with arthritis. She spent her last few years in the Missouri Slope Lutheran Nursing Home. Father died in the nursing home on October 24, 1974, and Mother died March 3, 1978. They are both buried at Hannover Cemetery.
Louis was a honorary member of the Lutheran Laymen's League and he was active in church where he served as elder and trustee.
Bertha was an honorary member of L.W.M.L. Both were lifetime members of St. Peter's Lutheran Church.
Oliver County 1885-1985, Pages 715-716
Louis Dietrich Friedrich Henke, the youngest son of Wilhelm and Maria (Feischen) Henke, was born on June 16 1886. Louis was baptized July 21, 1886 by Pastor F. Photenhauer, and confirmed on March 22, 1899 by Pastor F. Wohifeil. Louis married Bertha Kemmesat, November 16, 1910 at Rosebud, North Dakota.
He claimed a homestead for his mother one mile north west of his parents' farm. On April 3, 1899 Louis's father died. Louis went to school near the Deitrich Henke home one mile north of Hannover. Dietrich and Dorothea Henke were Louis's aunt and uncle, so he stayed at their home during the week. He and cousin, Herman W, were about the same age and very good friends. They played together, went to school together, and also made their own cigarettes and tried to smoke. They started a prairie fire which frightened them because it was burning toward Hannover; however not much damage was done. They never tried to smoke again in their lifetimes. Louis's nephew, Fred Henke, lived with Louis's parents because Fred's mother died at the time of his birth. Louis played with him and also helped take care of him. Louis was about ten years old when Fred died at the age of six months.
Louise and Bertha had eight children. They were: Carl William born September 23, 1911; Frederick Rudolph born August 19, 1913; Maria Anna born December 14, 1916; Anna Eliza born May 3, 1918; Bertha Anna born January 13, 1922; a son who died at birth; Louise Carolina born June 20, 1928; and Martin Louis born June 14, 1930.
There were many hardships endured, especially in October of 1912 when Louis, Bertha, and baby Carl were taking the hired girl to her home (Lange home). They were driving with a team and buggy back to their home when they saw smoke. When they arrived home they found their house had burned to the ground.
They rebuilt their farm on a hill but it seemed no trees would grow on that hill for shelter except plum, caragana, and lilacs, and there being a water shortage, they started moving buildings down the hill near the coulee. The house was moved first, then the garage and coal shed were built. In those days they heated the house and cooked and baked with a coal range. The children took their turns carrying water and coal in buckets. The children also herded the cows sometimes with a pony.
On Sunday afternoons the young men would have their own rodeos, breaking horses to ride. Most of the breaking of a driving team was done in the winter when the snow was deep. Horses were hitched very carefully to a heavy bobsled and away they would go.
The farm wives did much field work. Bertha would go out with the three horses hitched to a corn binder and cut the corn, or if the binders would get broken she would help Dad put the parts together again so he wouldn't lose time. The girls always took turns washing the dishes. We all remembered when Dad bought a Maytag washing machine with a motor for our mother, she was so happy. The time also came for picking wild mustard from the grain fields, which the girls would do by hand, of course. The fields weren't all yellow as they are now. Bertha and Anna always did mowing and raking, and helped their father stack hay with the bull rake gathering it in close to the stack.
When drought years were upon us, the brothers worked for farmers for one dollar a day plus board and room. The sisters stayed at home milking twenty to thirty cows during the hot summer months by hand and turning the cream separator by hand. Our father built a heavy wagon triple box out of planks then he loaded the tubs of sweet cream butter from the Hannover creamery on the triple box and covered it. In the winter the wagon box was on a bobsled, and in the summer on a wagon, he would haul this butter to the New Salem depot where it was shipped to other cities. He would leave early in the morning and at times come home late at night and we all stayed up and waited for his return; maybe because he always brought candy treats for us. He also brought freight back for the store at Hannover. One night it stormed terribly, the snow was blowing and Dad got lost, so he loosened his hold on the reins and the horses found their way home. Dad always had sleigh bells on the harness and we would take turns listening outside the house, waiting to hear if he was near. The girls took their turns to take the sweet cream to the Hannover Creamery on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. They traveled with a one seated buggy; and to church and school it was with a two seated black surrey. This had a black top on it and side curtains. We also rode horse back to school, which was three miles. Christmas and Easter were thrilling times for the children. The boys got a new shirt and dress pants and the girls got a new dress, and all got one toy as a gift.
Our father, Louis, worked on the farm up to the age of 85 years. He sold the farm to his youngest son Martin.
Bertha, our mother, broke her hip in 1970, and later her other hip. She became an invalid, all crippled with arthritis. She spent her last few years in the Missouri Slope Lutheran Nursing Home. Father died in the nursing home on October 24, 1974, and Mother died March 3, 1978. They are both buried at Hannover Cemetery.
Louis was a honorary member of the Lutheran Laymen's League and he was active in church where he served as elder and trustee.
Bertha was an honorary member of L.W.M.L. Both were lifetime members of St. Peter's Lutheran Church.
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