Isabella Hemri was born in Norway. Her father, Ole, had died in Norway, and at the age of nine years she had come to this country with her mother, and the latter's five other children, the family settling in Caledonia Township, this county, where the mother spent the rest of her life, and before her death saw all her children well established in promising careers.
Isabella was united in marriage May 25, 1873, to Walter Goergen.
They had twelve children, four of whom are deceased. They remaining named are:
1. Susan, now Mrs. Louis Enas, of Caledonia; 2. Lizzie, now Mrs. Wilberdine and resident of Montana; 3. Martha, wife of Wilbur Nelson, of Lansing, Iowa; 4. Phillip, who lives in Minneapolis; 5. Walter, at home; 6. Isabella, at home; 7. Lena, at home; 8. Anna, who is now Mrs. Lars Hanson, of Caledonia.
Mrs. Goergen, who survives her husband, has also six grandchildren, and the family is one well known and respected in this part of the county.
[source: History of Houston County, Minnesota, by Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge, Published 1919, page 201]
Isabella was united in marriage May 25, 1873, to Walter Goergen.
They had twelve children, four of whom are deceased. They remaining named are:
1. Susan, now Mrs. Louis Enas, of Caledonia; 2. Lizzie, now Mrs. Wilberdine and resident of Montana; 3. Martha, wife of Wilbur Nelson, of Lansing, Iowa; 4. Phillip, who lives in Minneapolis; 5. Walter, at home; 6. Isabella, at home; 7. Lena, at home; 8. Anna, who is now Mrs. Lars Hanson, of Caledonia.
Mrs. Goergen, who survives her husband, has also six grandchildren, and the family is one well known and respected in this part of the county.
[source: History of Houston County, Minnesota, by Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge, Published 1919, page 201]
Isabella Hemri was born in Norway. Her father, Ole, had died in Norway, and at the age of nine years she had come to this country with her mother, and the latter's five other children, the family settling in Caledonia Township, this county, where the mother spent the rest of her life, and before her death saw all her children well established in promising careers.
Isabella was united in marriage May 25, 1873, to Walter Goergen.
They had twelve children, four of whom are deceased. They remaining named are:
1. Susan, now Mrs. Louis Enas, of Caledonia; 2. Lizzie, now Mrs. Wilberdine and resident of Montana; 3. Martha, wife of Wilbur Nelson, of Lansing, Iowa; 4. Phillip, who lives in Minneapolis; 5. Walter, at home; 6. Isabella, at home; 7. Lena, at home; 8. Anna, who is now Mrs. Lars Hanson, of Caledonia.
Mrs. Goergen, who survives her husband, has also six grandchildren, and the family is one well known and respected in this part of the county.
[source: History of Houston County, Minnesota, by Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge, Published 1919, page 201]
Isabella was united in marriage May 25, 1873, to Walter Goergen.
They had twelve children, four of whom are deceased. They remaining named are:
1. Susan, now Mrs. Louis Enas, of Caledonia; 2. Lizzie, now Mrs. Wilberdine and resident of Montana; 3. Martha, wife of Wilbur Nelson, of Lansing, Iowa; 4. Phillip, who lives in Minneapolis; 5. Walter, at home; 6. Isabella, at home; 7. Lena, at home; 8. Anna, who is now Mrs. Lars Hanson, of Caledonia.
Mrs. Goergen, who survives her husband, has also six grandchildren, and the family is one well known and respected in this part of the county.
[source: History of Houston County, Minnesota, by Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge, Published 1919, page 201]
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