Clara Matilda (Hanson) Hovey

Clara Matilda (Hanson) Hovey (1873-1949). Cropped from a Hanson family portrait (bef. 1913). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

Clara Matilda Hanson was born in Winneshiek County, IA on 28 Aug 1873. On 22 Dec 1891 she married Ole P. Hovey (b. 24 Jun 1862, Valders, NOR).


Ole P. Hovey (1862-1922). Cropped from a Hanson family portrait (bef. 1913). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

Ole and Clara had six children: Stella (b. 7 Nov 1892), Clarence (b. 21 Sep 1895), Florence (b. 23 Mar 1898), Esther (3 Aug 1900), Lloyd (30 Jun 1904), and Beatrice (26 Feb 1907).

Biography: Ole P. Hove

"Ole P. Hove." Edwin C. Bailey, Past and Present of Winneshiek County (Chicago, IL: S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1913), pp. 194-195.

Three Generations of Hansons

Unfortunately there is only a photocopy of this portrait of three generations of the Hanson family coincidentally all married on December 22nd.


Three generations of the Hanson family (c. 1916). From left: Charles and Jane (SANDER) Hanson (m. 22 Dec 1867), Clara (Hanson) and Ole Hovey (m. 22 Dec 1891), and Florence (Hovey) and Oscar Vick (m. 22 Dec 1916). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

Obituary and Gravestones: Ole and Clara Hovey

Ole P. Hovey died on 28 May 1922 and was buried in the Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah, Winneshiek, IA.


Obituary. Ole P. Hovey. Decorah Journal (31 May 1922). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.


Gravestone. Ole P. Hovey (1862-1922). Image courtesy of Iowa Gravestones Photo Project.

His wife, Clara, died 15 Nov 1949 and was buried next to Ole.


Gravestone. Clara M. Hovey (1873-1949). Image courtesy of Iowa Gravestones Photo Project.