Mina "Minnie" Amelia (Hanson) Hovey

Mina Amelia (Hanson) Hovey (1875-1955). Cropped from a Hanson family portrait (bef. 1913). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

Mina Amelia Hanson was born in Winneshiek County, IA on 4 Oct 1875. On 19 Mar 1894 she married Peter T. Hovey (b. 6 Mar 1868, Winneshiek, IA). At this time we are unaware of any relationship between Peter and Ole Hovey, who married Minnie's older sister, Clara.


Peter T. Hovey (1868-1940). Cropped from a Hanson family portrait (bef. 1913). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.


Peter and Minnie (Hanson) Hovey (Decorah, IA: Solberg, c. 1894). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

Peter and Minnie had five children: Orville (b. 17 Jan 1896), Charlotte (b. 8 Feb 1897), Phillip (b. 6 Oct 1899), Gladys (b. 7 Mar 1902), and Myrtle (b. 24 Feb 1906).

Peter and Minnie (Hanson) Hovey Children

Unfortunately there were no photos of Peter and Minnie's other children. Presumably these were taken at Orville and Charlotte's high school graduation as they appear to be holding diplomas.


Orville Hovey (c. 1913). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.


Charlotte Hovey (c. 1914). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

Gravestone: Minnie and Peter Hovey

Peter died on 1 Oct 1940 and was buried in the Orleans Lutheran Cemetery in Winneshiek County, IA. Minnie died on 13 Feb 1955 and was buried beside her husband.


Gravestone. Minnie A. (1875-1955) and Peter T. Hovey (1868-1940). Image courtesy of the Iowa Gravestone Photo Project.

Descendants of Mina Amelia (Hanson) Hovey

Descendants chart (page 1). Image courtesy of Williams Family Pages.


Descendants chart (page 2). Image courtesy of Williams Family Pages.


Descendants chart (page 3). Image courtesy of Williams Family Pages.


Descendants chart (page 4). Image courtesy of Williams Family Pages.

Carl Oscar Hanson

Carl Oscar Hanson (1878-1946). Cropped from a Hanson family portrait (bef. 1913). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

Carl Oscar Hanson was born on 20 Jan 1878 in Winneshiek County, IA. He married Hanna Fredrica Owen (b. 2 Jun 1879, Winneshiek, IA) on 21 Feb 1900 at Ridgeway, IA.


Hannah Fredrica (Owen) Hanson (1879-1961). Cropped from a Hanson family portrait (bef. 1913). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

Shortly after they were married they moved to South Dakota. In the 1900 Census they are listed as living in Buffalo, Marshall County.

Carl died on 12 Jan 1946 and is buried in the Sisseton Cemetery, Roberts County. Hannah died in 1961 and was buried on 10 May beside her husband. We currently have no records of their having any children.

Annetta "Nettie" Gustava (Hanson) Bothner

Annetta (Hanson) Bothner (1881-1913). Cropped from a Hanson family portrait (bef. 1913). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

Annetta Gustava Hanson was born on 26 Dec 1881 in Winneshiek County, IA. On 7 May 1902, she married Ludwig Marius Bothner (b. 17 Mar 1870, Lincoln, Winneshiek, IA) in Ridgeway, Winneshiek, IA.


Ludwig Marius Bothner (1870-1959). Cropped from a Hanson family portrait (bef. 1913). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

Around 1911 they had a son who they named Charles Gordon Bothner. Charles was born in Minneapolis, MN. Shortly thereafter they moved to Canada as the family appears in the 1911 Canada Census.

Sadly Nettie died at the young age of 31 on 8 Mar 1913 in Rochester, MN. She is buried in the Hanson family plot in the East Madison (Vold) Cemetery in Winneshiek County, IA.


Gravestone.  Annete G. Bothner. (Madison, Winneshiek, IA: East Madison (Vold) Cemetery). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

Charles lived with his grandparents, Charles and Jane Hanson, and appears with them in the 1915 IA Census and the 1920 US Census. At some point he migrated to Canada and on 23 Oct 1933 he married Bernice Lenora Hansen (b. 7 Jun 1915, Outlook, Saskatchewan, CAN; d. 31 Dec 1968, Langley, BC, CAN). I have been unable to find any records on their children, but an Ancestry.com member's chart listed three children and ten grandchildren. Their names, however, were private.

Hannah Maria (Hanson) Sollied

Hannah (Hanson) Sollied (1887-1970). Cropped from a Hanson family portrait (bef. 1913). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

Charles and Jane (SANDER) Hanson's youngest daughter, Hannah, was born on 18 Aug 1887 in Winneshiek County, IA. She married Hans Olaus Severine Sollied.


Hans Olaus Severine Sollied ( -1969). Cropped from a Hanson family portrait (bef. 1913). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

At some point Hans and Hannah moved to Kyle, Saskatchewan, CAN where their daughter, Laila Ethel Dorothy Sollied, was born on 6 Apr 1925.


The Sollied family (c. 1945). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

Laila married Harry Marker Graham Jr. and had two children: Mark Andrew (b. 25 Feb 1950, Dallas, TX), and Linda Louise (b. 19 Jun 1952, Dallas, TX).

Hans died on 8 May 1969 in Saskatoon, Saskatechewan and was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery. Hannah died several months later on 30 Jan 1970 and was buried beside her husband.

On 10 Jun 1972, Linda Graham married Gregory J. Gero (b. 10 Sep 1949), in Dallas, TX. There are currently no records of their having any children or of her older brother, Mark, getting married.

Laila passed away on 6 May 1991 in Lakeland, Polk County, FL. Her husband, Harry, died 19 Sep 2011 in Spring, Harris County, TX, and is buried at Laurel Land Memorial Park in Dallas.