Mathea Caroline Jorgensen Splittgerber
Feb 19,1891-Nov 8,1926
Mathea Caroline Jorgensen was born in Skagen, Frederikshavn Kommune, Nordjylland, Denmark February 19, 1891 to Peter Laurent Jorgensen and Christine Marie Hojen Jorgensen. She had three older siblings, Anna, Johan and Joseph. Her mother died in 1899. Mr. Jorgensen married Marie Peterson and the family moved to the United States in 1904. They settled in Brazile Mills, Nebraska and and had eight more children--Christian, Alma, Ervin, Helen, David, Bertha, Carl and Raymond. In 1913, Mathea married Hugo Splittgerber whose family had emigrated to the United States from Germany. The family farmed southwest of Wayne. However, Hugo and his half-brother, Emil had determined to homestead in Wyoming after visiting the area in the fall of 1912. Thus, Mathea began her life as a homesteader in what became the Prairie Center community, north of Torrington, WY and south of Lusk, WY. The couple wrote many letters to family members in Wayne telling their many adventures on the eastern Wyoming prairie. They raised a variety of crops, along with cattle horses. They soon learned the best use of the land was to raise cattle. The drove teams of wagon to Jay Em and Van Tassell, WY for supplies, and camped out in the Rawhide Butte area when collecting wood for the winter. Mathea busied herself working on the family house, which Hugo had built. The couple was very involved in the community helping build the Prairie Center Church and belonging to the Grange Society. They also collected signatures required to request mail service in the area. They had three children, Ernest, in 1914, Berneice, in 1915, and George, in 1917, all of whom were born in the family home. Mathea had a great sense of humor, as revealed in her letters, and loved her life on the homestead. Unfortunately, she became ill in 1918, so Hugo brought the family back to Wayne to live where his many brothers and sisters could help him raise his family. Mathea died in 1926 at the age of 37. leaving her three young children and husband to mourn her loss. ( It is to be noted that Hugo returned to the Wyoming homestead in 1938 where he remained until his death in 1946. Ernest moved his family to the ranch in 1947, and his daughter, Angela Chavez and her son Tory Babcock remain on the land which Splittgerbers--Jeanine Loose, Loren, Angela and Joel--still own.)
Feb 19,1891-Nov 8,1926
Mathea Caroline Jorgensen was born in Skagen, Frederikshavn Kommune, Nordjylland, Denmark February 19, 1891 to Peter Laurent Jorgensen and Christine Marie Hojen Jorgensen. She had three older siblings, Anna, Johan and Joseph. Her mother died in 1899. Mr. Jorgensen married Marie Peterson and the family moved to the United States in 1904. They settled in Brazile Mills, Nebraska and and had eight more children--Christian, Alma, Ervin, Helen, David, Bertha, Carl and Raymond. In 1913, Mathea married Hugo Splittgerber whose family had emigrated to the United States from Germany. The family farmed southwest of Wayne. However, Hugo and his half-brother, Emil had determined to homestead in Wyoming after visiting the area in the fall of 1912. Thus, Mathea began her life as a homesteader in what became the Prairie Center community, north of Torrington, WY and south of Lusk, WY. The couple wrote many letters to family members in Wayne telling their many adventures on the eastern Wyoming prairie. They raised a variety of crops, along with cattle horses. They soon learned the best use of the land was to raise cattle. The drove teams of wagon to Jay Em and Van Tassell, WY for supplies, and camped out in the Rawhide Butte area when collecting wood for the winter. Mathea busied herself working on the family house, which Hugo had built. The couple was very involved in the community helping build the Prairie Center Church and belonging to the Grange Society. They also collected signatures required to request mail service in the area. They had three children, Ernest, in 1914, Berneice, in 1915, and George, in 1917, all of whom were born in the family home. Mathea had a great sense of humor, as revealed in her letters, and loved her life on the homestead. Unfortunately, she became ill in 1918, so Hugo brought the family back to Wayne to live where his many brothers and sisters could help him raise his family. Mathea died in 1926 at the age of 37. leaving her three young children and husband to mourn her loss. ( It is to be noted that Hugo returned to the Wyoming homestead in 1938 where he remained until his death in 1946. Ernest moved his family to the ranch in 1947, and his daughter, Angela Chavez and her son Tory Babcock remain on the land which Splittgerbers--Jeanine Loose, Loren, Angela and Joel--still own.)
Mathea Caroline Jorgensen Splittgerber
Feb 19,1891-Nov 8,1926
Mathea Caroline Jorgensen was born in Skagen, Frederikshavn Kommune, Nordjylland, Denmark February 19, 1891 to Peter Laurent Jorgensen and Christine Marie Hojen Jorgensen. She had three older siblings, Anna, Johan and Joseph. Her mother died in 1899. Mr. Jorgensen married Marie Peterson and the family moved to the United States in 1904. They settled in Brazile Mills, Nebraska and and had eight more children--Christian, Alma, Ervin, Helen, David, Bertha, Carl and Raymond. In 1913, Mathea married Hugo Splittgerber whose family had emigrated to the United States from Germany. The family farmed southwest of Wayne. However, Hugo and his half-brother, Emil had determined to homestead in Wyoming after visiting the area in the fall of 1912. Thus, Mathea began her life as a homesteader in what became the Prairie Center community, north of Torrington, WY and south of Lusk, WY. The couple wrote many letters to family members in Wayne telling their many adventures on the eastern Wyoming prairie. They raised a variety of crops, along with cattle horses. They soon learned the best use of the land was to raise cattle. The drove teams of wagon to Jay Em and Van Tassell, WY for supplies, and camped out in the Rawhide Butte area when collecting wood for the winter. Mathea busied herself working on the family house, which Hugo had built. The couple was very involved in the community helping build the Prairie Center Church and belonging to the Grange Society. They also collected signatures required to request mail service in the area. They had three children, Ernest, in 1914, Berneice, in 1915, and George, in 1917, all of whom were born in the family home. Mathea had a great sense of humor, as revealed in her letters, and loved her life on the homestead. Unfortunately, she became ill in 1918, so Hugo brought the family back to Wayne to live where his many brothers and sisters could help him raise his family. Mathea died in 1926 at the age of 37. leaving her three young children and husband to mourn her loss. ( It is to be noted that Hugo returned to the Wyoming homestead in 1938 where he remained until his death in 1946. Ernest moved his family to the ranch in 1947, and his daughter, Angela Chavez and her son Tory Babcock remain on the land which Splittgerbers--Jeanine Loose, Loren, Angela and Joel--still own.)
Feb 19,1891-Nov 8,1926
Mathea Caroline Jorgensen was born in Skagen, Frederikshavn Kommune, Nordjylland, Denmark February 19, 1891 to Peter Laurent Jorgensen and Christine Marie Hojen Jorgensen. She had three older siblings, Anna, Johan and Joseph. Her mother died in 1899. Mr. Jorgensen married Marie Peterson and the family moved to the United States in 1904. They settled in Brazile Mills, Nebraska and and had eight more children--Christian, Alma, Ervin, Helen, David, Bertha, Carl and Raymond. In 1913, Mathea married Hugo Splittgerber whose family had emigrated to the United States from Germany. The family farmed southwest of Wayne. However, Hugo and his half-brother, Emil had determined to homestead in Wyoming after visiting the area in the fall of 1912. Thus, Mathea began her life as a homesteader in what became the Prairie Center community, north of Torrington, WY and south of Lusk, WY. The couple wrote many letters to family members in Wayne telling their many adventures on the eastern Wyoming prairie. They raised a variety of crops, along with cattle horses. They soon learned the best use of the land was to raise cattle. The drove teams of wagon to Jay Em and Van Tassell, WY for supplies, and camped out in the Rawhide Butte area when collecting wood for the winter. Mathea busied herself working on the family house, which Hugo had built. The couple was very involved in the community helping build the Prairie Center Church and belonging to the Grange Society. They also collected signatures required to request mail service in the area. They had three children, Ernest, in 1914, Berneice, in 1915, and George, in 1917, all of whom were born in the family home. Mathea had a great sense of humor, as revealed in her letters, and loved her life on the homestead. Unfortunately, she became ill in 1918, so Hugo brought the family back to Wayne to live where his many brothers and sisters could help him raise his family. Mathea died in 1926 at the age of 37. leaving her three young children and husband to mourn her loss. ( It is to be noted that Hugo returned to the Wyoming homestead in 1938 where he remained until his death in 1946. Ernest moved his family to the ranch in 1947, and his daughter, Angela Chavez and her son Tory Babcock remain on the land which Splittgerbers--Jeanine Loose, Loren, Angela and Joel--still own.)
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