Hattie was the fifth child of Orin Hesford and Lucy Jane Romack. Orin and Lucy were married in Wisconsin, had a child there, and moved to Ohio around 1888. Hattie was born in Andover, Ashtabula County, Ohio on May 11, 1896. Sometime around 1898, the family moved back to Marathon County, Wisconsin. Hattie told her son Robert that she remembered walking alongside horses drawing wagons for many days. This was a distance of about 600 miles, quite a walk for a three year old!
Hattie was living with her family in Park Falls, Price County in 1914. A young man working at the paper mill asked her for a drink of water from their back yard well. It was Robert Levin. Robert courted Hattie and they were married on July 4, 1915 in Park Falls. For some reason, Hattie insisted on adding an "E" to the end of their name after they married, so they became the Robert Levine family. Bob and Hattie had three children in Wisconsin, then moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota where Bob started working for the Soo Line Railroad. They lived in an apartment near seven corners, and later in southeast Minneapolis. They had three more children in Minneapolis. In 1930, they took in Bob's sister's infant son, because his sister had died in childbirth.
When the Depression hit, Bob lost his job. A couple of years later, they became involved in a government sponsored program to move people to northern Minnesota to farm. They signed up to move to a new town named Shovel Lake, where Bob took up farming. A couple of years later, the well went dry and no new water supply could be found, so they were forced to abandon the farm. They moved to Onamia, then Princeton, Minnesota. In 1965, they moved to Carnation, Washington, where their son Ted had settled. One small earthquake was enough for Hattie, she insisted they move back to Minnesota. They settled on some land a couple of miles from Cambridge. Bob had pretty much retired from farming by that time. They lived there until 1978, when Robert died.
Hattie lived alone for a while, then moved in with her daughter Toots Karsko. She didn't like going to the Karsko's cabin, so she moved in with her sister, Ellen. That didn't work out either, so she moved into a nursing home in Princeton, where she was very popular. Hattie lived there until 1993, when she had a couple of strokes and died.
Hattie was living with her family in Park Falls, Price County in 1914. A young man working at the paper mill asked her for a drink of water from their back yard well. It was Robert Levin. Robert courted Hattie and they were married on July 4, 1915 in Park Falls. For some reason, Hattie insisted on adding an "E" to the end of their name after they married, so they became the Robert Levine family. Bob and Hattie had three children in Wisconsin, then moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota where Bob started working for the Soo Line Railroad. They lived in an apartment near seven corners, and later in southeast Minneapolis. They had three more children in Minneapolis. In 1930, they took in Bob's sister's infant son, because his sister had died in childbirth.
When the Depression hit, Bob lost his job. A couple of years later, they became involved in a government sponsored program to move people to northern Minnesota to farm. They signed up to move to a new town named Shovel Lake, where Bob took up farming. A couple of years later, the well went dry and no new water supply could be found, so they were forced to abandon the farm. They moved to Onamia, then Princeton, Minnesota. In 1965, they moved to Carnation, Washington, where their son Ted had settled. One small earthquake was enough for Hattie, she insisted they move back to Minnesota. They settled on some land a couple of miles from Cambridge. Bob had pretty much retired from farming by that time. They lived there until 1978, when Robert died.
Hattie lived alone for a while, then moved in with her daughter Toots Karsko. She didn't like going to the Karsko's cabin, so she moved in with her sister, Ellen. That didn't work out either, so she moved into a nursing home in Princeton, where she was very popular. Hattie lived there until 1993, when she had a couple of strokes and died.
Hattie was the fifth child of Orin Hesford and Lucy Jane Romack. Orin and Lucy were married in Wisconsin, had a child there, and moved to Ohio around 1888. Hattie was born in Andover, Ashtabula County, Ohio on May 11, 1896. Sometime around 1898, the family moved back to Marathon County, Wisconsin. Hattie told her son Robert that she remembered walking alongside horses drawing wagons for many days. This was a distance of about 600 miles, quite a walk for a three year old!
Hattie was living with her family in Park Falls, Price County in 1914. A young man working at the paper mill asked her for a drink of water from their back yard well. It was Robert Levin. Robert courted Hattie and they were married on July 4, 1915 in Park Falls. For some reason, Hattie insisted on adding an "E" to the end of their name after they married, so they became the Robert Levine family. Bob and Hattie had three children in Wisconsin, then moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota where Bob started working for the Soo Line Railroad. They lived in an apartment near seven corners, and later in southeast Minneapolis. They had three more children in Minneapolis. In 1930, they took in Bob's sister's infant son, because his sister had died in childbirth.
When the Depression hit, Bob lost his job. A couple of years later, they became involved in a government sponsored program to move people to northern Minnesota to farm. They signed up to move to a new town named Shovel Lake, where Bob took up farming. A couple of years later, the well went dry and no new water supply could be found, so they were forced to abandon the farm. They moved to Onamia, then Princeton, Minnesota. In 1965, they moved to Carnation, Washington, where their son Ted had settled. One small earthquake was enough for Hattie, she insisted they move back to Minnesota. They settled on some land a couple of miles from Cambridge. Bob had pretty much retired from farming by that time. They lived there until 1978, when Robert died.
Hattie lived alone for a while, then moved in with her daughter Toots Karsko. She didn't like going to the Karsko's cabin, so she moved in with her sister, Ellen. That didn't work out either, so she moved into a nursing home in Princeton, where she was very popular. Hattie lived there until 1993, when she had a couple of strokes and died.
Hattie was living with her family in Park Falls, Price County in 1914. A young man working at the paper mill asked her for a drink of water from their back yard well. It was Robert Levin. Robert courted Hattie and they were married on July 4, 1915 in Park Falls. For some reason, Hattie insisted on adding an "E" to the end of their name after they married, so they became the Robert Levine family. Bob and Hattie had three children in Wisconsin, then moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota where Bob started working for the Soo Line Railroad. They lived in an apartment near seven corners, and later in southeast Minneapolis. They had three more children in Minneapolis. In 1930, they took in Bob's sister's infant son, because his sister had died in childbirth.
When the Depression hit, Bob lost his job. A couple of years later, they became involved in a government sponsored program to move people to northern Minnesota to farm. They signed up to move to a new town named Shovel Lake, where Bob took up farming. A couple of years later, the well went dry and no new water supply could be found, so they were forced to abandon the farm. They moved to Onamia, then Princeton, Minnesota. In 1965, they moved to Carnation, Washington, where their son Ted had settled. One small earthquake was enough for Hattie, she insisted they move back to Minnesota. They settled on some land a couple of miles from Cambridge. Bob had pretty much retired from farming by that time. They lived there until 1978, when Robert died.
Hattie lived alone for a while, then moved in with her daughter Toots Karsko. She didn't like going to the Karsko's cabin, so she moved in with her sister, Ellen. That didn't work out either, so she moved into a nursing home in Princeton, where she was very popular. Hattie lived there until 1993, when she had a couple of strokes and died.
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