Henry HAUGE

   Other names for Henry were Henry L HAUGE and Lars Henrik Larson HAUGE.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census: farm Hauge, øvre, 1865, Torvastad, Karmoy, Rogaland, Norway. District no. Page School distr. Local parish Parish Farm Remarks (farm) Title
22 1 17 Kirke Torvestad Torvestad Hauge, øvre 15 1

Pers.no. Household Given name Last name Family pos. Occupation Marital status Age Sex Birth place Horses Cattle Sheep Pig Barley Oat Potatoes
142 5 1 Lars Endres. Husfader Gaardbruger, Selveier g 46 m Torvestad Prgj. 1 8 29 1 3/4 12 5
143 6 Aasa Olsd. hans Kone g 43 k Torvestad Prgj.
144 7 Marie Larsd. deres Datter ug 17 k Torvestad Prgj.
145 8 Endre Lars. deres Søn ug 14 m Torvestad Prgj.
146 9 Ole Lars. deres Søn ug 9 m Torvestad Prgj.
147 10 Lars Henrik Lars. deres Søn ug 2 m Torvestad Prgj.
148 11 Anne Gurine Hansd. Tjenestepige ug 24 k Avaldsnæs Prgj.

• Obituary: Winona Republican-Herald, 1947, Winona County, Minnesota, USA. 30 Jun 1947
Henry L. Hauge, Retired Farmer, Dies at Rushford

Rushford, Minn. -- (Special) -- Henry L. Hauge, 83, who farmed for many years near Choice, Minn., died early Sunday at the home of a daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Nordgaard, with whom he lived hear the last three years.

Mr. Hauge was born March 30, 1864 in Norway and came to the United States when he was 22. He married Sarah Ann Richardson of Choice in 1889. After farming at Choice for a year, the moved married South Dakota for four years and then returned to Choice.

Mrs. Hauge died three years ago. Survivors beside his daughter include two sons, Leroy of Spring and Lawrence of Storla, S. D.; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Services will be Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Nordgaard residence, and 2 p.m. at the Methodist church at Choice. The A. R. Kottke will officiate, and burial will be in the church cemetery.

• Notes: Preble Township. P3-2:
Lars Henrik (Henry) Larson Hauge (b. 20 March 1864 at Torvastad, Karmøy, Rogaland, Norway, emigrated in 1886, d. 29 June 1947, buried at Choice. He m. 22 Feb. 1889 to Sarah Ann Richardson: b. 10 Aug. 1870 at Choice, Fillmore Co., Minnesota, d. 25 May 1944 at Choice, buried at Choice. See Sarah under Ole Richardson on Preble section 10-1.

Henry's parents were Lars Endresson and Aase Olavsdotter Hauge. They lived on a farm near Haugesund, Norway. In America, Lars used the name of Henry Lars Hauge. At the age of seventeen, Henry attended the teachers college in Stordal, Norway where he remained until he was nineteen when he entered the seminary in the same town. Later, Henry went to sea as a sailor and he traveled to England, the West Indies, France, Norway, Finland; and then back to Haugesund, Norway. In 1886 Henry came to America, landing in New York City and then coming directly to Rushford, Minnesota.

Henry had been a sailor in Norway and he was a small wiry man. There is a story that when Henry was well along in age, there was a celebration in Rushford, Minnesota. One of the events was a rope climbing contest. After all the young men of the community had had their turn, and they were barely able to get to the top of the rope if at all, Henry showed them how. He climbed the rope, hand over hand, in record time and then, to show off some more, came down the rope head first.

Sarah Ann Richardson was born at Choice and received an elementary education at the Choice school. After completing her education, Sarah worked for families in and around Winona and Rushford. On Feb. 22,1889, Sarah Ann Richardson was married to Henry Hauge by the Reverend B. E. Olin in the Choice Methodist Church. Sarah and Henry then homesteaded near Woonsocket, Sanborn Co., South Dakota and their first two children, Alice and Lawrence, were born in South Dakota. In 1893 the family moved back to Minnesota in a covered wagon. The terrible draught that lasted for several years in South Dakota drove them back. Sarah and Henry then bought the north part of the original Ole Richardson farm from Ole and farmed there until they retired to Rushford in 1944. When Martha Helen (Richardson) Larson died in 1916, Sarah and Henry fostered Sarah's niece, Verna (Larson) Burreson as she would her own child until Verna was about ten years old.

• Cemetery: Choice Community Cemetery, Choice, 1947, Fillmore County, Minnesota, USA.

Henry married Sarah Ann RICHARDSON, daughter of Ole (Reierson) RICHARDSON and Anna Kristine Larsdatter AYGARN, on 22 Feb 1889 in Choice, Fillmore County, Minnesota, USA. (Sarah Ann RICHARDSON was born on 10 Aug 1870 in Choice, Fillmore County, Minnesota, USA, died on 25 May 1944 in Choice, Fillmore County, Minnesota, USA ² and was buried in Preble Township, Fillmore County, Minnesota, USA.)