HOFLAND, Elling Anginson 1851-1951

HOFLAND, ENGESETER, SCHULZE, DIETERICHS, BJORK

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 2/11/2012 at 16:48:58

Elling Anginson Hofland – December 5, 1851 – April 27, 1951

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HOFLAND FUNERAL RITES HELD NEAR ST. ANSGAR

St. Ansgar, May 3 – Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock in Six Mile Grove church for E. A. Hofland, 82, who has been in failing health five years and confined to his bed six weeks.

Mr. Hofland was born in Sogndahl, Norway, December 5, 1951. He came to America in 1870 at the age of 19. He settled in Mitchell County where he lived since.

In 1898, he was united in marriage to Gertrude Engeseter, who preceded him in death.

Mason City Globe Gazette, Thursday May 3, 1934

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Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Mona, Mitchell, Iowa

Elling Anfinson Hofland -- 1851-1934
Gertrude Hofland – 1870-1933

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They had at least 6 children:

(a) Alfred John Hofland 1899-1987

(b) Sidney Morris Hofland 1900-1987

(c) Martha C Hofland 1902-2000 (married Ervin Schulze)

(d) Ella Hofland 1904-1993 (married Ervin Louis Dieterichs)

(e) Oscar Emmett Hofland 1909-2005

(f) Eugene Marvin Hofland 1912-2005

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Elling Hofland was the son of Anfin Hofland and Martha (Bjork) Hofland