Friday, March 31, 2017

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They lived in Mason which was on the South side but I seem to have forgotten their house number. The house that they lived in was owned by an old bachelor who lived in the front part of the house while they occupied the back. Each had their own entryway. They took in a young boy from the orphanage, but he was quite ill when they got him and he died soon after. Back then Jørgen worked in Green Bay and I think that it was him who paid for the funeral. The boy was buried in Preble in Aldrich's cemetery. A short while later they took in another boy from the orphanage and since they were unable to figure out if he had been baptized or not, so they did it again and gave him the name Artey Rockwell. They then left there and moved further East, to the North side of Mason Street. During their time there is when Sofie Peter Andersen stayed with them while she underwent an operation on her chest. Later on they moved to Van Buren street where they lived for about a year. Then Rockwell journeyed to Iowa to a place where he had been before and after a while Fred Rockwell and I drove all of their belongings down to the train depot. Hanne left to join him but they soon returned and stayed in Preble for a short while.



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They then traveled to Galesburg in Shawano County where they bought 40 acres of land. They built a house on the property and lived there for a year. It so happened that they managed to have a son of their own, but he only survived a few days past his birth. Hanne didn't seem to be able to recover and as a matter of fact she grew worse. In July it was decided that she should be brought to Green Bay and on her way there she stopped by Frank Barne's place who lived on the West side. One day, Rockwell stopped by and told us that Hanne required an operation but that he lacked the $30 that it was going to cost. I went and saw Ferdinand Vittig and borrowed the money which went straight to Rockwell. The operation didn't help and after she had lain there for a while she was moved to the St. Vincent's Hospital. She had been there for a while before mother and I made it to go see her. She suffered much but remained convinced that she would be able to return home soon. So I asked her if perhaps it wouldn't be a better idea if she came and stayed with us until she felt a little stronger. Truth be told that was exactly what she wanted to do and that was the "home" she was referring to.


















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