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189. Soren Marius Kirstein Lange
Soren Marius Kirstein Lange was known as Marius, he was born inAnsanger sogn Denmark on June 13, 1863 and christened there onJuly 19, 1863. He was confirmed on September 30, 1877 in Skibetkirke. He grew up on a small farm in Bredsted , Denmark. Whenhe was 16, he apprenticed as a cabinet maker and learned histrade well. Upon completion of his appreticeship, he would havebeen inducted into the Danish Military, except that he had flatfeet.Having avoided the military, Marius was free to travel and applyhis trade. He made his way to New York where he foundemployment in a foundry. Being a strong young man of eighteenyears, he could easily handle the pig iron ingots required forthe furnace. However, his experience on the farm soon paidoff, as the owner of the foundry asked him to take care of hiswife's private driving team.After about a year in New York, Marius had accumulated a littlecash money and was ready to move West. His next stop wasChicago, where in May 1882, he obtained a job working at histrade of cabinetmaking. At this time Christiana PetrinaChristianson was able to come to the States, and they weremarried in Chicago on October 22, 1883. They resided in Chicagofor a few years. Their first child Edith was born there in 1885.Marius became ill with lung congestion and his doctor suggestedthat he move to Nebraska where the air was fresh and clean. In1888, the family went to Hastings, Nebraska where Christianahad relatives. Christiana stayed with her relatives and Mariusand his brother Jim, proceeded Plum Creek (now Lexington) witha team and wagon leading a cow. From Plum Creek, they headedNorthwest into the country toward Custer County wherehomestead land was available.At Buffalo Creek, a few miles from Plum Creek, a blizzardstruck, forcing them to spend two or three days in the wagon,which they parked in the creek to avoid the winds, with theanimals tied to the side of the wagon. The storm finally brokeand they were able to proceed further into the hills, but Jim's feet were frozen and he lost the big toe from one foot.Their destination was reached, a piece of land north of RedfernTable. A cave was dug into the side of a bank, the frontsodded up and a roof was put over it for the first dwellingplace. The cow, which had been purchased for $100.00, soondied. Eventually a sod house was built, and several yearslater a wooden frame house, and then a large barn was built.These essential farm buildings, were the pride of everysuccessful homesteader, especially since it included electriclighting.Marius was a trader, he soon traded his brother Jim out of hisquarter section of land, which laid adjacent to his. Jimacquired suitable land nearby and developed a comparablehomestead. Apparently Marius would trade anything, livestock,land, winter feed, grain, hogs, horses; yet he said, not a oneof his kids could trade a two cent piece without getting beat.Due to his early and continued exposure to the English languageupon arrival in the United States, Marius learned to speak,read and write the language very well. Not so his wife, shewas educated in Southern Denmark, an area ruled or controlledby Germany at various periods in history, and her earlyeducation was in German. In the United States they alwayslived in communities where there were people from Germany,Denmark, Sweden, Norway, England and other European countries,many of whom continued to speak their own language.The younger children of the Marius Lange family did not learn tospeak Danish well. By the time they were born the parents werespeaking more English, and the children had the privilege ofmore schooling than the older children.In 1919, Marius sold his home place, which consisted of 1,320acres, and prepared to retire in California. By this time, hehad acquired a farm for each of his five sons. to move toCalifornia, he purchased a Model T Ford truck, and built ahouse on it: it may have been the first mobile home. Makingthe trip were the parents, two sons and one daughter. Roadswere not hard surfaced in those days, and the trip to Californiaincluded many experiences of pulling the Ford through pits withblock and tackle. Their first stop in California was SanFransisco, but the weather was too cool to suit them, so theymoved south to Santa Monica. A short time later they moved toLong Beach, where Marius purchase a house on the corner ofOrange Avenue and East Broadway. When he sold the house car,it was acquired by the operators of the Long Beach Pike, anamusement center, where admission was charged to see thiscreation.Due to unfavorable economic conditions for farmers after WorldWar 1, the purchaser of Marius's farm was unable to keep up thepayments, and Marius had to repossess the farm. It was stillin his possession at the time of his death.A few years after arriving in California, Marius purchased a lotthat had recently been a barley field on Termino Avenue, justnorth of Seventh Street in East Long Beach. He moved the houseand garage, which had a rental overhead, from Broadway to thelot on Termino Avenue, placing them on the back of the lot. Hebuilt a new house in the front of the lot and another garage inthe alley. This gave him two rentals, the front house and theapartment over the garage in the rear. A gas station was builton the vacated lot at Orange and Broadway. Marius told hisgrandson, Harold, many times that the rental from theseCalifornia properties helped pay the taxes on his Nebraskafarms during the Depression years.After moving to California, Marius and Christiana annually madea trek to Nebraska to spend the summer months. Marius wentaround to each one of the farms, doing maintenance work, suchas repairing windmills and painting the buildings.The first few trips they made to Nebraska were by train. Asroads improved and the "closed cars" became available, theyacquired a four-door Model T sedan in which to make the trips.It was always a big occasion when Marius and Christiane arrivedfrom California in the spring. All their sons and daughtersmade it a point to be on hand the night they arrived. Theyspent the summer living with one or other of their children,the majority of the time with their daughter, Anna and WillisChadd on Hanson Table.Marius always brought a supply of balls for his grandchildren,baseballs, tennis balls and golf balls. These were especiallyappreciated during the Depression years when buying a new ballwas out of the question.It was common to have family get-togethers at the Cemetery inCallaway or a public park in Callaway, Gothenburg or Lexington.These picnics always provide the best of fried chicken,home-made ice cream and horseshoes.Probably the highlight of all the Lange experiences was theGolden Wedding Anniversary, plans were made several years inadvance. The celebration was held at the "Home Place" nowbeing farmed by one of the sons. On October 22, 1933, a bigdinner was provided with a dance afterwards and lots of poolplaying in the basement. Relatives came from far and wide.Being in the Depression years, it was a sacrifice for some tobe present. This was the last time many of the older members ofthe family ever got together.Marius always had a strong opinion on political issues, and henever hesitated to let people know his position. His sentimentswere always in favor of the farmer and the working man. He wasalways well informed on local, national. and internationalissues. In additon to reading local newspapers, he subscribedto a major Danish newspaper all his life.He passed away April 16, 1945 in California. His remains werebrought back to the home of his daughter, Anna Chadd. Funeralservice were held at the Callaway Methodist Church andinternment was in Rose Hill Cemetery.Excerpts from "SomeThings My Grandfather Told Me" by HaroldLange.
Christiana Petrina Christianson
[78449 Lois's Family Tree.GED]Christiana received her education mostly in Germany. Sheimmigrated to the United States in 1883. On October 22 of 1883she was united in marriage to Marius Lange in Chicago,Illinois. Their oldest daughter, Edith, was born in Chicago.In 1888, she and her husband joined together in the westwardtrek of the pioneers. They settled on a homestead nine milessouth of Callaway. Ten more children were born here. Thisbecame their home until 1919, when they moved to Long Beach,California. They resided there until 1945 when Marius died.Christiana returned to Nebraska for the remaining years of herlife.She was a devoted mother and faithfully and lovingly ministeredto her family. Likewise she was af helpful neighbor alwayswilling to lend a helpful hand to others. She was a member ofthe Danish Luthern Church.She passed away on August 15, 1954 in the Callaway Hospital andis buried at Rose Hill Cemetery.
350. Anna Marie Lange
Anna married Willis Chadd in Broken Bow, Nebraska. They didnot have children of their own but raised their niece, Lily MaeLange, daughter of James and Flora Lange,Anna was a life-time resident of the Callaway community livingsince 1926 on Redfern Table where they farmed until Willis'sdeath in 1957. Anna and Lily Mae continued to live there untilDecember 27, 1964, the time of her illness andhospitalization. They became residents of the Good SamaratinHome in Callaway on February 17, 1965. She passed away on June12, 1965 and is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery.
LeEtta had the misfortune to fall at school which developed anerve condition from which she never fully recovered. She waskind and loving with all who knew her, always very patient inall the years of her suffering.LeEtta made her home with her parents in Long Beach, Californiafor the last 24 years of her life. She passed away February13, 1944 in California and is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery inCallaway, Nebraska.
190. Jens Tagemas Lange
Jens Tagemos Lange, was born in Ansager sogn, Denmark, December13, 1865 and christened there on January 07, 1866. He wasconfirmed in Bredsten on April 04, 1880. He received hiseducation there and when he was 14, he apprenticed for 4 yearsin a blacksmith shop. When he was 19 he came to the UnitedStates and joined his brother Marius in Chicago where he workedfor about a year. In United states he became known as Jim andlived under that name.Moving west he arrived in Plum Creek and worked on theCottonwood Ranch,near Callaway for about a year. He then filedon a homestead 10 miles south of Callaway on Cottonwood Creek.He and his brother Marius bought a yoke of oxen and went backto Plum Creek to settle for the land. On the trip they werecaught in a three day blizzard. The snow was three feet deepand they were leading a couple of wild broncos. Night overtookthem and they lost their way and nearly froze to death. Mariusbecame exhausted from ploughing through the snow, so Jimcarried him on his back. They finally reached home in themorning.Jim married Hester Ann Richardson at Broken Bow. To this unionwere born four children.Jim died as a result of an accident sustained Jamuary 12, 1920.He was repairing a windmill when he fell from the forty-foottower. He was taken from home to the Omaha hospital where hedied 6 days later. He is buried in Rose Hill cemetery
Hester Ann Richardson was born in Grassland, Kentucky and cameto Custer County as a very small girl with her parents.After the death of her husband, she continued to live on thefarm until 1925 when She moved to Callaway. Her farm and herfamily were her main interests in life. She passed away atthe age of 90. She is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery.
358. Vera Marie Lange
Vera attended school in Callaway and graduated from the CallawayHigh School in 1927. She completed one year of post-graduatestudy at the high school.Vera married Billie Dale Strong at the Court House in BrokenBow, Nebraska. They made their home in Callaway for severalyears where Dale worked as an electrician for REA, the city andRoy Taylor. Vera and Dale had a cafe for four years in thebuilding where the Museum is now. They moved to Gothenburg in1962 where Dale worked as an electrician at Monroe Plant. Theylived here for the rest of their married life. Vera was ahousewife and homemaker.After the death of Billie Dale, Vera moved to Seward. She was aresident of the Sundermann West Care Center in Seward fromFebruary of 1994 until her death. She is buried in Rose HillCemetery.
Billie Dale was united in marriage to Vera Whaley and threedaughters were born to them. Most of his married life was spentin the Callaway, Nebraska area until 1962 when they moved toGothenburg, Nebraska.Billie Dale retired in March 1975 from the Monroe Auto EquipmentCompany of Cozad, Nebraska.In his retirement years Dale enjoyed fishing and visiting hisdaughters and their families. He was in ill health for about 6months before his death. He is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Kristine was born in Vorbasse sogn, Denmark. She was christenedin Bredsten on September 10, 1871. She received her educationin Bredsten. She immigrated to the United States with herparents in the late 1800's. She married Andrew Sorensen inabout 1892 and they lived on a farm. They raised a family ofeight, four boys and four girls. Their youngest daughter waskilled when she was about 16, when she fell from a flag pole.Kristine is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Lexington.
Andrew Sorensen was born in Denmark.He farmed near Lexington, raising corn and pigs. He also lookedafter the graveyard in Lexington.Andrew is buried in the Greenwood Cemetery in Lexington.
362. Arthur Sorensen
Arthur was a farmer at Lexington, Nebraska. He married JosephineSmith and Two children were born to them a daughter and a son.He was severely burned when burning weeds on his farm south ofLexington and died from this.
364. Mildred Sorensen
Mildred fell to her death while taking down a flag from a watertank in Lexington, Nebraska, The flag had been left flyimgafter dark and as she tried to untangle it she slipped andfell.Mildred was a girl scout.