Hattie Regina Knudsen Jacobson (Great Grandmother) - Mother of Ruth Jacobson Bruemmer

Hattie Regina Knudsen Jacobson 
(Our great grandmother on dad's side)

Birth: 1883 on South Manitou Island, MI to Nelson Knudsen and Emma Armstrong. Born at the Lighthouse as her dad Nelson Knudsen was First Assistant Keeper at the time. 

    South Manitou Island Lighthouse - brick structure/house was built in 1858, so Hattie was likely born there

Marriage: March 12, 1903 in Menominee, MI
Children: Vergil M Hoffman; Clinton Lloyd Jacobson; Clayton Jacobson; Ruby Uschan; Ruth Bruemmer; Dorothy Vernetta Kitzman; Kermit Jacobson; Donald Francis Jacobson; Harvey Orville Jacobson

Death: March 27, 1943 (Source: https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/3589408:61483?tid=&pid=&queryId=02a932a4-c3e0-4a07-97b2-2537c83922e9&_phsrc=xGz1192&_phstart=successSource)

If you get access to Ancestry, this offers a nice family tree overview: https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/family-tree/person/tree/177923562/person/422371401561/facts

1900 Census living in Algoma, WI. This census shows her birth as August 1883. 


1910 Census living in Cedarville, Michigan

Source: https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/198075118:7884?tid=&pid=&queryId=870cb816-c2f2-4d85-a090-326e91b3ea6b&_phsrc=xGz1124&_phstart=successSource

1920 Census living in Goodman, WI. This correctly shows the birthplaces of her parents as Wisconsin (Father Nelson Knudsen) and New York (Mother Emma Armstrong). 


Source: https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/93961083:6061?tid=&pid=&queryId=e0e0768b-325c-4877-9c9d-08452a8a97a0&_phsrc=xGz1126&_phstart=successSource

1930 Census living in Goodman, WI. Hattie was 46. Her Father's birthplace shows Iowa and Mother's is Michigan, but this is incorrect. 

Source: https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/58978934:6224?tid=&pid=&queryId=3b503059-4f8d-4c39-9b6a-b3b992ec75e1&_phsrc=xGz1120&_phstart=successSource

1940 Census living in Goodman, WI, Highest grade completed was 1st year of high school

Source: https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/77072561:2442?tid=&pid=&queryId=02351213-af80-4c05-be94-c1e99917392f&_phsrc=xGz1122&_phstart=successSource

Photo of Hattie (third from the right) with unknown family members. 

Source: https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/177923562/person/422371401561/media/07c599d4-dbf8-437e-a633-df07738ad51c?_phsrc=xGz1239&usePUBJs=true&galleryindex=1&albums=pg&showGalleryAlbums=true&tab=0&pid=422371401561&sort=-created

Death - March 27, 1943 in Goodman, WI: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/193874755/hattie_jacobson

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