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- Notes for HILDA MARIE (PEDERSON) ERITSLAND:
"Mom's death date was Tuesday, May 10, 1988. A memorial was held Thursday, May l2, In Eugene, Oregon. Then another Memorial in Red Deer, Alberta. Mom's Cremains were interred with Dad's. Reception was held at the "Laft Hus". Arranged for her by Lorna and Betty. I'm ever so thankful for their thoughtfulness." - email from
Lucille McCrady April 2003.
Hilda Marie (Pederson )Eritsland Family Stratton written by Lucille Stratton
"When Mom was visiting us in 1983, she mentioned that she would very much like to go to Fort Columbia where Dad was stationed when they were married Nov, 24, l9l7. Whenever she would say she would like to go back there on their various trips, he would say "why would we want to go back to that godforsaken place?" So Mom and I went. This was the first time she had been there since leaving for Eugene, Oregon in March 1918. Dad had already gone to the Presidio of San Francisco and embarked to Europe in January 1917. Mom and Dad were married in the Astoria Hotel in Oregon and took the ferry 'Chisholm' to Megler, WA. Richard and I had taken the very same ferry in 1953 when we went to the motorcycle Gypsy Tour at Long Beach, WA. Then too, we as a family and our dog 'CoCo' were on the (Chisholm Ferry )on it's last run before being commissioned to Viet Nam. Mom showed me where they first lived on the Fort in a two story duplex. Then we went up the street to the house where the commanding General had lived, which was now a museum. Mom was especially pleased to be able to tour the house and be in it for the first time. Our next stop was the command post where Dad had his office as battalion Sgt. Major. Mom was Post Mistress in the same building across the corner from Dad's office. When Mom and I went back up to Fort Columbia in 1986 these buildings were closed. We also went up the coast to the town of Long Beach and stayed over night in an old hotel. This was also the first time Mom had gone across the bridge at Astoria. The hotel where they were married had burned to the ground or bay in the 20's.
Hilda Marie (Eritsland) Stratton - l894-l988 - 94yrs Born in Ridgeway, Iowa, April 22, 1894, second daughter of Lars and Anne Marie (Peterson)Eritsland (name change after Oscar started school?) The family moved to Nassau, Minnesota?(date)moved to Eugene, Ore?(date)lived on a farm near Fernridge in Spencer Creek area then a house on Agate St. Grandpa was a house painter - Interior floor tiler - & wall paperer (did a floor for a church in Eugene, Fairview Hts.)
Family emigrated to Leslieville, Alberta in l9l1. Mom & Aunt Emma stayed in Eugene, to finish High school.
Mom graduated in l9l3- attended Normal School in Portland, Ore.summer of l9l3, taught Trapp family in Spencer Creek home. Attended Normal School in Portland in 1914 (said the sail ships were in harbor in 1913-by 1914 mostly steamships, very few sail ships) continued teaching Trapp family, 1914-1916 (Trapp family moved to Mackenzie River area.)(Emma graduated & went to Alberta to join Family) Trapps were on the School Board of Deadmans Ferry School - asked Mom to apply for the job there.
[note -- these dates can't be right. The family emigrated to Alberta in 1916, and to Oregon in 1911-- L,A.]
She and Emma took the ferry across the river to see the school and apply for the job. She met Dad there, he
brought the ferry across from other side. The Strattons ran the ferry and Grandpa Stratton was on the School Board, (They also boarded the teachers, but Dad's Mom had passed away that summer). So when Mom was hired she boarded with Mrs. Patterson across the road from the school, her little house is still there on riverside. (White school on hillside, now gone, was there in 1950) Mom taught school there Fall 1916 to June of 1917.
Uncle Paul had written Mom about a school position at Bingley 2mi. north of their farm, so Mom came to Alberta to take the job. She lived at home and walked, or rode horse. She was caught in a very bad blizzard, Grandma came to her rescue, that was enough for her. She had been corresponding with Dad - he was so disappointed that she had left for Canada without consulting him. He had been in the Oregon National
Guard for years. Training at Frt, Stephens in Oregon. Then World War l was declared he was stationed at Frt. Columbia, Washington. Wrote Mom to come back to the States (Nov. 1917) and marry him before he was shipped out to fight overseas in Sp. of 1918. That Blizzard was enough for Mom - she quit her school job, took the train to Vancouver, then on to Astoria, Oregon. They were married Nov. 24th 1917. took the ferry to Frt. Columbia in Washington. Dad was a Sargent Major, his office was in the front right corner of Bldg. & Mom's Post Mistress job was in the opposite corner of Bldg. He left in Jan. & it was 3 months. before they got a replacement for her at Post Office She went directly to Eugene, Or. to live with Grandpa Stratton to await the Arrival 1st born Julia Marie, Sept 17th, 1918 at Aunt Blanch's (Dad's Older Sister)home on Coburg Rd. (Still There) War was over Nov 11th, 1918, but Dad was not out of service till 1919 at Frt. Lewis, Wash. He remained in the Oregon National Guard as a 1st Lieutenant till 1922. Marcia Lillian was B. at Aunt Blanche's in March 16th, 1922 - Victor Lionel, March 8th 1924, at home (Dad Built home on hillside across road from Stratton Farm (no longer there, but was there in summer of 1950)
Grandpa passed away in 1925. David Edwin, B. Nov 28, 1928. Dad bought 160 acres land in Willakenzie area across the river. They sold the home on the hill and lived in a granary across from the Willakenzie School. Then sold that place & lived on Uncle Pat's & Aunt Gladys house next to the Hop Dryer Bldg. when David was 2 yrs old. The Older brother Victor and Sister's Lillian & Julia attended Willagalespy School till June 1931. Grandpa Lars, in Leslieville passed away in 1983.(date)There happened to be an unclaimed homestead l/2 section next to Grandma's & Uncle Paul's farm. Dad had heard from other Oregonians who had settled in Alberta, about the great amount of grain you could get per acre from first breaking & so was persuaded to come to Alberta and claim the homestead.
Also would make a good combination of one section. So they packed up the Family in July 1931, emigrated to Leslieville. Mom driving a 1928 Dodge Sedan w/trailer, Dad with a 1928 or 29 Maxwell Flatbed truck loaded with furniture &complete sawmill equipment.
Grandma was then in Minnesota, with Aunt Lydia, helping her with Gerald, B (date?). I was B. Nov. 8th 1931. Grandma was home then, Cousin Esther (Uncle Oscars oldest) was living w/her. Dad was hunting Moose with a neighbour, Uncle Paul had taken everyone else to a Chautauqua 1 Program in Leslieville. When they came home Esther & Julia implored Mom to name me Lucille after the Star of the show. (Esther told me this story when we had the family Reunion in 1983) So Mom said "Alora" (for Alberta & Oregon), Lucille. When Dad registered my birth the next day, he didn't know how to spell Alora, so he put in Alma instead, after Mom's sister.
The homestead property was mostly swamp. Dad had a job hauling gravel (put a box on truck.)for the new
highway (correction line) from Red Deer to Rocky Mountain. House. He found out that the Railroad l/4 section at Condor was for sale (sloping land), bought that & moved everyone over in the Spring of 1932.Needed to clear brush & build a house & barn.
Julie went back to Oregon to finish high school. lived with Aunt Blanche. The Twins, Daniel Parke & Douglas Demora, were born on the farm March 4th 1934. Aunt Blanche, Uncle Ed. & Demora brought Julia home & she called them her two Doll Babies.
Uncle Oscar & his family lived with us on the farm with Bernard, Dorothy, & Marie before Lawrence was born.
B. & D. went to first grade in Condor School. Lillian & Victor attended Condor school. Aunt Blanche , Uncle Ed.
& Edwin visited us in summer of 1937. When war broke out in 1939 Victor joined the Army in Feb. 1941. Julie & Lill went to U.S. so Lill could go to High school. They met Victor in Innisfail bus from Uncle Oscar's before he was shipped out for England after basic training.
Julie came home in Sept. 1941, Lillian stayed in States, graduating from Eugene High School in 1944. Japanese invaded Pearl Harbor Dec. 7th 1941. Dad had gone to work at Penhold Airport summer of 1941. We moved to Penhold on my Birthday Nov. 8th 1942.
Kit & Vic. were married April 22nd, 1944, he went to Continent after D-DAY June 1944.War ll was over in
Europe, May 1945 - Japanese War over August 1945. We moved to Red Deer August 1944 to West Park. Julie had moved to Red Deer Spring of '44, worked at Dairy Pool as Secretary to Pres. Johnstone. Lill worked at Training School, then the Dairy Pool, David worked at Coca Cola Bottle wks. I Started 7th GRD., Twins 4th GRD. we moved to our house on Waskasoo Ave (45th) in 1945.
Mom taught school at Beaver Flats, spring, of 1944 & North of Red Deer fall of 44 til Xmas. Julie & Norman
Von Hollen were married in Red Deer Spring of 1946, David & Lawrence went to Minnesota Sp. 1947. Victor & Kit & Angie came over from England , Sept. 1947. Dave came home then & went to Oregon Sp. of 1948. Kit & Vic went back to England Sp. of 1948, after Dave left, Vic worked for Canadian Pacific Railway, & Red Deer Plumbing Shop during a very cold and blizzardy winter. Mom went to teach at Blackfalds school in Sp. of '48 and back to Beaver Flats. Christine was b. Feb. 1948. Lill went back to U.S. Spring 1948 then worked for Red Deer Composite High school 1949-1951. then to Minnesota for Lab. training. Worked at Sacred Heart, Eugene Or. 1953 Then Roseburg Mercy Hosp 1957. Married Norris Langsef, Monica B. 1959. They moved to Portland, Summer of 1966. Lill Passed away Dec. 27th 1966.
I Graduated Spring of 1950. Gordon Von Hollen was Born July 13th 1950, Then in Aug. Lill & I came to Eugene with the intention of staying, David was drafted into the Korean War. Aug. 1950, so we came back to Red. Deer. I Worked at the Dairy Pool Feb 1951 when I came to Oregon to live with Aunt Blanche after Uncle Ed. Passed away Jan. l95l and worked in an Accounting Office, Met Richard McCrady, Married in Aug, l953, Lived in Cottage Grove, till present time. Judy Lynn, B l957, Janet, B. 1958, Jayne, B. l960. Louie, B. l962. David came home to Eugene from Korea Sept l952. He had enrolled IN Milwaukee Wisconsin. Tech. then to Seattle to Boeing Field as Draftsman, married Donna, Nov. 28, 1958, Donella, B. (Date?). Melinda, B (Date?) Devin, B. l962. The Twins came to Oregon in l957, Were drafted into Army that Fall for two yrs. then settled in Seattle, l960. Doug married Vicki (Date?) Bill, B.(date?) Craig, B. (date?), Dan married Dian (with Kieth, Ken & Kathy) 1975."
1. Chautauqua - an institution that flourished in the late 19th and early 20th centuries providing popular
education combined with entertainment in the form of lectures, concerts, and plays often presented outdoors or in
a tent
Memory of Hilda Marie (Eritsland) Stratton
- Submitted by Melinda (Stratton) Tillotson
What sticks in my mind the most about Grandma Stratton is that she is the only person who really made me feel like it was okay to be smart and she encouraged me. I know that may sound funny and I dont want to be negative about anyone else, but when I think of Grandma I think of her as being that one person who made me feel good about my "intelligence". Thats probably her school teacher background. I also remember her telling me about flowers and birds. When we would take walks - regardless of where it was - on mom & dad's property in Auburn or around her neighborhood in Red Deer she would tell me the names of the different plants/flowers we saw or point out the different kinds of birds. I also remember her being a bit of a "packrat" her house in Red Deer was full of STUFF - mostly STUFF that really needed to be thrown away. I remember her Norwegian outfit - I borrowed it once to wear for international day at high school. ( I will see if I can find both pictures - one with Grandma wearing it and one with me wearing it). I remember her kind sweet face.
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släkten Alfsvåg-Jonsson-Sehlberg
1894 - 1988 (94 år)
