Tag: Charlotte (Hovick) Thompson Lohman (1925–2015)

Charlotte: Early School Years

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Charlotte in her Aunt Hilda’s garden in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
with unknown
Back: unknown, Mildred Hovick Monge (sister), unknown, unknown, unknown
Front: Charlotte
Back: Harold Monge (brother-in-law), Mildred Hovick Monge (sister)
Front: Pauline Hovick (mother), Charlotte
Children’s Choir, St. John’s Lutheran Church, Northfield, Minnesota
Charlotte (4th row, far right)
Charlotte, Pauline, Signe Hovick Christeson (sister), Mildred
with Mildred’s sons?
Signe, Pauline, Mildred, Charlotte
June 21, 1938
Bridesmaids for sister Signe’s Wedding to Eldon Christeson
Mildred, Esther Hovick (cousin), Charlotte
Charlotte, Signe, Charles (father), Pauline

Charlotte: Early Childhood

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Charlotte Pauline Hovick 
(born: October 9, 1925 in Madison, Minnesota)

was born to

Charles Tornbjorn Hovick
(born: May 2, 1873 in Skjold, Norway;
died: February 22, 1948 in Northfield, Minnesota)
and
Inger Pauline Brotten Hovick
(born: January 29, 1884 in Fergus Falls, Minnesota,
died: August 15, 1975 in Northfield, Minnesota)

Charlotte was born in the small town of Madison, Minnesota, near the South Dakota border. 
At the age of six months her parents moved the family to Northfield, Minnesota 
so that their three daughters could get a good education at St. Olaf College.
Charlotte at six and a half months with mother Pauline
Pauline and Charlotte
Charlotte in buggy in front of their first home in Northfield on Saint Olaf Avenue
Charlotte at the Hovick family farm in Madison, Minnesota
Charlotte at eight months old
Autumn 1926
Charlotte at one year old (left)
Charlotte (right)
Charlotte at two years old
Unknown woman
ca. 1929
Mildred Ingeborg Hovick Monge (sister), Pauline Hovick (mother), Signe Alise Hovick Christeson (sister)
Charlotte

The Wedding: August 15, 1953

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Richard Lohman’s calendar: 
(These events took place in 1953. He was using an old calendar from 1949.)
April 17, 1953 – “Became engaged to Char”
May 25, 1953: “Gave ring to Char!”
Total cost of ring = $102 ($10 down payment, $92 balance)
Northwestern Lutheran Seminary Chapel
100 East 22nd Street, Minneapolis
Charlotte and Richard Lohman
Mona Berg, Charlotte, Richard, Howard Johnson
Howard Johnson, Mona Berg, Charlotte, Richard, Rev. Eugene Hasselquist
Rev. Eugene Hasselquist, Charlotte, Richard

The Marriage Service
Pastor Hasselquist’s homily notes

The Reception
Richard, Pauline Hovick (Charlotte’s mother), Grace Lohman (Richard’s mother), Charlotte
back: Grandma Helland (from Richard’s late first wife’s family, more research on her needs to be done), Grace Lohman, Pauline Hovick, Agnes Libby (Richard’s maternal grandmother)
front: Richard, Gustav Lohman (Richard’s father), Paul, Douglas, Mabel Thompson (mother of Charlotte’s late first husband, Warren), Jeanne, Charles, Charles Thompson (father of Charlotte’s late first husband), Charlotte
back: Richard, Charles, Charlotte
front: Jeanne, Paul, Douglas
From the Northfield (Minnesota) Independent

Welcome!

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Welcome to the Lohman Family Album,
devoted to the family of:

Richard Byron Lohman 
(born: April 3, 1925 in Minneapolis, Minnesota; 
died: April 14, 2004 in Minneapolis, Minnesota)

and

Charlotte Pauline Hovick Thompson Lohman
(born: October 9, 1925 in Madison, Minnesota
died: November 8, 2015 in Minneapolis, Minnesota)

and their children:

Jeanne Marie Lohman 
(born: November 2, 1946 in Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Douglas Richard Lohman 
(born: July 22, 1949 in Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Paul Wescott Lohman 
(born: January 31, 1951 in Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Charles Warren Bjorn Thompson Lohman 
(born: January 4, 1952 in Northfield, Minnesota; 
died: March 25, 1993 in Bodega Bay, California)
Jeffrey Allen Lohman 
(born: March 7, 1955 in Minneapolis, Minnesota; 
died: November 27, 1962 in Minneapolis, Minnesota)
David Brian Lohman 
(born: July 8, 1961 in Saint Louis Park, Minnesota)