Person:Louis Lange (2)

Cabinet maker and farmer From Lois Phipps Price January 1995: I have used the name Louis Lange here as this is the name he used on all his papers after coming to America, even though he was born Johan Ludvig Lange. Louis came to US, probably Chicago, to join his brothers Marius and James (Jens) in the cabinet making trade. They all moved to Nebraska when land was opened there for homesteading. From an old map that was sent to me by Harold Lange, Marius filed on a homestead in 1888, James (Jens) in 1887, Theodore in 1893 and Louis pre-empted land in 1892. Walter Robertson homesteaded in 1886 and Richard Robertson also in 1886. Louis and Margaret were married in Callaway when she was only 16 years old and he was 30 the day after they were married so he always said he was married at 29. They lived on their place there from 1898 until 1910 when they emigrated to Canada. When Margaret and Louis moved to Alberta it was very virgin land. It was covered in what they called buffalo grass and sagebrush. The railway went through but there were not any roads at all. They filed on a homestead and then had to make their own way to it. They had brought cows and horses from Nebraska with them and Grandpa had to stay at the border with the animals in quarantine, while Grandma and the three children went on to Fort MacLeod to her uncle's. The first winter Grandpa built a building near the town of Burdett, one end for the animals and they lived in the other end. In the spring this building was moved onto their homestead. A house was built. This building is still there but used for storage now. Martha Lange remembers having to herd the cattle as there were no fences so she spent days in the saddle. There wasn't a school so Grandma drove around in her buggy to get the neighbors interested in building one. They called it the Morning Star School. This building also still exists but is also used for storage. This school only went to Grade 8. Martha went to Agricultural School in Claresholm after that. Aunt Marie had training as a teacher, Aunt Rachel had training as a secretary and Aunt Veile had teacher's training. This was actually very good education for that time and considering how little money they had. After Grandpa died Grandma remained on the farm for several years then moved to Taber. There she worked in the beet factory, in the canning factory, and as a cook at a diner. She looked after the choir gowns for the church keeping them clean and mended and the hymn books mended as well. At the age of 85 she was telling us about visiting the old folks home every day, "There is a lot of errands I can run for the poor old souls".

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Johan Ludvig Lange, in Denmark. Births and Christenings Index.

   born 20 Oct 1868
   baptized 27 Dec 1868 in Baekke, Ribe, Denmark
   parents: Julius Teodor Lange and Ane Marie Sorensen

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Louis John Lange, in Alberta, Canada. Deaths Index, 1870-1966: [database on-line]. (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2017).

   died 6 May 1944 in Taber, Alberta, Canada