Name/Title
Calling cards: Stina O. Halvorsen (Mrs. Ole K. Hovet), late 1800s & early 1900s resident of Traill County, NDEntry/Object ID
2025.210.1Description
Stina Halvorson was born in June 1866 to parents Ole and Engeborg (Rognstad) Halvorson in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. At age 21, Stina Halvorson came to Traill County in 1887. Stina Halvorson, age 35, married Ole K. Hovet on 26 December 1902 in Grand Forks, ND, with a postal address of Buxton, ND. By 1910, Ole K. and Stina (Halvorson) Hovet had moved to the City of Hillsboro with three children, Kenneth, Irvin, and Thelma. Irvin and Thelma, who were born in Hillsboro. Ole Knutson Hovet passed away in January 1917, but no obituary or death record has been found for Ole. Stina (Halvorson) Hovet lived for over 40 years after her husband Ole passed away, residing on Fifth St. in Hillsboro with her three children. Stina (Halvorson) Hovet passed away on 9 May 1958 in Montgomery County, Alabama, and was buried in the Riverside Cemetery in Anamosa, IA, where her son Irvin resided. For more information on the life of Stina Halvorson Hovet, see Catalogit family history entry 2024.499.1.
As a young woman in her 20s, Stina Halvorson had calling cards produced with floral designs, as shown at left. Stina also had calling cards with her name beneath a flap with a floral design (see below). Stina also collected calling and name cards from family, friends, and special events, which were in the Hovet Collection donated to the Traill County Historical Society.
A special event was an invitation to a Valentines party for Stina, age 32, and her brother Mathias O. Halvorson, 35 (see below), hosted by "Madame's McDonald and Grassick", as shown on the back of the invitation (see below) and as reported on page 4 in the Hillsboro Banner on 17 February 1899.
Name cards for Stina and her three children, Kenneth, Irvin and Thelma, from an event that featured Revelations 2:10 were in the Hovet Collection (see below).
Cards from family in the Hovet Collection included those from Ole Rognstad, Stina's first cousin (see Catalogit entry 2025.211.1), from Olaf Isakson (see below), a brother to Julia Isakson, wife of Ole Rognstad, and from Paul Isakson (see below), another brother to Julia Isakson [documented in 1880 and 1900 US Census data for Grant Township in Dunn county, WI].
Stina Halvorson collected calling cards from her many friends, including:
1. Amelia and Clara Grimsrud (see below), who from news items in 1892 and 1893 Hillsboro Banners, were other young women living in Traill County,
2. Bertha Anderson (see below), evidently an early rural schoolteacher in Mayville Township in Traill County [Hillsboro Banner, 15 May 1896, pg.5],
3. John Anderson (see below), a young man from Caledonia [Hillsboro Banner 11 June 1886], page 5]; Anderson's were old family friends of the Halvorson's from Grant in Dunn County, Wisconsin [1870, 1880 & 1900 US Census data],
4. Elmer Bekkedahl (see below), a school friend of Kenneth Hovet in Hillsboro,
5. John McCain (see below), a school friend of Irvine Hovet in Hillsboro,
6. Anna, Adolph, and Olie Nelson (see below), of Cummings in Traill County,
7. Mrs. and Mrs. Ole Thompson (see below), pioneer settlers of Belmont Township [Hillsboro Banner, 12 Sep. 1884, page 1]; Thompson's were old family friends of the Halvorson's from Grant in Dunn County, Wisconsin [1870, 1880 & 1900 US Census data],
8. J. Frovig and Georgine Frovig (see below), apparently old family friends from Harvey in Wells County, ND (see Catalogit entry 2025.34.1),
9. Clara and Stina Trandum (see below), old family friends of the Halvorson's from Grant in Dunn County, Wisconsin [1870, 1880 & 1900 US Census data],
10. Ole Gunder and Anne Kinney (see below), old family friends of the Halvorson's from Colfax in Dunn County, Wisconsin [1870, 1880 & 1900 US Census data], and
11. Laven K. Olsen (see below), old family friends of the Halvorson's from Springfield in Jackson County, Wisconsin [1875 WI Census data].Acquisition
Accession
2025.210Source or Donor
Hovet CollectionLocation
* Untyped Location
Resource RoomBuilding
Plummer House
