George Bernhard Hostland^[1]

1905 - 1991  (86 år)

• Navn	George Bernhard Hostland
  Residence	1905	Washburn, Bayfield, Wisconsin, United States
  Fødsel	05 Apr 1905	Washburn, Bayfield, Wisconsin, United States
  Dåp	30 Apr 1905	Washburn, Bayfield, Wisconsin, United States
  		George Hostland Confirmation
  Kjønn	Mann
  Residence	1910	Washburn, Washburn, Wisconsin, United States
  Død	25 Jul 1991	Gibsons, Sunshine Coast, British Columbia, Canada
  Begravelse	28 Jul 1991	Seaview Cemetary, Gibsons, British Columbia, Canada
  CREA	13 Okt 2019
  _FID	K8QS-9T6
  Person ID	52724992	Høves slekt
  Sist endret	14 Mar 2024

  
  

  Far	Julius Klemmetsen Høstland,   f. 24 Des 1863, Haustlandet, Flatanger, Trøndelag, Norge d. 10 Jun 1929, Calgary, , Alberta, Canada (Alder 65 år)
  Mor	Berit (Bertha) Larsdatter Kvilvangen,   f. 27 Feb 1870, Kvilvangen Nedre, Støren, , Trøndelag, Norge d. 13 Jun 1911, Washburn, Bayfield, Wisconsin, United States (Alder 41 år)
  Ekteskap	11 Jun 1896	Washburn, Bayfield, Wisconsin, United States
  CREA	13 Okt 2019
  Famile ID	48169840	Gruppeskjema  |  Familiediagram

  
  

  Familie	Alma Dorothy Frey,   f. 02 Jul 1912, Herreid, Campbell County, South Dakota, United States d. 25 Des 1962, Coquitlam, , British Columbia, Canada (Alder 50 år)
  Ekteskap	15 Jun 1932	Medicine Hat, , Alberta, Canada
  CREA	13 Okt 2019
  Barn	1. Lottie Jane Hostland   2. Morris Rodney Hostland,   f. 10 Jul 1934, Medicine Hat, , Alberta, Canada d. 18 Mai 2015, Kelowna, , British Columbia, Canada (Alder 80 år)   3. George Ernest Hostland,   f. 14 Okt 1936, Medicine Hat, , Alberta, Canada d. 13 Mar 2010, Gibsons, Sunshine Coast, British Columbia, Canada (Alder 73 år)   4. Kathleen Delight Hostland
  Famile ID	6622600	Gruppeskjema  |  Familiediagram
  Sist endret	12 Nov 2024

  
  

• Hendelseskart

  Residence - 1905 - Washburn, Bayfield, Wisconsin, United States Fødsel - 05 Apr 1905 - Washburn, Bayfield, Wisconsin, United States Dåp - 30 Apr 1905 - Washburn, Bayfield, Wisconsin, United States Residence - 1910 - Washburn, Washburn, Wisconsin, United States Ekteskap - 15 Jun 1932 - Medicine Hat, , Alberta, Canada Død - 25 Jul 1991 - Gibsons, Sunshine Coast, British Columbia, Canada Begravelse - 28 Jul 1991 - Seaview Cemetary, Gibsons, British Columbia, Canada  = Link til Google Earth

  
  

• Bilder

  George B Hostland 1905–1991 Bilde er kopiert fra FamilySearch. Lagt til av hans barnebarn Maralee Groome.

  
  

• Notater

  History of George Bernard Hostland George Bernard Hostland was born April 5, 1905, Washburn, Bayfield County, Wisconsin USA to Julius Hostland and Bertha Larson. His parents were both from South Trondelag Norway. His father, whose name was Julius Klemmetsen before he immigrated, made skis for a living. When he immigrated, he took on the name of Hostland after the name of the farm where he lived in Norway. Julius and Bertha were married July 11, 1896 in Washburn, USA. They had 5 children all born in Washburn; Ingrid, Lottie, Anna, George, and Peter. Bertha died June 13, 1911 in Washburn, so George had only a few memories of her; mother calling him in and giving him hot bread and butter to eat. His only other memory was going to her funeral. He also didn’t remember his youngest brother Peter at all who died at the age of 6 months of bronchitis. George said his dad was “a marvellous man, a very good man”. Julius’ children kept him from being too lonesome with his wife gone; he never remarried. The two oldest girls took over their The family left Washburn when George was 5 years of age and moved to Michigan. They lived in a place called Woodside, which was about 2 to 3 miles out of Dollarbay, while Julius worked at Dupont Power Company as a nitric acid (salpetersyre) man. The children went to school in Dollarbay, George completing grade four there. In the spring of 1916 they moved to Alderson, Alberta to live with Uncle Matt (Matheus) Hostland (paternal uncle). Julius homesteaded there but was then called away to Jopplin Missouri to work with nitrous acid again. The children were left in the care of Matt. He was gone about two years without the opportunity to see his children. He decided to quit and returned to Alderson and tried farming, but never raised a crop due to drought conditions. Matt’s land to the north of them had great crops in 1915 and 1916. George remembered working on the farm for only 6 months, with Anna being there as well. In 1918 he worked for CPR irrigation. Ingrid worked for a banker and Lottie for a doctor. In 1918, George went to Brooks and followed the threshing crews, stooking grain from Moose Jaw and working his way north of Calgary to Didsbury or Olds. He loved this work; it was difficult but the people were nice. The following year he joined his father who was working in Calgary installing doors at the Banff Springs Hotel. Julius passed away in Calgary on the 10th of June, 1929. After his death, George moved to Medicine Hat and lived with his sister Lottie who had married Ernie Johnston. He and Ernie teased Lottie unmercifully, but she loved them both. George worked at the Medicine Hat Greenhouses for 13 years. Lottie used to tell stories of George going to court Alma Dorothy Frey. He was afraid of her father (Gottfried Frey). If he answered the door George would ask if this was 1616 Bridge Street, pretending to have the wrong address. He married Alma on June 15, 1932. Three children were born while they lived in Medicine Hat; Lottie Jane (Dec 22, 1932), Morris Rodney (July 10 1934), and George Ernie (Oct 14, 1936). It was difficult to make ends meet living in Medicine Hat. He was turned down by the armed forces because of his young family and his trade abilities, so George decided to find his fortune in B.C. He left his family and went to Vancouver to work in the shipyards. This lasted only a few months. He then moved to Powell River, arriving there at 3pm and he worked the graveyard shift that night. He commented that he was making BIG MONEY (56 cents/hr) at the paper mill of Macmillan Blowdell. He asked the boss how long he would have to be there to become a Grinder man. The boss asked if he would like to try it and he said, “Certainly”! Grinder men made 64 cents/hr throwing logs into the grinders which pressed it into pulp. It was hard work and a lot of people didn’t like it. His family joined him by Christmas time 1940, and they lived in Cranberry Lake, a subdivision of Powell River, where the children attended school. George stayed there for two years. Their next move was to Vancouver where George worked for 9 months as a carpenter’s helper. George then found employment in Port Melon as a pipe fitter/steam fitter (the family stayed in Vancouver until he found a house). He also became a member of the Pacific Coast Militia Rangers. Their first home was a tar paper shack on the beach. George worked for the pipe line which ran right by their house. He rigged it up so the steam from the line heated their house. After the boss found out, he said since George had gone to all that work he could keep it, but soon others wanted it so they had to shut it off. They soon moved to “Tar Paper Alley” which was a step up. It was during this time that Kathleen Delight was born (Oct. 12, 1944). After a few years they moved to a duplex in a section of town called the Bremertons. The mill was bought by Sorg Paper Co. from the Vancouver Kraft Corporation. George worked there until they shut the mill down in 1949. He stayed there as the watchman until 1951 when it w Between the time that George Jr. and Kathy was born, Alma had many miscarriages. According to George Sr., they lost two sets of twins. He said that if all their children had survived, they would have had ten. After Kathy was born, Alma was hospitalized for a nervous breakdown. She was in and out of the hospital for many years with mental illness. She eventually ended up permanently in the hospital until her death on Christmas Day, 1962. George was a loving husband. He was devoted to Alma and always honoured her memory. He said she was, is and always would be his only wife. So George had to try and raise his family and be the bread winner as well. A neighbour Betty Woods cared for Kathy from age 3 to 9 months. She was cared for by several other families until she eventually moved to Lethbridge, Alberta, to live with George’s sister Lottie. One of George’s favourite hangouts (much to his wife’s dismay), was the Seaside Hotel and pub. George saw the Hotel burn down and rebuilt twice during his Port Melon stay. The last Hotel fire at Seaside, in 1958, saw the end of a lot of Hostland history. George and his son George were living in the Hotel at the time and they lost everything but their great memories. From there, George moved to Gibson’s Landing. He lived in two places before moving to the Kiwanis Lodge, where he lived out the rest of his years. His daughter Lottie recalls getting a phone call from him once that he needed help. She found him in a chair, and she thought that he had had a heart attack. Lottie panicked. After calling an ambulance she started doing chest compressions. George said to her, “If I’m not dead yet, you’re going to kill me.” He was in the hospital for six weeks, and also had a few broken ribs to mend from Lottie’s first aid. George was a very generous man, with his love and his material things. His children each thought they were his favourite child. He knew what quality time was. His daughter Lottie said of him at his funeral; He was very sensitive to the needs of others and sympathized with the limitations of each person he knew. He touched everyone he met with good humour and a happy face. He was the candy man to the children, the good humour man to his friends, the confidant to those who needed a good listener, a Good Samaritan to the needy, and the music man to his family. He was a strong man in body and spirit. He had muscles that danced and a tender heart. He had a wonderful voice we will always be able to recall. It was a powerful voice but we never heard it roar. He used that voice in laughter and song. He understood its power to communicate soul to soul. He often reminded me to think about the words I sang and to be sincere about them. He was honest and believed in hard work. “Earn your pay and your hand won’t shake on pay day.” Pop was a born optimist. He found good in all things, all people, and all situations. Being an optimist he loved to gamble. He enjoyed the races and he loved playing cards. He was alw In his elderly years George had shingles, which was extremely uncomfortable. He also had arthritis very badly. He rarely complained of his physical ailments. He welcomed the end of this life, talking of those he would meet with soon. Kathy recalled her last visit with him in the hospital. He woke up and said he hadn’t had a banana that day, and then burst into a rendition of “yes, I’ve got no bananas, I’ve got no bananas today.” He passed away in his sleep on 25 July, 1991. Maralee’s Memories of her Grandpa Hostland: (George Bernard Hostland) My Grandpa lived on the Sunshine Coast in Gibsons, B.C. Living in Alberta, we only got to see him about once a year. How excited I was as a little girl waiting at the bus stop or airplane terminal for his arrival. I would strain on tip-toes to be the first to spot his tell-tale hat; he always wore one of those tweed “old man” hats whenever he went anywhere. He was a very tall man, even in his “shrinking” years. He had twinkling blue eyes and a hearty, booming laugh. He would always call my mom “Lottie Kathy” - My Mom’s name is Kathy, and her oldest sister is Lottie. He would always call her Lottie first, and then remember he was speaking to Kathy. He had abdominal muscles of steel, and would amaze my sister and I when he would thump himself as hard as he could on his stomach. He was missing part of two fingers on his left hand, which intrigued me. I would watch his deformed hand as he shuffled cards and patiently taught me to play crib. (Arthritis crippled his hand; removing his pointer One thing I thought was remarkable about my grandpa was the way he handled life when my grandmother became ill. She was hospitalized for mental illness when my mother was just an infant. Grandpa tried his best to raise his family and provide for them at the same time. He would come home from a night shift of work and have breakfast waiting for the children when they woke up. My mother, who was 8 years younger than he next oldest sibling, had to go to foster homes during the day while he slept. Grandpa realized that this was not the best environment for my mother; being sent to different foster homes, some of which did not treat her very well. It was an extremely difficult decision, but he finally decided to send my mother to live with his childless sister, in Lethbridge Alberta. It was there that she heard about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I will always be grateful to him for making that decision, the result of which has given me the gift of the fullness of the gospel. And in retu

  
  

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  [78258564] www.familysearch.org, https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/26662431 (Troverdighet: 3).