Norwegian Lutheran Church
Mayville, Traill County, North Dakota 58257
Mayville, Traill County, North Dakota 58257
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Norwegian Lutheran Church
Made in Germany for Grinager & Springen, Mayville, N. D.
(The Grinager Mercantile Building on 37 Main St. E., Main St. E. in Mayville, North Dakota was built in 1899. It was a department store. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
Info from - back of Norwegian Lutheran Church Bowl
Made in Germany for Grinager & Springen, Mayville, N. D.
(The Grinager Mercantile Building on 37 Main St. E., Main St. E. in Mayville, North Dakota was built in 1899. It was a department store. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
Info from - back of Norwegian Lutheran Church Bowl
Inga Lowe Grinager
Inga B. Lowe was born in Northwood, Iowa, February 5, 1874. She was the second child of four children born to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lowe who came to America from Norway. The family stayed in Chicago a time before they went to Northwood, Iowa.
Mr. Lowe was in business as a painter and supported their four children, Inga, Edward, Mary, and Laura. Inga's brother, Edward, died when he was twelve years old and sister Mary died when she was twenty-one.
Her sister Laura Lowe Smith Rosevold died in 1970 in Mayville, North Dakota, at the age of 92. She had resided in the Mayville-Portland area for approximately fifty years.
After completing the public grade school and high school in Northwood, Iowa, Inga taught in a country school one mile out of town. She had all grades and even a few high school subjects.
A gentleman from Mayville, Mr. E. M. Paulson, a brother of Paul Paulson of Portland, visited relatives in Northwood, Iowa. He suggested the Inga come to Mayville where he was sure she could get a bookkeeping job. She had studied commerce in 1890, after receiving a scholarship from Cornell College at Mount Vernon.
So, Inga came to Mayville and became a bookkeeper at the A. F. Anderson General Store. This was a large frame store building which burned to the ground in 1894. Inga stayed with the Andersons at the time.
Jens Grinager was a clerk in the Anderson Store at the time. He and Inga became acquainted and enjoyed each other's company.
Inga went back to Northwood, Iowa, and on January 5, 1895, Jens and Inga were married in her parent's home. They returned to Mayville and stayed with the Jacob Reyersons, very close friends of the young couple.
Jens Grinager's brother, H. K. Grinager owned a general store. In 1895 Jens Grinager and Henry Springen bought the store.
The first home of their own was an apartment upstairs at the Mayville Hotel. The roof leaked so badly that they then moved to a small dwelling at 223 Main Street. A short time later they purchased the home which was later owned by Mrs. Nick Stavedahl. Here they lived until 1896, it was in this house that their first child was born, Jens Wilmann Grinager, born March 26, 1898. Dr. George MacIntyer delivered the son. On this same date the big fire, caused by the explosion of the Standard Oil Tanks, took place.
Three more children were born in this house. They were Kathryn, Kenneth Paul, and lone Loretta. In 1913 Haakon Grinager was born.
They family lived in several other homes in Mayville until Jens purchased the home of Col. and Mrs. Robinson. That house became their permanent home in Mayville.
Info from Pillars of Time
Inga B. Lowe was born in Northwood, Iowa, February 5, 1874. She was the second child of four children born to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lowe who came to America from Norway. The family stayed in Chicago a time before they went to Northwood, Iowa.
Mr. Lowe was in business as a painter and supported their four children, Inga, Edward, Mary, and Laura. Inga's brother, Edward, died when he was twelve years old and sister Mary died when she was twenty-one.
Her sister Laura Lowe Smith Rosevold died in 1970 in Mayville, North Dakota, at the age of 92. She had resided in the Mayville-Portland area for approximately fifty years.
After completing the public grade school and high school in Northwood, Iowa, Inga taught in a country school one mile out of town. She had all grades and even a few high school subjects.
A gentleman from Mayville, Mr. E. M. Paulson, a brother of Paul Paulson of Portland, visited relatives in Northwood, Iowa. He suggested the Inga come to Mayville where he was sure she could get a bookkeeping job. She had studied commerce in 1890, after receiving a scholarship from Cornell College at Mount Vernon.
So, Inga came to Mayville and became a bookkeeper at the A. F. Anderson General Store. This was a large frame store building which burned to the ground in 1894. Inga stayed with the Andersons at the time.
Jens Grinager was a clerk in the Anderson Store at the time. He and Inga became acquainted and enjoyed each other's company.
Inga went back to Northwood, Iowa, and on January 5, 1895, Jens and Inga were married in her parent's home. They returned to Mayville and stayed with the Jacob Reyersons, very close friends of the young couple.
Jens Grinager's brother, H. K. Grinager owned a general store. In 1895 Jens Grinager and Henry Springen bought the store.
The first home of their own was an apartment upstairs at the Mayville Hotel. The roof leaked so badly that they then moved to a small dwelling at 223 Main Street. A short time later they purchased the home which was later owned by Mrs. Nick Stavedahl. Here they lived until 1896, it was in this house that their first child was born, Jens Wilmann Grinager, born March 26, 1898. Dr. George MacIntyer delivered the son. On this same date the big fire, caused by the explosion of the Standard Oil Tanks, took place.
Three more children were born in this house. They were Kathryn, Kenneth Paul, and lone Loretta. In 1913 Haakon Grinager was born.
They family lived in several other homes in Mayville until Jens purchased the home of Col. and Mrs. Robinson. That house became their permanent home in Mayville.
Info from Pillars of Time