All children were born in Faribault County, Rome Township, at Lesters current House, 1 1/2 miles south of Frost on County Road 17 (State 254)
Cause of Death Chronic brain syndrome - arteriosclerosis (from Death Certificate)
Hilda and August were born 1 1/4 miles apart. At that time most of the land upon which they lived was covered by water. Her Grandfather, Hermund Sime, acquired the 160 acres of land for the price of a pair of boots, but it was covered with water except for 25 acres. The home in which she was born was know in those days as “Henry Sime’s church”. Being one of the larger edifices in the area it was used for meetings, school and church services. Her father died when she was 12 years old and she went to Blue Earth and found a job doing housework, to help support her brothers and sisters.
Her’s was not an easy life, with 12 children to feed, wash and sew clothes for. To do this she used wood and coal stove, a hand scrubbing board and a foot treadle sewing machine. Kerosene lamps were used for light at night. Later gas lamps were used as well as gas irons to replace the old flat iron that one had to heat on the wood stove to iron the clothes.
With August’s work taking him away from home much of the time, she also had the farm to work, with the help of the older sons and hired men.