Sophia was the daughter of Karl Wilhelm Stivarius and Alvina Bode. She married Lyman Edmund Armfield on 16 Mar 1898 in Grant County, Wisconsin. They had two sons. Sometime between 1905 and 1910 Lyman left his family for parts unknown. Nothing was known of what had happened to Lyman until January 17, 1921 when he wrote a letter to his brother and mother from St Thomas, Nevada.
Sophia worked hard to support her family after her husband left them. From letters in the possession of a grandaughter, family friends remembered how hard she worked to give her sons an education. Ann F., daughter of George and Anna Stivarius wrote in 1995 that her older brother stayed with Sophia while he was going to school for the first year. They would see her "about every Sunday. We would go to church and then stop on our way home to visit, sometimes stayed for lunch and waited for her to come home from her church which was about 3 blocks from her home. She made a living by going from house to house selling 'Koch' products: spices, herb teas, etc." Ann wrote that Sophia would take the bus to Montfort in the morning to sell her goods and would come home later in the day. "In later years, or any time, she stayed with us five kids for a few days at a time. When she had medicine to take, us kids would take turns giving it to her.
Sophia worked hard to support her family after her husband left them. From letters in the possession of a grandaughter, family friends remembered how hard she worked to give her sons an education. Ann F., daughter of George and Anna Stivarius wrote in 1995 that her older brother stayed with Sophia while he was going to school for the first year. They would see her "about every Sunday. We would go to church and then stop on our way home to visit, sometimes stayed for lunch and waited for her to come home from her church which was about 3 blocks from her home. She made a living by going from house to house selling 'Koch' products: spices, herb teas, etc." Ann wrote that Sophia would take the bus to Montfort in the morning to sell her goods and would come home later in the day. "In later years, or any time, she stayed with us five kids for a few days at a time. When she had medicine to take, us kids would take turns giving it to her.
Sophia was the daughter of Karl Wilhelm Stivarius and Alvina Bode. She married Lyman Edmund Armfield on 16 Mar 1898 in Grant County, Wisconsin. They had two sons. Sometime between 1905 and 1910 Lyman left his family for parts unknown. Nothing was known of what had happened to Lyman until January 17, 1921 when he wrote a letter to his brother and mother from St Thomas, Nevada.
Sophia worked hard to support her family after her husband left them. From letters in the possession of a grandaughter, family friends remembered how hard she worked to give her sons an education. Ann F., daughter of George and Anna Stivarius wrote in 1995 that her older brother stayed with Sophia while he was going to school for the first year. They would see her "about every Sunday. We would go to church and then stop on our way home to visit, sometimes stayed for lunch and waited for her to come home from her church which was about 3 blocks from her home. She made a living by going from house to house selling 'Koch' products: spices, herb teas, etc." Ann wrote that Sophia would take the bus to Montfort in the morning to sell her goods and would come home later in the day. "In later years, or any time, she stayed with us five kids for a few days at a time. When she had medicine to take, us kids would take turns giving it to her.
Sophia worked hard to support her family after her husband left them. From letters in the possession of a grandaughter, family friends remembered how hard she worked to give her sons an education. Ann F., daughter of George and Anna Stivarius wrote in 1995 that her older brother stayed with Sophia while he was going to school for the first year. They would see her "about every Sunday. We would go to church and then stop on our way home to visit, sometimes stayed for lunch and waited for her to come home from her church which was about 3 blocks from her home. She made a living by going from house to house selling 'Koch' products: spices, herb teas, etc." Ann wrote that Sophia would take the bus to Montfort in the morning to sell her goods and would come home later in the day. "In later years, or any time, she stayed with us five kids for a few days at a time. When she had medicine to take, us kids would take turns giving it to her.
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