Ernie was born at his family's home on the corner of 11th and Weller Streets in Seattle. (This corner no longer exists). He was the son of Levi and Margaret (Spaulding) Hake. When he was just a month old, his family moved first to Stanwood and then to other Western Washington locations until they settled in the small town of Edison in Skagit County south of Bellingham, Washington.
On June 14, 1907 he eloped with Nikolina "Lena" Sigurdson who had moved to Edison from Blaine, Whatcom, Washington to take a job there. They went by train to Seattle and were married with two strangers as witnesses. They lived in Edison a short time and then moved to several different locations before finally settling in Toppenish, Yakima, Washington where they lived for the next 50 years. Ernie operated a hay threshing and baling business in the Yakima Valley for 40 years. It took two 13-man hay-baling crews to do the work and they set records for the tons of hay processed in a day. Ernie worked right alongside the men. In 1969, when Lena and Ernie were in their 80s, they left their home in Toppenish and moved to Salem, Oregon to be near family. Ernie and Lena were the parents of six children.
On June 14, 1907 he eloped with Nikolina "Lena" Sigurdson who had moved to Edison from Blaine, Whatcom, Washington to take a job there. They went by train to Seattle and were married with two strangers as witnesses. They lived in Edison a short time and then moved to several different locations before finally settling in Toppenish, Yakima, Washington where they lived for the next 50 years. Ernie operated a hay threshing and baling business in the Yakima Valley for 40 years. It took two 13-man hay-baling crews to do the work and they set records for the tons of hay processed in a day. Ernie worked right alongside the men. In 1969, when Lena and Ernie were in their 80s, they left their home in Toppenish and moved to Salem, Oregon to be near family. Ernie and Lena were the parents of six children.
Ernie was born at his family's home on the corner of 11th and Weller Streets in Seattle. (This corner no longer exists). He was the son of Levi and Margaret (Spaulding) Hake. When he was just a month old, his family moved first to Stanwood and then to other Western Washington locations until they settled in the small town of Edison in Skagit County south of Bellingham, Washington.
On June 14, 1907 he eloped with Nikolina "Lena" Sigurdson who had moved to Edison from Blaine, Whatcom, Washington to take a job there. They went by train to Seattle and were married with two strangers as witnesses. They lived in Edison a short time and then moved to several different locations before finally settling in Toppenish, Yakima, Washington where they lived for the next 50 years. Ernie operated a hay threshing and baling business in the Yakima Valley for 40 years. It took two 13-man hay-baling crews to do the work and they set records for the tons of hay processed in a day. Ernie worked right alongside the men. In 1969, when Lena and Ernie were in their 80s, they left their home in Toppenish and moved to Salem, Oregon to be near family. Ernie and Lena were the parents of six children.
On June 14, 1907 he eloped with Nikolina "Lena" Sigurdson who had moved to Edison from Blaine, Whatcom, Washington to take a job there. They went by train to Seattle and were married with two strangers as witnesses. They lived in Edison a short time and then moved to several different locations before finally settling in Toppenish, Yakima, Washington where they lived for the next 50 years. Ernie operated a hay threshing and baling business in the Yakima Valley for 40 years. It took two 13-man hay-baling crews to do the work and they set records for the tons of hay processed in a day. Ernie worked right alongside the men. In 1969, when Lena and Ernie were in their 80s, they left their home in Toppenish and moved to Salem, Oregon to be near family. Ernie and Lena were the parents of six children.
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