Her first husband was Charles Arthur Alexander, who died in 1922. They married in 1912.
Their son Charles Henry Alexander, (1921-1943), Yeoman, First Class, died at sea on January 10, 1943 during WWII in the submarine Argonaut, near Rabaul, Pacific Ocean, sunk by surface attack and depth charges. He received the Purple Heart. (Information courtesy online memorial "On Eternal Patrol" - Dedicated to all men lost while serving in the U.S. Submarine Force.)
She married William Hoffman in 1941.
Rose Amanda Alexander, a teacher at Brocksburg, Nebraska lived in this state all her life. She was born in Boyd County, Nebraska, May 13, 1892, the daughter of Helge and Rognilda (Johnson) Aarhas, the former a pioneer farmer who was born in Norway in 1848 and died in Boyd County, August 12, 1899. Her mother was born in Norway, October 22, 1850, and died at Whittenburg, Wisconsin, May 11, 1930.
Mrs. Alexander completed the high school course and attended normal school for three summer sessions, teaching in public schools for three years prior to her marriage. On January 21, 1912, she was united in marriage with Charles Arthur Alexander at Butte, Nebraska. Mr. Alexander, who was a farmer, was born of English and Irish descent at Washington, Nebraska, July 10, 1890, and died at Brocksburg, February 10, 1922.
To their union the following children were born: Wardell, September 21, 1913; Amber, September 8, 1915; Anita, September 16, 1917; Lois, September 12, 1919; and Charles, September 15, 1921.
This info taken from the 1932 Nebraskan Society newsletter
Their son Charles Henry Alexander, (1921-1943), Yeoman, First Class, died at sea on January 10, 1943 during WWII in the submarine Argonaut, near Rabaul, Pacific Ocean, sunk by surface attack and depth charges. He received the Purple Heart. (Information courtesy online memorial "On Eternal Patrol" - Dedicated to all men lost while serving in the U.S. Submarine Force.)
She married William Hoffman in 1941.
Rose Amanda Alexander, a teacher at Brocksburg, Nebraska lived in this state all her life. She was born in Boyd County, Nebraska, May 13, 1892, the daughter of Helge and Rognilda (Johnson) Aarhas, the former a pioneer farmer who was born in Norway in 1848 and died in Boyd County, August 12, 1899. Her mother was born in Norway, October 22, 1850, and died at Whittenburg, Wisconsin, May 11, 1930.
Mrs. Alexander completed the high school course and attended normal school for three summer sessions, teaching in public schools for three years prior to her marriage. On January 21, 1912, she was united in marriage with Charles Arthur Alexander at Butte, Nebraska. Mr. Alexander, who was a farmer, was born of English and Irish descent at Washington, Nebraska, July 10, 1890, and died at Brocksburg, February 10, 1922.
To their union the following children were born: Wardell, September 21, 1913; Amber, September 8, 1915; Anita, September 16, 1917; Lois, September 12, 1919; and Charles, September 15, 1921.
This info taken from the 1932 Nebraskan Society newsletter
Her first husband was Charles Arthur Alexander, who died in 1922. They married in 1912.
Their son Charles Henry Alexander, (1921-1943), Yeoman, First Class, died at sea on January 10, 1943 during WWII in the submarine Argonaut, near Rabaul, Pacific Ocean, sunk by surface attack and depth charges. He received the Purple Heart. (Information courtesy online memorial "On Eternal Patrol" - Dedicated to all men lost while serving in the U.S. Submarine Force.)
She married William Hoffman in 1941.
Rose Amanda Alexander, a teacher at Brocksburg, Nebraska lived in this state all her life. She was born in Boyd County, Nebraska, May 13, 1892, the daughter of Helge and Rognilda (Johnson) Aarhas, the former a pioneer farmer who was born in Norway in 1848 and died in Boyd County, August 12, 1899. Her mother was born in Norway, October 22, 1850, and died at Whittenburg, Wisconsin, May 11, 1930.
Mrs. Alexander completed the high school course and attended normal school for three summer sessions, teaching in public schools for three years prior to her marriage. On January 21, 1912, she was united in marriage with Charles Arthur Alexander at Butte, Nebraska. Mr. Alexander, who was a farmer, was born of English and Irish descent at Washington, Nebraska, July 10, 1890, and died at Brocksburg, February 10, 1922.
To their union the following children were born: Wardell, September 21, 1913; Amber, September 8, 1915; Anita, September 16, 1917; Lois, September 12, 1919; and Charles, September 15, 1921.
This info taken from the 1932 Nebraskan Society newsletter
Their son Charles Henry Alexander, (1921-1943), Yeoman, First Class, died at sea on January 10, 1943 during WWII in the submarine Argonaut, near Rabaul, Pacific Ocean, sunk by surface attack and depth charges. He received the Purple Heart. (Information courtesy online memorial "On Eternal Patrol" - Dedicated to all men lost while serving in the U.S. Submarine Force.)
She married William Hoffman in 1941.
Rose Amanda Alexander, a teacher at Brocksburg, Nebraska lived in this state all her life. She was born in Boyd County, Nebraska, May 13, 1892, the daughter of Helge and Rognilda (Johnson) Aarhas, the former a pioneer farmer who was born in Norway in 1848 and died in Boyd County, August 12, 1899. Her mother was born in Norway, October 22, 1850, and died at Whittenburg, Wisconsin, May 11, 1930.
Mrs. Alexander completed the high school course and attended normal school for three summer sessions, teaching in public schools for three years prior to her marriage. On January 21, 1912, she was united in marriage with Charles Arthur Alexander at Butte, Nebraska. Mr. Alexander, who was a farmer, was born of English and Irish descent at Washington, Nebraska, July 10, 1890, and died at Brocksburg, February 10, 1922.
To their union the following children were born: Wardell, September 21, 1913; Amber, September 8, 1915; Anita, September 16, 1917; Lois, September 12, 1919; and Charles, September 15, 1921.
This info taken from the 1932 Nebraskan Society newsletter
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